House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top House Republicans will hold a press conference in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is hosting McCarthy and a GOP delegation for a visit to the Southern border. They received an operational briefing from Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz and met with Border Patrol agents. *…
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top House Republicans will hold a press conference in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is hosting McCarthy and a GOP delegation for a visit to the Southern border. They received an operational briefing from Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz and met with Border Patrol agents. *…
House Republican Leaders Hold Press Conference at Southern Border
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top House Republicans will hold a press conference in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is hosting McCarthy and a GOP delegation for a visit to the Southern border. They received an operational briefing from Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz and met with Border Patrol agents. *…
House Republican Leader McCarthy Holds Press Conference at Southern Border
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top House Republicans will hold a press conference in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is hosting McCarthy and a GOP delegation for a visit to the Southern border. They received an operational briefing from Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz and met with Border Patrol agents. *…
DNC Continues to Cite 2005 Number on Illegal Immigration, Studies Indicate Real Figure Likely 3 Times Higher
Commentary Last week, Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) claimed at a press conference last week that the country needs new immigrants to combat declining reproduction rates and a low population growth rate. Schumer said his “ultimate goal” was to help not only the so-called “dreamers,” but to “get a path to citizenship for all 11…
Texas Governor Declares Biden ‘In Violation of US Constitution’ for Not Securing US Border
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent a letter to President Joe Biden saying Texas will escalate border security measures by invoking a clause of the U.S. Constitution to “protect its own territory against invasion by the Mexican drug cartels” amid rampant illegal immigration. “Your sustained dereliction of duty compels Texas to invoke the powers reserved in…
Paxton Vows to Protect Interstate Rio Grande Compact Over Biden Administration Objection
After years of dispute and finally reaching an historic agreement over the use of water from the Rio Grande River, the states of Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado are requesting a special master, and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court, to approve their settlement terms in light of a recent objection raised by the Biden administration….
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Immigration Case Brought by Texas, Louisiana
Oral arguments are scheduled to be heard before the U.S. Supreme this month in a case brought by Texas and Louisiana over the Department of Homeland Security altering policy to prohibit certain violent criminal foreign nationals from being detained and deported and instead releasing them into the United States. Ahead of oral arguments, Louisiana Attorney…
Abbott Expanding Operation Lone Star in Effort to Secure Southern Border
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expanding Operation Lone Star (OLS) in an effort to further secure the state’s southern border with Mexico. Abbott, who has been critical of President Joe Biden’s open border policies, sent a letter to Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steve McCraw and Texas Military Department (TMP) Adjutant General Thomas Suelzer…
Judge Reluctantly Pauses Order Striking Down Title 42 Border Policy
A U.S. judge on Nov. 16 paused his order striking down Title 42, a public health policy that enables U.S. agents to quickly expel some illegal immigrants amid the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, a Clinton appointee, ruled Tuesday that the policy violated federal law because the agency that promulgated it “failed to adequately…
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