In 1789 Congress created three Executive Departments: Foreign Affairs (later in the same year renamed State), Treasury, and War. It also provided for an Attorney General and a Postmaster General. Domestic matters were apportioned by Congress among these departments. The idea of setting up a separate department to handle domestic matters was put forward on […]
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Here’s the truth about sanctuary cities
By Thomas Homan | Fox News When I was the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, I often talked about sanctuary cities and how politicians who push them were dishonest with their communities. I often talked about how these jurisdictions are un-American, undermine public safety, put the public in harm’s way and make life harder and more dangerous […]
Posted inDepartment of the Interior
How will you celebrate Great Outdoors Month?
There’s no better way to spend Great Outdoors Month than getting out to America’s public lands and waters. You can stroll through fields of wildflowers, make a new feathered friend, take part in a thrilling event or embrace an American tradition. Connecting to nature and getting some exercise is good for the mind, body and soul. Your chances for adventure […]
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5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S.
By Jens Manuel Krogstad, Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn The number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States has dropped to the level it was in 2004, and Mexicans are no longer a majority of this population. This decline is due mainly to a large drop in the number of new unauthorized immigrants, […]
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Mexicans decline to less than half the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population for the first time
By Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn The number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants in the United States declined so sharply over the past decade that they no longer are the majority of those living in the country illegally, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on government data. In 2017, there were 10.5 million […]
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Share of Asian, Central American illegal immigrants grows as Mexicans drop from majority
By Sam Dorman | Fox News Mexicans no longer make up the majority of unauthorized immigrants thanks to an increase in immigrants from Asia and Central America, according to a new study. According to a Pew Research Center study on Wednesday, 4.9 million of the reported 10.5 million unauthorized immigrants were Mexican in 2017. Meanwhile, the number of unauthorized immigrants from Asia increased by 130,000 and those […]
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Trump’s Net Worth Rises to $3 Billion
By Bloomberg News President Donald Trump’s net worth rose to $3 billion, a 5% gain over the past year, thanks to a jump in the value of an office-building deal he once sued to prevent. The increase in Trump’s wealth reverses two years of declines and brings his net worth back to 2016 levels, according […]
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Ilhan Omar violated campaign finance rules, investigation finds, as more questions about tax filings arise
By Gregg Re | Fox News Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., repeatedly violated state rules when she used campaign funds to pay for personal out-of-state travel as well as help on her tax returns and must reimburse her former campaign committee nearly $3,500, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled Thursday. The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said the first-term congresswoman also must pay […]
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Mexican Cartels Among Greatest Criminal, National Security, Public Health Threat to U.S.
By Judicial Watch Mexican drug cartels have headquarters throughout the United States and are one of the country’s greatest criminal, national security and public health threats, according to a veteran Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) senior agent pushing the federal government to designate them as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO). “The Mexican cartels have left a trail […]
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Trump set to formally announce 2020 re-election campaign June 18
By Brooke Singman | Fox News President Trump is expected to officially announce his 2020 re-election campaign at a rally in Florida later this month. “I will be announcing my Second Term Presidential Run with First Lady Melania, Vice President Mike Pence, and Second Lady Karen Pence on June 18th in Orlando, Florida, at the 20,000 seat Amway Center. Join us […]
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Beware Soros-Funded Hijacking of US Census
A Commentary By Michelle Malkin “Are you a U.S. citizen?” Only in self-defeating, sovereignty-eroding America is the idea of asking whether people living in America are American citizens for the American census a matter of controversy. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the Trump administration can include a citizenship question on […]
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Who’s in Trump’s Cabinet? A full list of the President’s top advisers
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn | Fox News President Trump’s Cabinet is made up of department heads and advisers he’s hand-picked – and they all have vastly different backgrounds. But his Cabinet, which includes the heads of 15 executive departments and others, such as the vice president and White House chief of staff, hasn’t remained the same since he […]
