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    ‘BETRAYAL’: Lawmaker Responds to FEMA Diverting $59M to House Illegal Aliens

    Elon Musk claims that the Federal Emergency Management Agency allocated $59 million last week to house illegal aliens in New York City.   The Department of Government Efficiency, an agency established to root out government waste, “discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants,” Musk wrote…
    Virginia Allen
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    Taxpayer-Subsidized College Tuition for Illegal Aliens—but Not for Citizens

    Did you know that 25 states offer in-state college tuition to illegal aliens? Probably not.  And did you know that there is a federal statute that prohibits states from offering in-state tuition to illegal aliens unless a state offers the same tuition break to students from other states? Didn’t think so.    One of the…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    History of Illegal Aliens at Guantanamo Bay

    The first military airplane carrying criminal illegal aliens arrived at Guantanamo Bay this week. President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily house criminal illegal aliens at Gitmo has earned headlines across the media, but the move is not that novel, according to Cully Stimson, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation and an expert on crime…
    Virginia Allen
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    Can NJ’s Governor Legally Harbor an Illegal Alien Above His Garage?

    The governor of New Jersey appeared to admit during recent public remarks that he has an illegal immigrant living above his garage and then proceeded to challenge the federal government to “try to get her.”   “I don’t want to get into too much detail,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said Saturday, adding,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Why Is Left So Upset at Deportation of Criminal Illegal Aliens?

    There is no greater love than this: The Democrat-Left’s blistering passion for illegal aliens, even those with yards-long rap sheets choked with violent crimes. President Donald Trump is busy keeping his solemn promise to the American people: Mass deportation of illegal aliens, starting with “the worst first.” He has placed dangerous thugs at the head of a reverse invasion across the…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Trump’s Aggressive Response Pressures South American Country to Finally Accept Criminal Illegal Aliens, White House Says

    President Donald Trump has already begun deporting illegal aliens who have been convicted of other crimes, and one South American country has refused to allow a U.S. plane carrying criminal illegal aliens to land, in what Trump says is a violation of its legal obligations. Trump announced tariffs, a travel ban, and sanctions against members…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘Strong and Clear Message’: Illegal Aliens Deportation Flights Begin

    “Deportation flights have begun,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X Friday morning above two photos of a line of illegal alien men preparing to board a large military plane.   “President [Donald] Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of…
    Virginia Allen
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    Rise of Illegal Alien Criminal Gangs Prompts Urgent Call to End Sanctuary Policies

    The United States is a nation built on the principle of law and order. But today, we face an urgent threat from illegal alien criminal gangs infiltrating our communities and undermining the safety and security we hold dear. The rise of transnational criminal organizations like Tren de Aragua, originally from Venezuela, highlights the chaotic border…
    John Fabbricatore
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    Josh Hawley Confronts Witness Who Says Flooding Job Market With Illegal Aliens Helps Americans

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley confronted American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday about how flooding the job market with illegal immigrants benefits Americans. Melnick previously stated in October that mass deportations would be detrimental to many American industries, including hospitality, construction, and agriculture. During a hearing…
    Nicole Silverio
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    Sen Cruz: How the Media Will Cover Illegal Alien Deportations

    President-elect Donald Trump made mass deportations a pillar of his winning campaign platform. Trump and Tom Homan—the former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who Trump tapped to be his border czar—say they will prioritize the deportations of criminal illegal aliens.   Whether all of the estimated more than 10 million illegal aliens who…
    Virginia Allen
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    DEA to Consider Loosening Federal Marijuana Restrictions

    THE CENTER SQUARE—The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to hold a formal hearing next week on its plan to reschedule marijuana at the federal level. The proposal is to move marijuana from a Schedule I drug, along with heroin and LSD, to Schedule III, where it would join ketamine and anabolic steroids. In May, the Department…
    Brett Rowland
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    Crime Rate for Illegal Aliens Vastly Understated, Data Shows

    In June, illegal alien Victor Martinez-Hernandez was charged with the murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five in Maryland. Police in Oklahoma tracked the accused repeat offender down with a sample of his DNA recovered from a Los Angeles home invasion in which a 9-year-old girl and her mother were assaulted. Police say Martinez-Hernandez…
    John R Lott Jr.
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    Despite the Left’s Hysterics, We Can Deport Millions of Illegal Aliens

    Illegal immigration activists are already panicked that Donald Trump will keep one of his biggest campaign promises. Trump recently announced that Tom Homan will be his “border czar.” Homan isn’t a household name, but he’s had a long career in government. Homan was the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s first…
    Victor Joecks
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    Democrats Once Gave Trump’s New Border Czar an Award for Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens

    The gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair have begun. Trump-haters in newsrooms are sounding the alarm about the anticipated separation of families under “Operation Aurora,” the mass-deportation of illegal aliens that president-elect Donald Trump promises and which 58% of Americans support, according to an Oct. 16 Marquette University survey. “If Trump gets his way,…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Trump Confirms He’ll Use Military to Help Deport Illegal Aliens 

    The new Trump administration will declare a state of emergency and use military assets to deport illegal aliens, President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed.   “Reports are the incoming [Trump] administration [is] prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program,” Judicial Watch President…
    Virginia Allen
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    Laken Riley’s Roommates Testify at Murder Trial of Illegal Alien Accused of Killing Georgia Nursing Student

    Wearing a plaid, button-down shirt and headphones, Jose Ibarra looked ahead and listened to an interpreter translate from English to Spanish as a friend of Laken Riley's took the witness stand at the illegal alien's trial for her murder.  “How would you describe your relationship with Laken?” a prosecuting attorney asked Lilly Steiner on Friday morning in…
    Virginia Allen
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    Elected Democrats Say They’ll Stand in Trump’s Way to Protect Illegal Aliens

    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democratic governors and other liberal elected officials have lined up to declare that they will fight back against President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line agenda against illegal immigration. Trump, who won the Nov. 5 election, has promised to conduct mass deportations across the country and withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, along with…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Federal Court Rejects Biden’s ‘Parole in Place’ for Illegal Aliens

    Two days after the election, a federal court in Texas ruled against President Joe Biden’s latest unauthorized scheme to subvert immigration law: “parole in place” for illegal aliens who are the spouses of U.S. citizens. In a 73-page decision, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas upheld a challenge by 16 states…
    Simon Hankinson
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    ‘QUIET AMNESTY’: 1 Million Illegal Aliens Get Assist From Biden-Harris Admin, House Report Reveals

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Nearly 1 million illegal aliens in the United States have benefited from “quiet amnesty” by the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration court system, according to a report released Thursday. Over 700,000 illegal migrants have had their cases administratively closed, terminated, or dismissed, allowing them to remain in the country “indefinitely” without being subject to…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Biden-Harris Admin Tried to Dump Illegal Aliens in Tennessee, AG Says

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Tennessee’s top prosecutor said Wednesday that his office uncovered a scheme by the Biden-Harris administration to release a massive number of illegal aliens into the state, but the plan ultimately was derailed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, attempted to release illegal aliens into Tennessee, but those plans were scrapped…
    Jason Hopkins
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