Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused President Joe Biden of “running logistics for the cartels” in Mexico. “The very first day Joe Biden came into office, he announced there would be no more deportations [of migrants]. Why would he announce that? He was sending a signal to the cartels to …
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The Senate has finally released its long-discussed, much-debated, bipartisan border package. Despite their demands for many of the increased security measures the bill would provide, House Republicans are setting aside their self-proclaimed commitment to border reform in favor of blocking a potential PR victory for the Biden administration. Only hours …
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Donald Trump is furiously attempting to sink a bipartisan border and immigration package that the Senate unveiled on Sunday —so much so that he’s outright lying about having endorsed the bill’s author, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). During an interview on Monday with right-wing radio host Dan Bongino, the former president …
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Republican governors have made a show of deploying National Guard troops to the southern border to block the Biden administration from removing razor wire that Texas has laid out to repel and harm migrants — in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. On Sunday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) …
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Amid Texas’ refusal to grant federal agents access to a 2.5 mile stretch on the southern border, the Republican Governors Association has backed this Lone Star rebellion against the Biden administration. And the vast majority of that committee’s corporate donors, including some of the most recognizable brands in America, are …
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It’s an election year, which means it’s once again time for Republicans to care about the border. The GOP has done all it can to raise hell over the issue — from holding government funding hostage over their extreme demands, to trying to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to …
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has thrown his support behind Greg Abbott as the Texas governor continues to defy the Biden administration following a Supreme Court ruling granting the federal government authority to remove swaths of razor wire installed at the southern border by the state. On Monday, the conservative-controlled court …
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Republican lawmakers in the House are once again at each other’s throats, this time over their efforts to secure hardline border and immigration reform. On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during …
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The tension between the state of Texas and the federal government over the border escalated on Thursday when the Texas National Guard seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, denying entry to federal authorities. The seizure followed Gov. Greg Abbott signing an emergency order granting the state guard …
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Donald Trump’s plans to give himself sweeping powers on “day one” of a new administration include sending vast numbers of U.S. troops — potentially “hundreds of thousands” — to close the southern border and to help build a new network of immigrant detention camps, three people familiar with the situation …
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