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  • Border Patrol Agents Rescue Migrants, Toddlers from Rio Grande Border Patrol Agents Rescue Migrants, Toddlers from Rio Grande
    Del Rio Sector agents rescued five Honduran migrants from the swiftly moving waters of the Rio Grande River that separates Texas from Mexico. Agents said two were toddlers who were put in grave danger. Eagle Pass Station agents patrolling the river on a boat came upon a group of migrants who were attempting to wade across the ...
  • California governor to reduce National Guard presence at border California governor to reduce National Guard presence at border
    FILE: Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at the California Legislative Black Caucus Martin Luther King Jr., Breakfast, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP) California Gov. Gavin Newsom is slated to pull several hundred National Guard troops from the state’s border with ...
  • As border wall funding divides Washington, new $600M barrier will soon break ground in Texas As border wall funding divides Washington, new $600M barrier will soon break ground in Texas
    MISSION, Texas — Heavy machinery has started to roll in near the National Butterfly Center, which straddles the Mexican border. Customs and Border Protection has positioned vehicles here. And construction workers and architects have started plotting out their work for the next few months, and possibly years. As the nation’s capital grapples over how to fund the ...
  • Trump Zig-Zags on Immigration
    in State of the Union Address
    Trump Zig-Zags on Immigration <br />in State of the Union Address
    In his State of the Union address, President Trump said some of the right things about what he hopes to accomplish to create a more effective immigration system. But his recent actions on the H-1B visa, a long-standing American tech worker job displacement vehicle, indicate that the President’s heart is elsewhere, namely with powerful corporate ...
  • Trump May Drop ‘Hire American’ Policy to Welcome More Migrants Trump May Drop 'Hire American' Policy to Welcome More Migrants
    President Donald Trump suggested that he is ready to ditch his Inauguration Day promise of a “Hire American” economic policy — even though thousands of auto workers are being laid off, millions of Americans do not have jobs, and many millions of Americans cannot get better-paying jobs. The huge policy shift in favor of employers and ...
  • Migrant caravan still held up in Mexican border shelter Migrant caravan still held up in Mexican border shelter
    published 2019-02-07 19:14:13 by Honduran Delia Romero, 24, sits with her children in their sleeping area at a sheltered in Piedras Negras, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. A caravan of about 1,600 Central American migrants camped Tuesday in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras, ...
  • Frustration grows as migrant caravan stuck in Mexico shelter Frustration grows as migrant caravan stuck in Mexico shelter
    Honduran Delia Romero, 24, sits with her children in their sleeping area at a sheltered in Piedras Negras, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. A caravan of about 1,600 Central American migrants camped Tuesday in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras, just west of Eagle ...
  • Migrant caravan still held up in Mexican border shelter Migrant caravan still held up in Mexican border shelter
    Honduran Delia Romero, 24, sits with her children in their sleeping area at a sheltered in Piedras Negras, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. A caravan of about 1,600 Central American migrants camped Tuesday in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras, just west of Eagle ...
  • True Reform to Stop Cheap, Foreign Labor Dumping is Needed Now True Reform to Stop Cheap, Foreign Labor Dumping is Needed Now
    Response to the Trump Administration H-1B Reforms President Trump campaigned on a platform of prioritizing the interests of our nation and American citizens when it comes to national security, trade, immigration and jobs. For this American tech worker, it was thrilling to see President Trump, policy advisor Stephen Miller and Disney screwed-by-Iger tech workers at several ...
  • Eagle Pass, once-sleepy Texas town, is now at core of border security debate Eagle Pass, once-sleepy Texas town, is now at core of border security debate
    Normally, Eagle Pass, Texas, is a small and sleepy border city. Now, with a huge influx of law enforcement on one side of the border and an immigrant caravan on the other, it’s as far from sleepy as can be. As of Tuesday, the city park that sits along the river border was closed to the public. Beyond ...
  • Trump Moves 250 Active Duty Troops to Texas Border Trump Moves 250 Active Duty Troops to Texas Border
    The Department of Defense is moving 250 active duty military personnel to the Texas border in response to the arrival of Central American migrants near Eagle Pass. The troops are being moved from assignments in Arizona. Acting Department of Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan authorized the movement of active duty military personnel from border security assignments ...
