By Samantha Flom House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and former President Donald Trump are urging support for a bill aimed at preventing non-citizens from voting in federal elections. At a Friday, April 12, press conference at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence, the Republican leaders announced the bill as part of larger efforts to bolster election […]
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Speaker Johnson Says 16 Million Illegal Immigrants Entered America Under Biden’s Watch
By Tom Ozimek House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that official figures of around 9 million grossly underestimate the number of illegal immigrants who have entered the United States since President Joe Biden took office, and that he believes the true number is closer to 16 million. Mr. Johnson made the remarks while speaking […]
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Illegal Immigrant Can Carry Guns: Federal Judge
By Zachary Stieber An illegal immigrant was wrongly banned from possessing guns, according to a recent ruling. A federal law, Section 922 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, bars illegal immigrants from carrying guns or ammunition. Prosecutors charged Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, the illegal alien, in 2020 after he was found in Chicago carrying a semi-automatic […]
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Trump, Biden Face Off in Border Showdown
By Samantha Flom, Janice Hisle and Emel Akan EAGLE PASS/BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Texas played host to a presidential showdown on Feb. 29 as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump squared off at the southern border. It was the most direct showdown of this election season so far between the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. […]
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Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants Released on San Diego Streets After Funding Runs Out
By Brad Jones The U.S. Border Patrol began releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants onto the streets of San Diego on Feb. 23, a day after a nonprofit group that was contracted to provide transportation, food, and other basic services for the immigrants ran out of funding and shut down operations. More than 550 were released […]
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Border Patrol Morale Hits ‘All-Time Low’
By Brad Jones and John Fredericks BOULEVARD, Calif.—Morale among U.S Border Patrol agents has hit rock bottom, according to agents and union representatives in California and Arizona. Darren Bird, a spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council union, Local 1613, San Diego, told The Epoch Times with the recent surge of illegal immigrants, agents believe […]
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Speaker Johnson Sounds Alarm Over Border Crisis in First House Floor Speech
By Jackson Richman Nearly 100 days after being unanimously elected House Speaker, Mike Johnson (R-La.) used the occasion of his first speech on the House floor on Jan. 31 to deliver a grim message on the state of the U.S. southern border. After expressing appreciation and optimism for the future that includes his seven core […]
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Elon Musk Critical of Biden’s Push for Border Deal: ‘No Laws Need to Be Passed’
By Tom Ozimek President Joe Biden’s call for a bipartisan Senate deal to tackle the border crisis drew criticism from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who said the president was overlooking—or refusing to see—simple fixes that don’t require new laws to address the problem. On Friday, President Biden posted a statement on X calling for Congress […]
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Inside the Brewing Fed–State Showdown at the Texas Border
By Darlene McCormick Sanchez EAGLE PASS, Texas—A humble city park on the Texas side of the Mexican border has taken the national stage in a showdown between Texas and the federal government. Texas National Guard seized Shelby Park on Jan. 10 and placed a wire gate at the entrance, blocking U.S. Border Patrol agents from […]
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House Judiciary Committee Launches Inquiry Into Fani Willis’ Special Trump Prosecutor
By Tom Ozimek Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor playing a leading role in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia, is now part of a House Judiciary probe into the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office’s “politically motivated prosecution” of the former president and alleged misuse of federal funds. According to a […]
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Republicans Raise Terror Alarm After Illegal Immigrants Caught With Explosive Devices
By Tom Ozimek Republican senators have sounded the alarm on the Biden administration’s border policies after Border Patrol agents caught illegal border crossers who were carrying explosive devices that Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said were “tailor-made for terrorism.” Mr. Barrasso, who is the Senate Republican Conference Chairman, made the startling revelation at a press conference on […]
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FBI Director Warns Hamas Could Inspire Terrorist Attacks Inside US
By Jack Phillips FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday told members of Congress that the Hamas–Israel war could spark attacks on targets within the United States, saying the Palestinian terrorist group could inspire ISIS-like threats. Mr. Wray said that since the start of the Israel–Hamas conflict in Gaza earlier this month, multiple foreign terrorist organizations […]
