SocietyNews
Trump Backs Merit-Based Changes to Immigration System
President Donald Trump, who already has taken executive actions to stem the flow of illegal immigrants, on Wednesday put the weight of the White House… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Should Left-Wing Activists Like Linda Sarsour Be Allowed to Divide America Through the Census?
Somewhere in the bowels of the Office of Management and Budget sit two proposals on how to rewrite the 2020 census—and force America further down… Read More
LawCommentary
Jeff Sessions Set to Block Millions in Funding to Sanctuary Cities
The Department of Justice announced last week that sanctuary jurisdictions will lose access to certain federal law enforcement grants in 2017 if they prohibit officials… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Expedited Deportations Likely to Expand Under Trump
The Department of Homeland Security is weighing a new policy that would allow for the expedited deportation of illegal immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement already… Read More
SocietyNews
10 States Ready Legal Action to Undo Obama Amnesty for ‘Dreamers’
A lawsuit by states seeking to end protected status for children whose parents brought them to the U.S. illegally could spare President Donald Trump from… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Corrupt Mexican Officials Are to Blame for Illegal Human Smuggling Racket
Florida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn’t the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of 10 illegal immigrants in… Read More
SocietyNews
Texas Officials Say Human Smuggling Deaths Show Need for Anti-Sanctuary Law
The discovery of nine dead bodies and more than 30 injured people inside a sweltering tractor trailer in San Antonio shows that a tough anti-sanctuary… Read More
SocietyNews
Victim’s Mother Speaks Out Against Protection Granted to Illegal Immigrants
The mother of a police officer who was killed in a car accident in 2014 is calling on Americans who have been affected by acts… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: GuideStar, Parroting SPLC, Loses Way in ‘Hate Group’ Rhetoric
Editor’s note: Readers had strong feelings about Rachel del Guidice’s coverage of the decision by GuideStar—an aggregator of tax data on charities and other nonprofits—to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Some Cities Want to Help With Immigration Enforcement, Not Be Sanctuaries
The House passed two closely watched immigration bills this week, one of which seeks to impose penalties on localities that refuse to assist federal officials… Read More
SocietyNews
House Passes Kate’s Law, No Sanctuary for Criminals Act
The House of Representatives passed two bills Thursday focused on illegal immigration. One bill, Kate’s Law “enhances the current maximum sentences for illegal reentry into the… Read More
PoliticsNews
GOP Senator Proposes Transferring Sanctuary Cities’ Federal Funds to Border Wall Budget
One Republican senator is proposing a new solution for sanctuary cities that do not follow U.S. immigration law: Take some of their federal funding and transfer… Read More
SocietyNews
White House Backs 2 Bills Targeting Illegal Immigration
The White House has put its weight behind two House bills to crack down on illegal immigration, a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s campaign. Issuing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Open Borders and Missing Adjectives in the Liberal Media
The open-borders lobby long has sought to muddy the issue of immigration by deliberately—and dishonestly—omitting the word “illegal” whenever possible and conflating all immigrants, legal… Read More
SocietyNews
Illegal Immigrant Held in Beating Death of Virginia Teen
An illegal immigrant beat a 17-year-old girl with a metal baseball bat before dawn on Father’s Day and dumped her body in a pond in… Read More
LawCommentary
Trump’s Immigration Order Took a Second Hit, as Expected. Now the Supreme Court Must Get Involved.
No one should be surprised that a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel, made up of three judges appointed by President Bill Clinton, upheld the… Read More
LawCommentary
I’m an Attorney General Asking Supreme Court to Uphold Trump’s Travel Ban. Here’s Why.
On Tuesday, I filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily pausing the entry of foreign nationals from… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New Report Shows Visa Overstays Are Up. How Congress Can Help Better Enforce Immigration Law.
Illegal immigration has long been a problem in America, but a surprisingly large factor in illegal immigration is the problem of legal visitors overstaying their… Read More
SecurityNews
Meet the Unsung Heroes of the US Border Patrol
SAN DIEGO—Deep inside the U.S. Border Patrol is a little-known elite team called the Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit. Since its creation nearly… Read More
SecurityNews
San Francisco Creates Legal Office to Defend Illegal Immigrants From Deportation
The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office launched a new unit Tuesday dedicated to representing illegal immigrants faced with deportation and focused on providing local tax… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump: ‘Walls Work, Just Ask Israel’
President Donald Trump reiterated his support for a strong border wall in a joint press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Thursday. Trump followed… Read More
LawNews
Immigration Arrests Jump Nearly 40% Under Trump
Immigration arrests climbed yet again in April as federal agents continued to track down both criminal and noncriminal aliens in far greater numbers over the… Read More
SocietyNews
Texas Files Lawsuit Against Potential Opponents of New Anti-Sanctuary Law
Texas lodged a preemptive lawsuit Monday against local officials considered hostile to the state’s new anti-sanctuary cities law, the first salvo in an expected legal… Read More
LawCommentary
Texas Takes Strong and Needed Action on Sanctuary Cities
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott acted to protect the citizens of Texas on Sunday when he signed into law SB 4, a bill to punish (and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: ‘I Never Knew the Wall Made That Much Difference’
Editor’s note: We got some great feedback about our video report on the effects of the border wall built near San Diego, and this week’s… Read More
LawNews
How Court Reviewing Challenge to Trump’s Travel Ban Swung Left Under Obama
The federal appeals court deciding the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s travel ban was once reliably conservative. But it underwent a transformation during the Obama administration,… Read More
EconomyNews
Why Conservatives Are Unhappy With the Final Spending Bill
The House of Representatives, with 103 Republicans voting no, passed a $1.1 trillion spending package Wednesday to keep the government running through September. Conservative lawmakers… Read More
SocietyNews
Underreported: How Building a Border Wall Changed San Diego
In 1986, the San Diego Border Patrol sector accounted for approximately one-third of all apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border. Today, it accounts for only a… Read More
SocietyNews
Texas House Passes Sanctuary City Ban With Stiff Penalty for Public Officials
The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that places a statewide ban on sanctuary cities and allows state officials to jail police chiefs… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The History of ‘Extreme Vetting’ of Immigrants
The United States began as a nation of immigrants, and it continues to be so today. The ability to absorb people from around the globe… Read More
