Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), the senior senator from Tennessee and a member of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, toured the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday and told Breitbart News that what she found is that physical barriers Texans are putting up are slowing the flow of migrants into the country.Β
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More than 2,000 migrants are currently traveling through southern Mexico with the help of government officials and NGOs with the eventual goal of reaching the U.S. border. Calling themselves the Migrant Way of the Cross, the group is currently moving toward Mexico City. From there, the migrants plan to get buses and other means of transportation to eventually reach the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Ruby Garcia is the latest victim of President Joe Biden's "open border policies," Rep. John James (R-MI) says, after she was shot and left for dead, allegedly by a previously deported illegal alien.
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President Joe Biden, with the help of Congress, is spending hundreds of millions in American taxpayer dollars on border security initiatives in foreign countries. At the same time, border crossings at the United States-Mexico border have surpassed 7.4 million since Biden took office.
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A previously deported illegal alien is now accused of murdering 25-year-old Ruby Garcia in Kent County, Michigan.
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Rep. John Curtis (R-UT), who is running for Senate to replace retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), said in 2017 that former President Donald Trump's border wall carries "pent-up racism."
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A group of activists in western Mexico reported finding a cartel killing field with two ovens and 27 bags filled with human remains. The discovery came in the cartel-controlled state of Jalisco.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton cut a plea deal with prosecutors that could lead to the dismissal of the felony securities fraud charges. Prosecutors indicted Paxton on the charges in 2015.
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One of Mexicoβs most violent cartels is running a series of call centers that target U.S. citizens in order to scam them out of millions. The scam points to the ongoing diversification by criminal organizations, which have been moving into more traditional schemes, including racketeering and fraud. In at least one case, this scam is linked to the murder of a U.S. citizen from Arizona.
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According to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas, the number of migrants illegally crossing the southwest border between ports of entry surpassed the one million mark in less than the first six months of Fiscal Year 24. The milestone puts the Biden administration on pace for more than two million migrant apprehensions for the third consecutive year.
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Mexicoβs President is using the migrant crisis, which he helped worsen, as a way to hold the U.S. hostage and force the Biden administration to legalize people in the United States, help some Latin American dictatorships, and pay billions in aid.
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Politicians in the Mexican state of Sinaloa are trying to downplay the violent weekend kidnapping of more than 60 victims by cartel armies. The mass kidnapping points to an apparent rift within the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Two immigration officials in Mexico lost their jobs after the countryβs National Migration Institute was unable to cover up their arrest. The officials were arrested as part of an investigation into a large-scale extortion scheme where the officials allegedly targeted migrants.
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General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham says the Biden administration's policy of blocking new exports of liquid natural gas is stealing money from Texas schoolchildren and hindering U.S. energy independence.
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Government officials in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas are trying to cover upΒ a large explosion that leveled several homes. Officials claim a gas leak caused the explosion. The explosion reportedly happened in a cartel stash house where they kept weapons and improvised explosive devices.
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During portions of an interview withΒ Fox News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram on Friday that were aired on Fridayβs broadcast of βFox News @ Night,β Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) stated that the push by Republicans to have votes on amendments
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During an interview released on Thursdayβs edition of the βFox News Rundownβ podcast, Maverick County, TX Sheriff Tom Schmerber (D) stated that now the border has βchanged a lot. This is kind of like an open door.β And said that
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The second-largest source of income for Mexican drug cartels is human trafficking into the U.S. Laws discouraging illegal immigration challenge that income. The cartels have so much sway over the Mexican government that even the countryβs president is speaking out against Texas laws countering illegal immigration.
Earlier this week, a confrontation broke out between Texas Army National Guard troops and a group of migrants who charged a border wall in El Paso. Texas Governor Abbott has called the immigration crisis an invasion.
Attempting to stem the flow of illegals, he came under fire, allegedly for passing a law making illegal entry from Mexico into the U.S. a crime. The irony of this statement is that it is already βillegalβ to enter the U.S. illegally.
