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The Daily Signal reports on Donald Trump’s efforts to strengthen U.S. border security, expand deportation programs, and combat illegal immigration. Coverage includes policy developments, enforcement actions, and political responses to the administration’s approach to restoring law and order in America.
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    GOP Congresswoman Tells Naturalized Terrorists to GTFO of America
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—In America, as a naturalized citizen, you can commit and be convicted of terrorist offenses and be allowed to stay in the country, only to later commit another attack. This GOP congresswoman wants to put an end to this, telling them to GTFO. In response to two major terrorist attacks by…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    SCOOP: Rick Scott Moves to Terminate DHS Program That Incentivizes Hiring Foreign Grads
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Rick Scott introduced a bill designed to end the Optional Practical Training visa program, which incentivizes employers to hire foreign students. The Florida Republican’s Prioritizing American Talent Act would prohibit Department of Homeland Security funding from being used to help foreigners secure employment in the U.S. The Optional Practical Training program, created…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘END IT NOW’: MAGA Demands Trump End Visa Program That Takes Jobs From Americans
    The MAGA movement is demanding that the Trump administration finally end a visa program that incentivizes employers to hire foreign students. The Optional Practical Training program, created in 1992, allows foreign students to remain in the United States to work for nearly four years after graduation. Employers receive a tax break for hiring foreign graduates…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    New Polling: Hispanics Are Angry at the Economy, Strong on Immigration Enforcement 
    By giant margins, a new national poll of Hispanics shows that these citizens have soured on President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, with the economy driving the dissatisfaction—not immigration enforcement. In fact, when apprised of the reality of Trump’s immigration agenda, Hispanics approve.  When asked what concerns them more—high prices or Immigration and Customs Enforcement and immigration…
    Steve Cortes
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    Hispanic Voters Send GOP a Warning—and Reveal a Path Back
    A new national survey of registered Hispanic voters points to a challenge for Republicans and a potential path to rebuilding support ahead of the midterm elections. Democrats held a 16.1-point advantage on the congressional generic ballot in the Wick survey of 1,000 registered Hispanic voters. The results also show that economic concerns are dominating voters’ priorities: A…
    Mehek Cooke
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    DOJ Moves to Denaturalize Immigrants Who Lied on Citizenship Applications About Egregious Crimes
    The Department of Justice moved to denaturalize 17 individuals accused of concealing their histories of serious crimes, such as sexual abuse of a minor, wire and bank fraud, and sale or distribution of illegal drugs. The Trump administration will revoke the citizenship of individuals from Somalia, China, Colombia, India, Haiti, and other countries under the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    DHS Secretary Blasts Senator for Calling ICE Unconstitutional: ‘If You Don’t Like the Laws, YOU Can Change Them’
    Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin fired back at Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing over claims that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is lawless, dangerous, and unconstitutional. “We’re doing the job that Congress gave us the authority to do,” Mullin said. “If you don’t like the laws, you can change…
    Joseph Buff
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    Anti-ICE Protesters Just Exposed the Democrats’ Working-Class Problem
    Mehek Cooke, senior national security and legal analyst for the Daily Signal, said that recent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests in New Jersey are part of a broader pattern of organized agitation aimed at undermining law enforcement and President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. Appearing Thursday on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Cooke responded to video of…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    DIGNIDAD Act Co-Sponsor Makes a Telling Admission
    “If we agree as a country that we want 20 million people deported … I will support that decision,” Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., who is co-sponsoring the DIGNIDAD Act, told the Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett on Tuesday in an extremely awkward interview. Stutzman must have forgotten the 2024 election. Mass deportations, reminiscent of President Dwight…
    Josiah Lott
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    Thune Stalls DHS Funding Bill Again, Sending Congress Home
    The long-stalled Department of Homeland Security immigration funding bill unexpectedly stalled again Thursday afternoon. Senate Majority Leader John Thune delayed the vote until after the long weekend and the even longer recess, missing President Donald Trump’s June 1 deadline. On Tuesday, Thune told the press that senators were going to vote this week on the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Immigration Funding Bill Is Finally Here
    Late Monday night, Senate Republicans announced a funding package to earmark more than $70 billion to protect the American homeland. The package would fund immigration services, training for officers, efforts to combat human and drug trafficking, and security provisions related to President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom. This is Reconciliation 2.0. Republicans plan to…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Trump Signs Bill to Fund DHS
    President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a record 76-day shutdown. Agencies within the department that do not deal with immigration enforcement are now funded, including the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration, Secret Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Congress has…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Republicans Risk Losing Their Strongest Issue: Immigration
    Brand new battleground polling shows that immigration topics remain the clearest and strongest issue set for all candidates heading into November’s midterm elections. Despite persistent opposition from legacy media and business interests, voters continue to rally to the “America First” vision of sovereignty, restrained immigration, and robust enforcement of our nation’s laws. But predictably, the…
    Steve Cortes
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    FBI Raids Minnesota Daycares in Fraud Investigation
    Federal agents raided 22 locations in Minnesota on Tuesday as part of an investigation into widespread taxpayer fraud. “Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” a Department of Justice spokesperson said in a statement. The raids focused on…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Here’s the Chart on Illegal Immigration That Trump Was Talking About When Shot: The BorderLine
    Everyone my parents’ age remembers where they were when President John F. Kennedy was shot. Their parents remember where they were when imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Last Saturday, July 13, shortly after 6 p.m., I was sitting by the pool reading the news on my phone. I bet you remember where you were, too….
    Simon Hankinson
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    They Trust Trump to Protect Their Families From Drug Cartels, Border Residents Say
    Jim and Sue Chilton own a ranch in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border. Every time Jim leaves the house, Sue fears he won’t come back alive, she said Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “Our house has been broken into twice,” Sue Chilton told convention delegates. “A Border Patrol agent was shot…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Illegal Aliens Should Be Deported ‘1 at a Time’ Under Trump, Former Border Official Says
    MILWAUKEE—If elected to a second term as president, Donald Trump vows, he will deport the illegal aliens who entered the country during the four years of the Biden administration. How? “One at a time,” Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the Trump administration, said Monday at a press conference at…
    Virginia Allen
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    Biden Fact Check: Are Border Encounters With Illegal Aliens ‘Lower Today Than When Trump Left Office’?
    President Joe Biden touted his success on the southern border Thursday night during a highly anticipated press conference, saying Border Patrol agents must deal with half the number of illegal aliens than they did under President Donald Trump.  “Border encounters have gone down over 50%,” Biden said. “The current level is lower today than when…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Claims Biden Is ‘Destroying Our Country’ During Southern Border Visit
    Former President Donald Trump labeled the situation at the southern border “a Joe Biden invasion” while speaking to the media in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday.   “I call him ‘Crooked Joe’ because he’s crooked,” Trump said. “He’s a terrible president. The worst president our country has ever had, and probably the most incompetent president…
    Virginia Allen
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    Kamala Harris Claims Trump ‘Broke’ Border and Biden Is ‘Attempting to Fix It’
    Border security experts say Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim that the Trump administration “dismantled” and “broke” America’s immigration system is nothing more than deflection.  “This is an example of what is known in psychology is deflection—blaming others for what you yourself have done,” Andrew Arthur, resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for…
    Virginia Allen
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