The Supreme Court decided Oct. 29 to hear two cases that the Biden administration did not want the court to hear—one, aimed at reviving a rule that screens out potentially government-dependent immigrants, and another that could roll back the reach of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The court decisions came as migrants continue to…
Supreme Court Defies Biden Administration, Accepts Immigration, EPA Cases
October 31, 2021
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Border Surveillance Tools Could Become Ubiquitous Nationwide: Report
Drones, towers, license plate readers, and other surveillance tools comprise a “digital border wall” that threatens privacy and civil liberties, according to a new report from three immigration advocacy groups. The Deadly Digital Border Wall report criticizes law enforcement’s surveillance of the U.S.-Mexico border, but the tools described in the report could be—and have been—used against all…
Supreme Court May Consider Reviving Immigrant Self-Sufficiency Rule
This week the Supreme Court will consider if it will hear a request from 13 states to be allowed to defend in court a rule designed to screen out would-be immigrants unable to support themselves, a regulation that the Biden administration refuses to defend. The public charge rule, which has been very heavily litigated in…
How Many More?
Commentary “They’re Coming to America” — Neil Diamond The numbers are staggering. Should we call them invaders instead of migrants, since that word better describes the hordes of humanity coming across what used to be our southern border, a border that has been effectively erased? In March, the COVID positivity rate for those breaching our…
EpochTV Review: Just Because You’re Paranoid, It Doesn’t Mean They’re Not After You
Commentary I’ve had the pleasure now of reviewing several episodes of “Counterpunch,” and while I sometimes feel like I’m falling through the looking glass into a world where there’s a communist behind every bush, I am intensely grateful to have a host like Trevor Loudon breaking down the very real dangers of rising communist and…
Appellate Court Rules Judge Overstepped for Ordering Release of Illegal Immigrants
October 21, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—A Riverside-based federal judge’s order requiring the release of illegal immigrants from detention centers where COVID-19 risks were high was overturned Oct. 20 by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The appellate panel ruled 2-1 that U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal overstepped when he granted a preliminary injunction in April…
Senate Democrats’ Bill Shifts Border Patrol Funds to Remove Border Wall
October 19, 2021
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President Joe Biden pledged during the 2020 campaign that he “would not build another foot” of the wall his predecessor began on the U.S. border with Mexico, but Senate Democrats appear to be setting the stage to tear it down, at least in places. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) made public Oct. 18…
Activists Walk Out on Meeting With Biden Admin Over Remain in Mexico Program
October 18, 2021
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Dozens of immigration activists allegedly walked out of a virtual meeting with Biden administration officials on Saturday morning in protest over the White House’s plan to restart the Trump era “Remain in Mexico” program, Politico reports. The advocates read a statement accusing the administration of “playing politics with human lives” ahead of a virtual meeting with multiple officials, including people from the…
Debate Over Water in Southwest Ignores Immigration
October 15, 2021
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News Analysis The Biden administration’s move to revisit a 2019 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation biological opinion that had relaxed restrictions on water access in California has drawn the ire of state and national Republicans, who issued a statement claiming that “California Democrats and the Biden administration now want to deprive [Californians] of water supplies.” Yet as…
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Commentary Britain’s Home Office says more than 12,500 migrants have broken the law to get into the UK so far this year. Compare this to the nearly 200,000 migrants who have crossed the nearly nonexistent southern border just in July of this year. The count is estimated by the overwhelmed U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a name that is…
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