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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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    More Caught Illegally Crossing Southern Border in 1 Year of Biden Than Entire Trump Presidency

    “Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States.” So says the website of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The same webpage that makes this declaration includes a table that provides some relevant data for the fiscal years from 2017 to 2023. It lists how many individuals on the…
    Terence Jeffrey
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