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    Justice Department Targets Maryland in Major Crackdown on Sanctuary Policies
    The Justice Department sued Maryland over the state’s sanctuary policies, alleging the state has interfered with immigration enforcement and allowed criminal illegal aliens to roam free. “When sanctuary jurisdictions enact laws to shield illegal aliens from federal law enforcement, it is not merely federal law that is violated, but the voices of everyday American voters…
    Fred Lucas
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    Sanctuary Cities Are Rehearsing Europe’s Vigilante Future
    Movies work like a cultural seismograph: They record public anxiety before politicians get around to admitting it exists. This year’s “Citizen Vigilante” is set in Europe, but the reaction to it belongs in a Washington conversation. Germany’s censors banned the film outright rather than let audiences see a story about migrant crime and judicial leniency,…
    Jay Rogers
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    Show the Numbers: Conservative Watchdog Sues Trump’s DHS for Concrete Deportation Count
    A conservative watchdog group has sued the Department of Homeland Security seeking data on the “actual” number of deportations of illegal immigrants. The Oversight Project filed two lawsuits this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under the Freedom of Information Act, claiming that “inflated” deportation counts have enabled some Republicans…
    Fred Lucas
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    New Report Raises Questions About Industry Influence on SAVE America Act Fight
    As the U.S. Senate struggles to pass the SAVE America Act, a new report documents millions of dollars in campaign contributions flowing to Republican senators from industries opposed to stricter immigration enforcement policies. The American Accountability Foundation, in partnership with the Mass Deportation Coalition, examined donations from construction, hospitality, agriculture, and senior-housing organizations, which they…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Immigration Enforcement Finally Arrives, and It’s Long Overdue
    I’ve spent time on both sides of a badge. I worked private security and executive protection, and in 1992, I drove in the presidential motorcade for President George H.W. Bush after the Los Angeles riots while working on an Assembly campaign with Young Republicans. I earned my California EMT license in 1992. I know what…
    Jay Rogers
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    Even After SCOTUS Citizenship Ruling, Trump Has These Options to Fight Birth Tourism
    Although the Supreme Court ruled in favor of birthright citizenship last week, the Trump administration and Congress could still take action to reduce the effect of the policy. Vice President JD Vance endorsed a proposal to restrict birthright citizenship in the U.S. territories, citing Roger Severino, vice president of economic and domestic policy at The…
    Fred Lucas
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  • opinion

    Congress Can Still Ban Birthright Citizenship. Here’s How.
    The Supreme Court has committed a grievous moral and legal error in Trump v. Barbara, the landmark case on birthright citizenship. In holding that the 14th Amendment confers automatic citizenship on virtually all children born on American soil, the court has severely vitiated the sanctity of American citizenship—in this “America 250” celebration year, no less….
    Josh Hammer
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Legal Reality of Birthright Citizenship and the Supreme Court’s Defection
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: Your thoughts on this birthright citizenship decision by the Supreme Court? Victor Davis Hanson: Well, what…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Leftist Immigrants Want the Rib Eye but Hate the Host
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Victor Davis Hanson:  So my point is this: If in 2024 the Democrats ran with a socialist and felt the socialist…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    ‘Thankful She Was JUST Shot’: Mother Who Lost Daughter to Illegal Immigrant Fires Back at Rep. Jayapal’s Complaining About Wasted Time 
    Jessica Gorman, bereaved mother of Sheridan Gorman, shot back at Democrat members of Congress who complained about having to hear her testimony about illegal immigrants during a Tuesday congressional hearing on sanctuary cities. “No family should ever have to bury a child because public officials fail to put American lives first,” Gorman said in her…
    Joseph Buff
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    ‘MEDIEVAL’: Justices Thomas, Alito Argue ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Ruling Reverses the Declaration of Independence on Its 250th Anniversary
    Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito tore into the court’s majority for imposing a “medieval” rule on “birthright citizenship” that negates the spirit of the Declaration of Independence, days before the 250th anniversary of America’s founding document. Both justices issued dissenting opinions in Trump v. Barbara (2026), in which the court’s 6-3 majority…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Dem Promises Pathways to Citizenship and TPS Protection as Chair
    An India-born representative promised during a press conference last week that if Democrats were to win the majority in November, she would use her new leadership role to extend pathways to citizenship for immigrant families. Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s remarks come after she held a rally to protect Temporary Protected Status following the Supreme Court’s decision…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Judge Blocks Trump’s Use of Revamped Immigration Database for Voter Checks
    June 22 (Reuters)—A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using a revamped version of an immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls, dealing a blow to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost the role of the federal government in elections ahead of the midterm elections in November.  Last…
    Luc Cohen
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    Taxpayer Dollars Backed Parts of Coalition Suing Over Trump Immigration Enforcement
    A coalition of litigation groups, at least two of which have been backed by taxpayer dollars, is targeting the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement in court. The two leading organizations are Democracy Forward, chaired by Democratic lawyer Marc Elias, and UnidosUS, a Hispanic left-of-center group that has reportedly received millions in government funding in previous years….
    Fred Lucas
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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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    Victor Davis Hanson: Europe Refuses to Enforce the Rule of Law
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: First of all, there have been protests—significant protests—against the murder of Henry Nowak in England and the…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • news

    Ohio Cracks Down on CDLs for Foreign-Born Drivers
    Amid federal scrutiny and concerns about commercial driver’s licenses being in the hands of unqualified drivers, Ohio is cracking down on CDLs for those drivers not born in the United States. The CDLs of 1,200 foreign-born drivers will be downgraded to a Class D by the state for failing to adequately meet standards proving they…
    Rebecca Downs
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  • opinion

    Lawsuit Exposes Virginia’s Neo-Confederate Approach to Immigration
    Democrats of 2026 bear an uncanny resemblance to Democrats of 1861 when it comes to seeking to nullify federal law. In 1861, Democrats led efforts to “secede” from the Union to oppose Abraham Lincoln, a Republican who opposed the expansion of slavery into the Northern Territories, an expansion expressly forbidden by Congress in the Missouri…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    An Obama-Era Border Crosser
    Two weeks after the 2014 midterm elections, then-President Barack Obama addressed the nation on the issue of illegal immigration. Part of this address—delivered from the White House—actually focused on the negative aspects of people illegally entering and staying in the United States. “But today, our immigration system is broken—and everybody knows it,” Obama said. “Families…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    ‘We’re Going to Find You’: DOJ Takes Decisive Action Against Criminals Who Smuggled Illegal Alien Children
    Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Thursday that the Department of Justice has indicted three illegal aliens for allegedly smuggling more than a dozen unaccompanied alien children into the United States.  The aliens from Guatemala “allegedly took part in a wide-ranging conspiracy to smuggle more than a dozen children into the United States by…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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