Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday after butting heads with President Donald Trump over policy and border control issues. He recently asked her “to close the ports of entry along the border and to stop accepting asylum seekers, which Ms. Nielsen found ineffective and inappropriate.”
Trump has...
We have been covering the migrant caravans and the immigrant invasion supported by social justice activists for many months.
After the recent launch of the largest of these caravans from Central America, President Donald Trump is now threatening to close the southern border with Mexico.
Democrats on Capital Hill faced two major defeats on Tuesday.
House Democrats couldn’t pull in enough votes to override President Donald Trump’s national emergency. The Senate Democrats threw a hissy fit by voting present instead of yes on...
President Donald Trump’s week continues to get better! The Pentagon notified Congress on Monday that it has authorized $1 billion to begin border wall construction.
The amount will cover 57 miles.
Mark Morgan, President Barack Obama’s Border Patrol chief, has come out again to speak about the the southern border. He said this morning the border crisis “is absolutely a national emergency.” From Fox Business:
“It’s...
The Department of Defense has released a 20-page spreadsheet of military projects that have more funds than needed, which means adds up to $12.8 billion for President Donald Trump’s border wall.
Friday, Trump issued his first veto of what he called a “reckless resolution,” which denied implementation of Trump’s southern border crisis emergency declaration.
12 Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting Trump’s declaration of national emergency at the southern border.
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The hysteria over Donald Trump’s National Emergency Proclamation with regard to the Mexican border is peak stupid even by the standards of the times, in which almost everything Trump does is portrayed with cataclysmic predictions.
This time around, it’s not just the usual Democrat and media suspects, but also some Republican Senators...
Opponents of President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency are practically orgasmic over his statement during his press conference that “I didn’t need to do this . . . . ” That statement supposedly will be devastating in court as an admission that there is no actual emergency.
But as with so...
At a Rose Garden ceremony on Friday, President Trump announced a declaration of national emergency in an effort to address ongoing security issues at our nation’s southern border.
President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and the House Freedom Caucus met with around 60 sheriffs from around the country as they demand a border wall and more ICE funding.
Trump is widely portrayed as having suffered a devastating loss to Nancy Pelosi by agreeing to a continuing resolution without additional funding for a border wall in some form.
And certainly, Pelosi is crowing about her victory. She’s also emboldened, accusing Trump of being subjected to blackmail by Putin. (Exact quote: “What...
Obama’s border patrol chief Mark Morgan has much in common with the Trump administration.
During an appearance on FOX News this weekend, he advocated for an all-of-the-above approach to border security, including the wall.
There is little question that lawyers and law professors can argue on either side of this issue and make a convincing case. But here are some of the arguments Trump’s side will probably use if it comes down to that:
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Back in 2014, then-president Obama and his administration were alarmed by the huge number of unaccompanied minors flooding into the U. S. From October 2013 to September 2014, a whopping 52,000 unaccompanied children were apprehended by border control.
The problem was so severe, that
Yesterday, Kemberlee blogged about the partial government shutdown, and today, the Senate adjourned until December 27, 2018. The partial government shutdown will not be resolved until they return.
Meanwhile, recent polls show that
