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opinion
RIP: The Death Toll of Biden’s Illegal Alien Bloodbath
Former President Donald Trump used political jujitsu to grab a left-wing anti-Trump lie and turn it against his opponent, President Joe Biden. Trump told Ohio voters on March 16 that if he lost his comeback bid in the November election, Biden would welcome imports of Chinese-designed, Mexican-built electric vehicles. This, Trump said, would trigger an economic “bloodbath” in the auto sector. Biden and other leftists disinformed Americans… -
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Judge Hands DeSantis Legal Win in Lawsuit Over Flying Illegal Aliens to Martha’s Vineyard
A federal judge dismissed claims against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis brought by attorneys representing illegal aliens that the Republican governor had flown to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in 2022. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled Friday that illegal immigrants could sue the charter flight company Vertol Systems, which contracted with Florida to transport them in September 2022. But Burroughs dismissed other claims… -
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I Asked Illegal Aliens If They Knew They Were Breaking Law. Here’s What They Said.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Brandon says he left Cameroon on March 15 and crossed the border from Mexico into California four days later. He knows it’s illegal to cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry, as he did, Brandon told The Daily Signal. But, he said, he did so because the “situation in my home… -
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Florida’s New Online Dashboard Displays Cost of Unrecompensed Hospital Care Provided to Illegal Aliens
Florida has launched a dashboard that reports the total cost of uncompensated health care for illegal immigrants, which currently tops $566 million. Announced on Wednesday, the interactive Hospital Patient Immigration Status Dashboard highlights “the cost of illegal immigration, which puts a strain on our health care system and taxpayers here in Florida,” the secretary of… -
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‘The Pain Grows Every Day,’ Says Woman Who Lost Daughter, Mother in Crash With Vehicle Smuggling Illegal Aliens
One year ago Wednesday, Elisa Tambunga lost her mother and daughter at the hands of a human smuggler. Rassian Comer is accused of speeding through a red light in Ozona, Texas, crashing into Maria Tambunga’s pickup truck. Seven-year-old Emilia was in the back seat, and both she and her grandmother were pronounced dead at the… -
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Call Them What They Are: Illegal Aliens
According to the embargoed version of Thursday’s State of the Union address, which journalists previewed, President Joe Biden planned to remain silent about the late Laken Riley, the 22-year old Georgia nursing student who was killed while jogging on Feb. 22, reportedly by Venezuelan illegal alien Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26. He broke into America in… -
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Single Adult Illegal Alien Men Flood San Diego Streets
The Border Patrol began releasing illegal aliens onto the streets of San Diego last week after local funding for migrant resources ran out. The illegal aliens being released onto the city streets of San Diego County are “predominantly single adults, and predominantly men,” Jim Desmond, a San Diego County supervisor, told The Daily Signal. Desmond… -
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Mountain of Expenses: Denver’s Fiscal Woes Climb as Illegal Aliens Overwhelm City
Denver is buckling under a financial crisis caused by illegal immigration. But the fault lies not in the stars, but with the city itself. “Denver will cut hours at recreation centers, end in-person vehicle-registration renewals and eliminate spring flower beds to save $5 million this year, a response to the migrant crisis that is expected… -
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Pakistani Illegal Alien on Terror Watchlist Released Before Being Caught Again
Federal immigration authorities caught and released a Pakistani man who illegally crossed America’s southern border and whose name appeared on the nation’s terror watchlist, according to a memo from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Pakistani national entered the U.S. illegally Nov. 9 and was nabbed by… -
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Illegal Alien Work Permits, Sanctuary City Bailouts, $60B for Ukraine: What’s Really in Senate’s 370-Page ‘Border Bill’
The Senate released the text of a 370-page spending bill Sunday that includes about $20 billion for border-related provisions and $60 billion for Ukraine. The bill was originally intended to be a bipartisan compromise giving Democrats the Ukraine funding they have advocated for, and Republicans the border-security measure they have called for. But border policy… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Roger Marshall Tracks Serious Crimes Committed by Illegal Aliens During Biden Presidency
The body of 11-year-old Maria Gonzalez was found wrapped in a trash bag and stuffed in a laundry basket under her bed last summer. Police report that Maria was sexually assaulted and murdered while her father was at work, according to KHOU 11. Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, is facing murder… -
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Millions of Illegal Aliens Are Costing Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions. Biden Couldn’t Care Less.
President Joe Biden has transformed America’s southern border into a humanitarian catastrophe and a national security nightmare. This bloody, deadly mess is a clear and present danger to this republic. But this also is a massive fiscal threat. Biden’s obliteration of the border is evaporating federal, state, and local coffers. Precise figures on anything illegal… -
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Mayorkas Says Over 85% of Illegal Aliens Are Released Into US Interior
More than 85% of the illegal aliens encountered at the border are released into the interior of the U.S., according to reports. Following a private meeting between Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday, sources in the room told Fox News’ Bill Melugin that “Mayorkas admitted that… -
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It’s Lunacy to Give ‘Free’ Health Insurance to Illegal Aliens
Across the globe, millions of people are on the move, defying borders and violating laws to escape poor countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and break into rich countries. The United States is their No. 1 destination. The U.S. needs a strategy to limit the burden on Americans and protect our quality of life…. -
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Speaker Johnson, 60 House Republicans See Illegal Aliens Approach Texas Border
A group of illegal aliens attempting to cross the southern border into Texas on Wednesday could be seen just feet away from congressional Republicans discussing the border crisis. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and 60 other House Republicans visited Eagle Pass, Texas, to discuss the worsening border and illegal immigration crisis. During one leg of the visit,… -
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The BorderLine: Chicago Mayor Lashes Out as Illegal Aliens Flood His Sanctuary City
The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to its impact on cities and states throughout America. We also will shed light on other critical border-related issues such as human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. *** Chicago, like New York City, is struggling amid mass arrivals… -
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Chinese Drug Dealers Use Risqué Ads to Sell Narcotics, Fentanyl Ingredients on US Social Media
Accounts claiming to represent Chinese drug manufacturers are using provocative images of women to advertise narcotics and fentanyl precursors on U.S. social media, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of hundreds of English and Chinese-language social media posts. The Daily Caller News Foundation identified several dozen LinkedIn accounts claiming to be saleswomen representing… -
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House Passes Bill Barring Funding to House Illegal Aliens on Federal Land
The federal government shouldn’t be permitted to use taxpayer funds to house illegal aliens on federal government land, under a bill passed by the House on Thursday. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., and specifically prohibits federal funding from being used to provide housing for illegal aliens on land that is under the… -
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The BorderLine: New York’s ‘Right to Shelter’—Why Are Taxpayers Forced to House Unlimited Illegal Aliens?
The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ———————————————————- Faced with a flood of caught-and-released illegal… -
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This State Has Suffered ‘Highest Fentanyl Death Rate in America’
West Virginia is feeling the worst effects of illicit fentanyl flowing across America’s southern border, according to state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. Fentanyl is “ravaging our state,” Morrisey says, noting that is “in part because West Virginia for many decades really has had the highest drug-overdose death rate in the nation.” And now, the Mountain…