SocietyCommentary
Obama’s Self-Made Border Crisis
“You didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” In the case of the ongoing crisis along America’s southwest border, that someone is President Obama…. Read More
SecurityNews
Exclusive Interview: Rick Perry Says Deploying Troops to Border Sends a ‘Powerful Message’
Texas Gov. Rick Perry compares the role of National Guard troops at his state’s border to the deterring effect that cop cars stationed along neighborhood… Read More
InternationalNews
Guatemala Wants $2 Billion for Border Crisis. Why One Activist Says U.S. Should Ignore It.
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina says $2 billion in federal aid and other U.S. investment in Central America could help end the flood of immigrants across… Read More
EducationNews
Schools Brace for Flood of Immigrant Children
MIAMI—With thousands of Central American children newly arrived in the United States, and more expected to come, school officials have asked the federal government for a helping… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I Played by the Rules on Immigration. Why Is the U.S. Making It So Hard for Me to Become a Doctor?
Fifteen years ago, when I was 6, my parents and I moved to the United States from Canada, where I was born. Since moving to… Read More
SecurityNews
Oklahoma Congressman Fights Plan to House Illegal Immigrants at Military Bases
Rep. Jim Bridenstine, a freshman congressman and Navy pilot whose military awards decorate his Capitol Hill office, holds a special affection for fellow servicemen. The… Read More
SocietyNews
Will Congress Delay August Recess to Address Border Crisis?
Despite repeated prodding from “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace, Rep. Steve Scalise wouldn’t definitively say whether the U.S. House would delay its month-long August recess and… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Send Them Back’: Wealthy Cape Cod Town Rejects Plan to House Immigrant Children
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has answered the call to shelter immigrant children, but Cape Cod residents aren’t having it. Last week, the Democratic governor announced… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Our President Is Missing in Action
Serious fires are burning around the world and President Obama is playing golf, fundraising and issuing unnecessary executive orders regarding sexual orientation and gender identity…. Read More
SocietyNews
Backlogged Immigration System Prolongs Road to Deportation for Unaccompanied Minors
As lawmakers debate how to handle the surge of immigrants crossing the country’s southern border, unaccompanied minors denied asylum face a long road back home…. Read More
SecurityNews
Newt Gingrich: ‘Absolutely’ Send Unaccompanied Children Home
The United States should “absolutely” send unaccompanied children back home, said Newt Gingrich in an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal. Accusing the Obama administration of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What’s Right and What’s Wrong About Republicans’ New Border Crisis Policy Proposal
House Speaker John Boehner’s Border Crisis Working Group released Wednesday its recommendations on what should be done on the border crisis. The group, which is… Read More
SocietyNews
National Guard Would Be Waste of Resources, Border Patrol Agents Say
As Texas Gov. Rick Perry activates troops to help manage a surge of immigrants entering his state through Mexico, Border Patrol agents responsible for apprehending… Read More
SecurityNews
Life on the Border: Trespassing Immigrants Damage Fences, Disrupt Game Hunting
ENCINO, Texas—Far from the border with Mexico, Ronnie Osburn, manager of the Tepeguaje Ranch, says illegal immigrants trespass his property to avoid a highway checkpoint… Read More
Q&A: Texas Commissioner Explains How the Lone Star State Became ‘Ground Zero’ for Border Crisis
More than three years ago, Todd Staples, Texas commissioner of agriculture, officially put his stamp on an issue seemingly unrelated to agriculture: illegal immigration. After… Read More
SecurityNews
From Miami to Minnesota, Protests Call Attention to Border Crisis
Along East 7th Street in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood of St. Paul, Minn., more signs are in Spanish than English, advertising everything from used cars… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Less Than 1% of Obama’s ‘Emergency’ Border Funds Would Be Spent This Year
The Congressional Budget Office has released its score on how President Barack Obama’s $4.3 billion emergency request on immigration will be spent. The big news?… Read More
SecurityNews
Border Crossings Stop After Texas Man Takes Security Into His Own Hands
City of Hidalgo, Texas—Othal E. Brand Jr. is a man in control, and as such, when drug cartels began exploiting the stretch of river at… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Texas Sending National Guard to Border Is Good First Step, But a Long-Term Solution Still Needed
Gov. Rick Perry, R-Tex., will send around 1,000 National Guard troops to the Texas border under his gubernatorial authorities to help the Texas Department of Public… Read More
SecurityNews
Report: White House Ignored Warnings of Border Crisis Until It Was Too Late
The Obama administration knew of the impending crisis on the U.S.–Mexico border as early as 2012 but chose to ignore the warning signs in light… Read More
SecurityNews
Chris Christie Criticizes White House for ‘Awful’ Response to Border Crisis
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joined the growing chorus of critics blaming the Obama administration for its failure to secure the U.S.–Mexico border. Christie, a… Read More
SocietyNews
Ted Cruz: Obama, Harry Reid Are Holding Unaccompanied Minors for ‘Ransom’
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, criticized President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., today for their support of amnesty and said they were… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Obama Must Enforce Current Laws to Solve Border Crisis
It became her mantra. The U.S. border with Mexico, Janet Napolitano would say, “has never been more secure.” First uttered in 2010 during Congressional testimony,… Read More
SocietyNews
6 Cities React to Illegal Immigrants in Their Communities
An influx of illegal and unaccompanied immigrant children from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador in U.S. border towns is causing the federal government to look… Read More
SocietyNews
At the Border, Processing Center Opens for Illegal Child Migrants
McALLEN, Texas — The U.S. government was set to open a 55,000-square-foot processing center in this border town on Sunday to temporarily house immigrant children… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Border Crisis Shows Potential Consequences of Amnesty
Last month, with thousands of children streaming across our southern border and thousands more detained in poor conditions, President Barack Obama declared the situation a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Throwing Money at Border Crisis Won’t Solve Problems
Want to solve the border crisis? Stop what’s causing it. Simply throwing money at programs to absorb illegal immigrants will not end the humanitarian crisis… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
By the Numbers: Central American Immigrants in U.S.
According to a Center for Immigration Studies fact sheet, the majority of the massive influx of illegal immigrants flooding across the southern border of the… Read More
SocietyNews
Brooks County, Texas: Ranchers Help Secure Border-Crossers Who Skirt Checkpoint
FALFURRIAS, Texas — Far from the crisis along the border with Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley, the checkpoint here exists to deter those who made… Read More
SecurityNews
Vitter’s Senate Bill Seeks to Stem Flow of Border-Crossing Children
As lawmakers debate how to stem the flood of unaccompanied minors across the southern border, The Daily Signal has learned that Sen. David Vitter, R-La.,… Read More