To be more accurate, Abbott has not made illegal entry into the United States a crime; he has instructed his police officers to enforce existing laws, arrest lawbreakers, and restore legality by deporting the illegals.
Under Title 8 federal authority, it is illegal to enter the US at non-ports of entry, and the punishment is deportation and a five-year ban on future immigration.
Social media accounts in Mexico provide instructions on how to enter the US illegally, including encouraging people to enter at illegal points of entry. Human traffickers, transitional criminal organizations, however, are selling illegal access to the US.
The criminals, generally linked to drug cartels, accept money from the migrants, promising safe passage, but they are being led to illegal entry ports. The money that cartels are earning from illegal human trafficking to the US is used to buy more guns, politicians, and judges, further destabilizing Mexico.
Title 8 states, βThe Secretary of Homeland Security shall take such actions as may be necessary to install additional physical barriers and roads (including the removal of obstacles to detection of illegal entrants) in the vicinity of the United States border to deter illegal crossings in areas of high illegal entry into the United States.β
This is one of the many points of contention between Governor Abbott and the federal government. The governor, along with many American Conservatives, is questioning why the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is not doing more to prevent illegal immigration and why the Federal government would challenge the Texas governorβs assertion that he has the authority to protect the border of his state to keep his citizens safe.
Additionally, Title 8 mandates the erection of physical barriers to prevent illegal entrance to the US. However, when Governor Abbott implemented barriers, he faced vilification from the media, and the federal government ordered him to remove them.
Governor Abbottβs efforts to enforce immigration law have been challenged at both the state and federal levels. Twenty-five GOP state governors have signed the βStand with Texasβ declaration, expressing support for Governor Abbott and defending the border.
Despite being effectively barred from preventing illegal immigrants from entering his state, Abbott implemented Operation Lone Star Bus, transporting immigrants to sanctuary cities that claim to welcome them.
However, cities like Chicago and others, receiving immigrants from Texas, began taking measures to limit the number of illegals they would accept.
Some of the bus companies transporting immigrants actually sued Chicago. The federal court filing of Wynne Transportation reads, βRather than welcoming migrants and giving them sanctuary, Chicago is turning its back on those wishing to travel here.β
For Abbott and most conservatives, the fact that even sanctuary cities have finally had enough of illegal immigration should serve as proof that the border needs to be secured. Yet, the border chaos persists at crisis levels.
Told that he cannot prevent individuals from entering illegally and that he cannot transport them across the United States, Governor Abbott decided to address the problem from another angle by arresting those who enter the state illegally, which is consistent with US federal immigration law. And once again, he is facing challenges from immigration rights organizations, mainstream media, and Democrats at the federal level.
Critics argue that the law βcreates a climate of fear in Texas where anyone potentially suspected of being an undocumented migrant can be subject to questioning by local police.β
They are concerned that enforcement of the law makes criminals nervous. However, if individuals are worried about being questioned by police when suspected of breaking this law, it is no different from any other law.
If suspected of theft or driving without a license, individuals can be questioned by police. If innocent, they can provide proof, and the matter is resolved.
Mexican President AndrΓ©s Manuel LΓ³pez Obrador criticized the Texas law as βdraconian,β βdehumanizing,β and βanti-Christian.β His opposition to the law of the state of Texas, citing its alleged infringement on federal authority, is preposterous given Mexicoβs steady descent into becoming a narco-state, where drug cartels control its legislature, judiciary, police, and military.
Obradorβs rebuttal to the Texas law was a nonsensical false equivalent, βItβs as if the governor of Tamaulipas applied a law against Texans who were visiting Mexico or passing through Tamaulipas.β
President Obradorβs point is preposterous. Texas is not making laws about Mexicans legally passing through Texas. The law is about Mexicans, or people from other nations, illegally entering Texas.
Ironically, under Mexican law, it is also illegal for Americans to enter Mexico illegally. It is unclear why Mexicoβs president believes the US should not similarly protect its border.
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Cover photo by Jerry Glaser, sourced from the CBP report 'Border Crisis: CBPβs Response.