  • Mexico governor tells migrants stay away: ‘No more caravans!’ Mexico governor tells migrants stay away: ‘No more caravans!’
    PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — The Governor of Coahuila, the Mexican state where this border city is located, has one thing to say after overseeing the arrival of a caravan of nearly 2,000 migrants: “No Mas Caravanas,” or no more caravans. That was the headline in the local newspaper. “In the case of the state government, we ...
  • Democrats unmoved by Trump’s bid to break border gridlock Democrats unmoved by Trump’s bid to break border gridlock
    Top Democrats signaled on Tuesday that President Trump’s State of the Union address did little to convince them that a legislative compromise to construct his proposed border wall is possible, as another potential partial federal government shutdown over the White House’s long-promised project looms. In his remarks, Trump made no mention of an emergency declaration to fund the wall, ...
  • Mexican Government Expands Disease, Pregnancy Care for Migrant Caravan near Texas Mexican Government Expands Disease, Pregnancy Care for Migrant Caravan near Texas
    Health care officials in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras began a series of emergency protocols to deal with the increasing number of caravan migrants arriving on their journey to Texas. Doctors are administering vaccinations and caring for pregnant women from Honduras. As Breitbart News reported, more than 1,700 migrants arrived in Piedras Negras as ...
  • Illegal Entry by Caravan Migrants into Texas ‘Will Not Be Tolerated,’ Says DHS Illegal Entry by Caravan Migrants into Texas 'Will Not Be Tolerated,' Says DHS
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen said illegal entry into Texas by the most recent Central American migrant caravan “will not be tolerated.” The secretary also called on Congress to stop its “inexcusable failure to fully fund a needed physical barrier.” “Approximately 2,000 aliens have arrived in northern Mexico as part of a ...
  • Illegal Entry by Caravan Migrants into Texas ‘Will Not Be Tolerated,’ Says DHS Illegal Entry by Caravan Migrants into Texas 'Will Not Be Tolerated,' Says DHS
    Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen said illegal entry into Texas by the most recent Central American migrant caravan “will not be tolerated.” The secretary also called on Congress to stop its “inexcusable failure to fully fund a needed physical barrier.” “Approximately 2,000 aliens have arrived in northern Mexico as part of a ...
  • Rep. Doug Collins: These 3 immigration loopholes are incentivizing people to break our laws. Let’s close them Rep. Doug Collins: These 3 immigration loopholes are incentivizing people to break our laws. Let's close them
    Customs and Border Protection announced just days ahead of President Trump’s State Union address that the number of family units entering the U.S. has increased 280 percent over the same time last year. Since this announcement, Congress’ duty to respond to the array of concerns grows keener by the day — as does our passive abdication ...
  • Police in riot gear line up at border to greet migrant caravan as US vows: ‘We stand ready’ Police in riot gear line up at border to greet migrant caravan as US vows: 'We stand ready'
    PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — Tensions began to rise before dawn as some 2,000 migrants being housed in a shelter in this border city woke up to a massive show of force gathering outside. Just beyond a chain-linked fence topped with barbed wire, hundreds of Mexican federal, state and local law enforcement officers – clad in riot gear ...
  • Donald Trump Promises ‘Human Wall’ of Troops to Block Migrant Caravans Donald Trump Promises 'Human Wall' of Troops to Block Migrant Caravans
    President Donald Trump promised Tuesday to keep a flood of migrants from the southern border by sending in more military forces. “We will build a Human Wall if necessary,” Trump wrote. “If we had a real Wall, this would be a non-event!” The Pentagon announced Sunday that they are sending 3,750 troops to help secure the border ...
  • Trump says he’ll build ‘Human Wall if necessary,’ to protect southern border Trump says he’ll build ‘Human Wall if necessary,’ to protect southern border
    Ahead of his State of the Union address Tuesday night,  President Trump warned that he would use the military to form “a Human Wall” if he can’t get funding for his proposed barrier along the U.S. southern border with Mexico. “Tremendous numbers of people are coming up through Mexico in the hopes of flooding our Southern ...
