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opinion
Supreme Court Ruling Is Welcome News for Immigration Judges
Imagine that you’re one of the 520 or so immigration judges trying to slog through the estimated 3.3 million pending immigration cases, many of which are asylum cases. Unlike other judges, you don’t have contempt authority to hold attorneys accountable. And most denial of asylum decisions you make get appealed to the Board of Immigration… -
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Immigration Enforcement Saves Lives
When a 41-year-old mother is murdered at a bus stop, who bothers to protest? Stephanie Minter’s death is as closely tied to the nation’s immigration debate as Alex Pretti’s or Renee Good’s. But while Pretti and Good died while trying to prevent the enforcement of our country’s immigration laws, Minter died precisely because those laws… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New GOP Bill Looks to ‘Deliver Justice’ for 5-Year-Old Struck by Illegal Alien Truck Driver
A House Republican lawmaker introduced a bill on Wednesday to crack down on states that give illegal immigrants commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs. The House legislation, spearheaded by Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is named “Dalilah’s Law” in honor of Dalilah Coleman, the 5-year-old who was nearly killed by an illegal immigrant driving an 18-wheeler who… -
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It’s Official: Illegal Alien-Loving Dems Cannot Stand American Citizens
President Donald Trump could not have made it easier for congressional Democrats. During Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Trump’s simple offer to them, and their Republican counterparts, was like a college professor telling his students: “Anyone who wants 10 points of extra credit, please stand up if you believe the Earth is round.”… -
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5-Year-Old’s Near-Death Experience Moves Congress to Stop Illegal Aliens From Truck Driving
This story has been updated to include comment from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. Congressional Republicans are pushing to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses in the wake of President Donald Trump acknowledging 5-year-old Dalilah Coleman during his State of the Union address. Dalilah was nearly killed in 2022 by Partap Singh, an illegal… -
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9-0 SCOTUS Ruling Could Trigger Wave of ICE Detention Lawsuits
The Supreme Court, in a 9-0 ruling, sided against a private prison firm that contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal aliens. The outcome could subject privately-owned prisons currently contracting with ICE or other government agencies to more litigation. The ruling stems from a lawsuit that has languished in court for more than a… -
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Dems Sit in Protest After Trump Demands Americans Be Placed Over Illegal Aliens
The House chamber broke out in U.S.A. chants after President Donald Trump called on all elected officials to place American citizens over illegal immigrants during his State of the Union address, but the cheers were from only one side of the aisle: that of the Republicans. “One of the great things about the SOTU is… -
‘Crucial Ruling’: Appeals Court Delivers Big Setback for Newsom’s Push Against ICE
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Trump administration to block a California law aimed at forcing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to remove masks. Attorney General Pam Bondi heralded the court ruling in an X post. “Our @thejusticedept attorneys are fighting daily in court to protect law enforcement — and we just… -
opinion
Why Are Anti-ICE Activists Building Borders?
Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement activists in Minneapolis are setting up blockades. They’re demanding ID from drivers. In short, they’re setting up their own borders—against America’s laws and law enforcement. It’s not the first time “protesters” have done this. Activists inspired by Black Lives Matter seized control over a portion of Seattle six years ago and… -
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Illegal Alien Flees ICE, Kills Teacher in Crash
A Georgia teacher is dead after an illegal alien ran a red light while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and crashed his car into her vehicle. The fatal crash occured in Savannah, Georgia. The Chatham County Police Department has charged Oscar Vasquez Lopez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, with first-degree homicide by vehicle, reckless… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Heritage Says States Should Charge Tuition to Illegal Alien Children
Children should not receive a free education at America’s public schools unless they are lawfully present in the United States, a new report from The Heritage Foundation contends. States and local governments have been “overwhelmed with costs that flow from illegal immigration, including public education,” Lora Ries, director of Heritage’s Border Security and Immigration Center… -
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Lefty Radicals Concoct Strategy to Let Anti-ICE Agitators Get Off Scot-Free
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A Minnesota activist group encouraging protests against immigration enforcement will host a training to teach attendees to let guilty criminals walk. Defend the 612 will instruct viewers of the Feb. 23 virtual “Jury Nullification Training” on how to use false jury verdicts to fight “unjust laws and political persecution,” according to… -
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Christianity and Immigration Enforcement
As Americans insist on law and order and a restoration of sovereignty, a concerted effort unfolds among prominent church leaders and theologians. These church officials quite brazenly seek to “guilt” believers into accepting a lax immigration agenda—and even the lunacy of porous borders. But guilt is not gospel. Emotional manipulation does not flow from authentic… -
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Jordan Vows Crackdown Bill on Sanctuary Cities, States
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said his committee could clear legislation in the next two weeks to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions. In an interview with Just the News, Jordan said sanctuary jurisdictions include 11 states, 18 major cities, and three counties, as well as the District of Columbia. He said this represents about one-third of the nation’s population. “We’re looking… -
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Why the El Paso Airport Closed Temporarily
The El Paso airport was closed temporarily and reopened on Wednesday morning due to a drone incursion from Mexican cartels. “Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace,” a Trump administration official told The Daily Signal. “The Department of War took action to disable the drones. The [Federal Aviation Administration] and [Department of War] have determined there… -
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Pollsters Don’t Ask If Anti-ICE Activists Have ‘Gone Too Far’
The unrest in Minneapolis has died down, and the Trump administration is pulling 700 immigration enforcement officers out of the area. But all of the national media scrutiny has obsessed over Team Trump. It has rarely acted to “hold government accountable” when the governing comes from Democrats, like Gov. Tim Walz or Minneapolis Mayor Jacob… -
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ICE Operations: What Americans Actually Want
President Donald Trump says a “softer touch” may be needed to carry out his immigration enforcement agenda. “I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch, but you still have to be tough. These are criminals – we’re dealing with really hard criminals,” Trump told NBC News following the deaths… -
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Homeland Security: ACLU ‘Demonizing’ ICE Agents With Demand for UN Probe
If the United Nations launches an investigation in Minnesota, it should be into the plight of crime victims, a Department of Homeland Security official says. This week, the American Civil Liberties Union asked the United Nations to launch a probe into the Trump administration’s actions in the state, regarding immigration enforcement and response to agitators. This comes amid the… -
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Republicans Scoff at Democrats’ Latest ICE Demands
Senators left Washington Thursday afternoon with little progress on talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as Republicans scoffed at Democrats’ demands for restraints on immigration law enforcement agents. On Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both D-N.Y., released a list of 10 demands they want satisfied before… -
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ICE Bodycams Will Do the Left’s Narrative More Harm Than Good
Following the death of George Floyd and the ensuing violent riots that raged across the nation in the summer of 2020, the thugs orchestrating the Black Lives Matter rampage demanded that police officers wear body cameras in order to document the supposed widespread, systemic, institutional racism motivating said police officers to wantonly slay defenseless, unarmed…