President Joe Biden's parole pipelineΒ at the southern border has released almost 900,000 foreign nationals into the United States since its inception in January 2023 -- outpacing the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, and North Dakota.Β
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By a vote of 286-134 over conservativesβ objections, the House passed a $1.2 trillion spending package late Friday morning, avoiding a partial government shutdown but putting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in jeopardy of losing the speakership.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass because Democrats have a working 51-49 majority with three independents.
The 1,000-plus-page package of bills includes funding for the State, Education, Defense, Labor, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services departments in fiscal year 2024 as well as for βgeneral government and foreign operationsβ and the Internal Revenue Service, The Hill reported.
The spending package met significant opposition from conservatives who blasted the combined bills as a surrender to the Left before and after the package passed.
With 218 House seats to Democratsβ 213, plus four vacancies, Republicans hold a five-vote majority.
βMore Republicans voted against the DC Cartelβs minibus than voted for it,β Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., tweeted. β112-101. The Uniparty has once again sold Americans out.β
βOnce again, the D.C. Cartel has unified against the American people. We are now on the hook for another $1.2 TRILLION in spending,β Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., said in an X post. βWe call it the uniparty for this reason exactly, not even a majority of the majority agreed with this bill.β
Although more Republicans in the House opposed the bill than supported it, some came out in favor of its passage, as the conservative House Freedom Caucus noted.
βDemocracy is messy,β Johnson said on CNBC the day before, as the House speaker acknowledged opposition to the spending package from conservatives. βItβs particularly messy right now and in a moment like this, but we have to get the job done and there are some very substantial wins in here.β
House Democrats mostly supported the spending bill, with just 22 voting against it.
βWe had to work within difficult fiscal constraintsβbut this bipartisan compromise will keep our country moving forward,β Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash, said Thursday.
Heritage Action for America, the grassroots arm of The Heritage Foundation, issued a press release Thursday evening detailing whatβs wrong with the spending bill and identifying it as a key βnoβ vote on the organizationβs legislative scorecard. (The Daily Signal is The Heritage Foundationβs news and commentary outlet.)
βThis bill doesnβt deviate from Congressβ charted course toward financial catastrophe and participation in the border crisis,β the key-vote description reads. βInflation and job losses caused by Congressβ failures to cut spending penalizes Americaβs working class and those struggling to afford the American dream. The American people have pleaded for responsible spending and border security for years, but unfortunately, this minibus represents a continuation of business as usual.β
Many lawmakers criticized the bill for spending so much but doing so little to provide border security.
βLess than 24 hrs to review β the #SwampOmnibus β 1000+ pages & $1.2 Trillion β busts spending caps to fund the WHO, woke DOD, a weaponized FBI new headq, & 100% fails to stop Progressive Democratsβ mass releases of criminals across our borders,β Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote Thursday in a post on X.
Some proponents said voting against the spending package would be a boon to China. Opponents countered that the bill would empower potential Chinese terrorists who are crossing the border.
βA vote for todayβs atrocious spending bill is a vote for Chinese terrorism,β Biggs wrote on X, formerly Twitter. βWeβve had over 30,000 illegal aliens from China cross our border under this Administrationβs border policies. You vote for it, you own it.β
βWell, the D.C. cartel is at it again. They released a $1.2 trillion minibus at 2:32 a.m. this morning, giving us somewhere in the neighborhood of about 48 hours to review it before theyβre going to bring it up for a vote,β Rosendale said in a video he shared on X.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion Friday to vacate the chair, meaning to remove Johnson from the speakership after only five months. Greene told reporters that the move isnβt personal, but reflects the views of other House conservatives.
Ken McIntyre contributed to this report, which is a developing story that will continue to be updated.
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As an historian, I found it fascinating to watch the Left try to impose new language to describe people in the country illegally.
The Left has gradually pushed accepted language away from βillegal aliensβ (the term in law), to βillegal immigrantsβ (the most common term), to βundocumented immigrantsβ (the Leftβs current favorite term), and now to βnewcomersβ (the Joe Biden White Houseβs latest experiment in gaining language dominance).
