It’s almost an understatement to say that Republican candidates campaigned hawkishly on border control in the runup to the 2022 midterms: As they decried the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs from Mexico, many vowed to impeach the man they largely blamed for the mess, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Republicans have continued hammering Mayorkas…
Why Hasn’t the GOP Yet Walked the Walk on Its Mayorkas Impeachment Talk?
April 4, 2023
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The Immigration Conundrum
Commentary If the United States wants to recapture its former economic strength, it will need more workers and to find ways to make all workers more productive. Without a larger, more effective workforce, the country will have to settle for slower growth than previously, something like the 1.8 percent a year projected recently by the…
House Republicans Say Homeland Security Chief’s $60 Billion Budget Concedes Border Cannot Be Secured
March 29, 2023
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Any federal department head with a $60.4 billion annual spending request is going to see fiscal hawks on Congressional panels flash their budget-cutting knives in appropriations hearings. But when it comes to embattled United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas—literally, the face of President Joe Biden’s much-maligned border and immigration policies—House Republicans…
Cartels Using Migrants as ‘Human Shields’ for Drug Smuggling: Ex-Border Patrol Chief
March 29, 2023
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As historic numbers of illegal migrants at the U.S.–Mexico border continue to draw the attention of law enforcement and the nation as a whole, the drug cartels are taking advantage of that distraction, according to former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott. In a March 28 interview with Steve Lance of NTD News, The Epoch…
Latest Border Encounter Numbers Expose Biden’s Ports of Entry Bait-and-Switch
Commentary As expected, the Biden administration has started using its port parole program shell game to feign “lawfulness” and distract from the true numbers of illegal aliens entering the United States each month. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Wednesday, March 15, reported the lowest number of southwest land border encounters since January 2022. Taken at face value, that may…
Clinton-Era Proposals Key to Ending Immigration Crisis: Advocacy Group
March 20, 2023
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For the United States, the problem of immigration is nothing new, having plagued the nation for decades. But while the issue stands as one of the most divisive in party politics today, there was a time when lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were able to reach a bipartisan agreement on what needed to…
California Republicans Build Support for Legislation to Address Fentanyl, Border Crises
March 17, 2023
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed the Biden administration’s border policies for the alarming rise in deaths from fentanyl overdoses in the United States at the recent California Republican Party (CAGOP) convention. “I want you to think for one moment what this fentanyl is doing, because it is killing Americans,” he told Republicans gathered in Sacramento…
Capitol Report: Pentagon Says Russia Intentionally Downs US Drone; Pentagon Raises Likelihood of Alien Life
March 15, 2023
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The United States reveals whether it believes Russia’s latest downing of a U.S. drone was intentional or not, as Moscow vows to recover the drone’s debris likely containing classified technology. House Republicans are trying to find solutions to the border crisis. But House Democrats say they’re going about it wrong. Republicans are unveiling an energy…
The Southern Border Is a Hybrid War Zone
March 15, 2023
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Commentary The March 12 incident on the Paso Del Norte Bridge confirms the U.S.-Mexico border is once again a war zone. The March 12 Incident is an outrage that demonstrates the United States is currently under continuous hybrid war assault. The hybrid war’s current weapons: deadly drugs (fentanyl), human trafficking (to include child sex and…
LIVE 10:15 AM ET: House Homeland Security Committee Holds Hearing ‘Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis’
March 15, 2023
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U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Holds a field hearing in Pharr, Texas, on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the border crisis at 10:15 a.m. ET on March 15. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will testify at the hearing, titled: “Failure By Design: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis” …
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