  • Trump Organization Adopts E-Verify; Mandatory Nationwide Use Could Follow Trump Organization Adopts E-Verify; Mandatory Nationwide Use Could Follow
    Last week, the Trump Organization, an umbrella group that oversees more than 500 companies which list Donald Trump, the United States President, as sole or principal owner, announced that it would use the federal E-Verify program to confirm the work eligibility status of its new employees. Because of a little-known provision in immigration law that ...
  • Trump’s State of the Union to condemn ‘resistance and retribution politics,’ as WH says he won’t back down on wall Trump's State of the Union to condemn 'resistance and retribution politics,' as WH says he won't back down on wall
    President Trump is set to renew his call for unity during Tuesday’s primetime State of the Union address, but prominent Democrats are already signaling they have no intention of reconciliation amid ongoing fights over border wall funding and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Historian Douglas Brinkley called Trump’s upcoming address — his first before a Congress ...
  • Identity Politics and Class Warfare Define Julian Castro 2020 CampaignIdentity Politics and Class Warfare Define Julian Castro 2020 Campaign
    Perhaps it was fitting that in the moments that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam first came under fire late last week for a yearbook photograph portraying two men in racially insensitive manners–one in blackface, the other donning Ku Klux Klan robes–former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro was the first 2020 Democrat hopeful to ...
  • Migrant caravan to reach US border day before Trump’s State of the Union Migrant caravan to reach US border day before Trump's State of the Union
    SALTILLO, Mexico — More than 2,000 migrants boarded dozens of buses provided by the Mexican State of Coahuila en route to the border city of Piedras Negras, where a shelter with federal resources awaits them. The caravan will arrive at the border on Monday, a day ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union speech – ...
  • Pentagon sending 3,750 more troops to Mexico border Pentagon sending 3,750 more troops to Mexico border
    published 2019-02-03 16:04:48 by Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard keep an eye out for signs of illegal activity along the U.S./Mexico border in the Sasabe District of Arizona Jan. 19. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Gordon Hyde) ...
  • Pentagon sending 3,750 more troops to Mexico border Pentagon sending 3,750 more troops to Mexico border
    Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard keep an eye out for signs of illegal activity along the U.S./Mexico border in the Sasabe District of Arizona Jan. 19. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Gordon Hyde) The ...
  • Democrats’ 2019 DHS Spending Bill Opens the Border to Migrants Democrats' 2019 DHS Spending Bill Opens the Border to Migrants
    The House Democrats’ proposed 2019 homeland security budget reopens the nation’s southern border to migrant inflows, while it also dangles the promise of cheap labor in front of GOP legislators and donors. The draft budget adds $1.75 billion in extra border spending to President Donald Trump’s $58.7 billion budget request for the Department of Homeland security ...
  • Infosys Tries to Redefine ‘American Worker’ Infosys Tries to Redefine ‘American Worker’
    Connecticut, along with Texas, Indiana, Rhode Island and North Carolina, recently entered into agreements with Infosys, an Indian outsourcing company, wherein the states promised to give Infosys state grants or tax breaks in return for the company’s promise to create certain jobs. The agreements have been questioned by various American worker groups concerned that those ...
  • CRS Says President Can Build Border Wall Without Congress CRS Says President Can Build Border Wall Without Congress
    The Congressional Research Service (CRS) says President Trump has the legal authority to build significant portions of a border wall without additional congressional authorization or declaring a national emergency. That conclusion was reached in a report released by the nonpartisan federal agency on January 10. A Department of Defense official made a similar legal argument in ...
  • David Limbaugh: This was not Trump’s shutdown — Here’s why David Limbaugh: This was not Trump's shutdown -- Here's why
    President Trump will deliver his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, but before we begin focusing on it, and the predictable, rote shellacking he’ll take from the usual suspects, let’s review the recent shutdown quagmire and set the record straight about what actually transpired, as it will be instructive going forward. On that note, it’s ...