It all reminds me of Vladimir Leninβs great language coup of 1903.
The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party met secretly in Brussels. (The czarβs secret police made it impossible to meet openly in Russia.) At the meeting there was a split between Leninβs hard-line revolutionary faction and a more moderate democratic wing.
Leninβs faction was the smaller group, but it claimed the title Bolshevik (which means βgreater factionβ or majority). Group with the most votes were foolish enough to accept the title Lenin gave them, which was Menshevik, meaning minority. That language dominance and branding gave Lenin an enormous advantage in the following two-decade struggle to overthrow the czar and create Soviet Russia.
At least as far back as the French Revolution, the Left has had a passion for labeling things and ideas to gain language dominance. This process as applied to illegal immigration began at least 25 years ago for me.
Thatβs when I first remember being lectured that using the term βillegal immigrantsβ was wrong, and I should learn to say βundocumented.β
I thought this was nuts then, and I still do now. By definition, the people we were describing are illegal. Their first act on entering the United States is to break the law. Their decision to do so is an insult to every legal immigrant who patiently followed the rules and entered the United States legally.
In late February, the Biden White House had a handout, which said, βThe bill also includes $1.4 billion for cities and states who are providing critical services to newcomers.β The reaction to replacing βillegal immigrantβ with βnewcomerβ was so harsh that the Biden team dropped it. But its goal was clear.
This process of normalizing weird and radical ideas goes on constantly on the Left. Think of pushing transgenderism on children, kneeling during the Pledge of Allegiance, ignoring the destruction caused by the Black Lives Matter riots, etc.
The problem for the Left is that illegal immigration may be the battlefield on which they canβt win.
The latest absurdity began when Biden responded to jeers from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., during his State of the Union address. He said,Β βLincoln (sic) Riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. Thatβs right. But how many of thousands of people are being killed by legals?β
Note that even in acknowledging a young woman who was killed by an illegal immigrant, Biden had to immediately cover it with thousands being killed by legal immigrants and citizens. The illegal immigrant could not be the focus.
Of course, he got Rileyβs first name wrong, but the Left immediately attacked him for using the term βillegal.β That included former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Biden promptly began trying to backtrack. In an interview with MSNBCβs Jonathan Capehart on the following Saturday, Biden acknowledged his sin of language, βI shouldnβt have used βillegal.β itβs βundocumented.ββ
But Biden couldnβt stop there. He had to be pro-illegal immigrant.Β βIβm not going to treat any, any, any of these people with disrespect. Look, they built the country. The reason our economy is growing,β he said.
Bidenβs defense of illegal immigration hurt him with the average Americanβand his use of βillegalβ hurt him with his left-wing allies.
His confusion made him look weak. So, in another act of language dominance, the White House simply decided he really never apologized for saying βillegalβ in the first place.
As The Hill reported:
White House deputy spokesperson Olivia Dalton attempted to clarify on Monday, telling a reporter that βthe president absolutely did not apologizeβ despite his expression of regret.
βThere was no apology anywhere in that conversation,β Dalton told reporters on Air Force One. βHe did not apologize. He used a different word. I think what we should be really clear about is the facts.β
Biden (and his press team) may be confused, but the American people are not. As Scott Rasmussen reported:
Our recent polling found that 55% of voters believe βillegal immigrantβ is the proper term and another 8% prefer βillegal alien.β While 63% favor use of βillegal,β just 24% prefer βundocumented migrant.β
Among traditional Democrats, 54% prefer βillegalβ and 33% βundocumented.β But [Bernie] Sanders Democrats prefer βundocumentedβ by a 48% to 30% margin. It is the progressive Democrats who forced Biden to apologize. This just moves him even further from the mainstream.
Letβs be clear: Laken Riley was reportedly killed by an illegal immigrant. That illegal immigrant was in Athens, Ga., because of Bidenβs insane policies, which favor an open border and prioritize illegal immigrants over American citizens.
No word games can overcome those facts.
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