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All Senate Dems vote against barring taxpayer funds to fly illegal migrants to US towns

Every Democratic lawmaker in the Senate voted against an amendment that would bar taxpayer funds from being used to fly illegal aliens to U.S. towns and cities, according to the Republican senator behind the amendment. “Tonight every single Senate Democrat voted against my amendment that would stop Biden Admin from using taxpayer dollars to charter flights for hundreds of thousands …

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Border Patrol chief says not knowing who enters the US illegally, or why, adds up to a ‘national threat’

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens said Sunday during an interview that not knowing who is crossing the southern border illegally and what their intent is, is a “national security threat.” Owens sat with CBS for an interview aired on Face the Nation, where he spoke about nearing a million migrant apprehensions between U.S.-Mexico ports of entry so far in …

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Texas secessionist says shocking footage of migrants surging border 'moved the needle' for 'TEXIT' support

Footage of migrants surging across the southern border and trampling Texas National Guard members has “moved the needle” for residents in the Lone Star State to consider supporting the TEXIT movement, according to a leading advocate in the movement. Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, told Fox News Digital that the border crisis is “the most public and …

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Biden, Texas feud over anti-illegal immigration law as migrants rush border: What to know

Just as illegal immigrants rushed the southern border in El Paso, Texas, the Biden administration is locked in a months-long legal battle with Gov. Greg Abbott over a controversial anti-illegal immigration law. What is S.B. 4? Senate Bill 4 was passed by the Texas legislature and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in December. The law allows police to arrest those …

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Karine Jean-Pierre bashed for suggesting migrants storming border is Abbott's responsibility: 'Beyond belief'

Social media users ripped White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for suggesting on Friday that viral video showing illegal immigrants rushing the Texas National Guard at the southern border should be Gov. Greg Abbott’s concern, not President Biden’s. When asked if Biden had seen or weighed in on the “dramatic” video of the migrant surge, Jean-Pierre replied, “I mean look, …

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Republican senators introduce bill to block migrants from using Border Patrol app as ID at TSA checkpoints

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Republicans introduced a bill on Friday cracking down on the federal government’s use of a controversial mobile app to identify illegal immigrants traveling via airplane to the United States. The CBP One app was first introduced during the Trump administration for cross-border transit at ports, but it was expanded last year by the Biden administration to …

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Reporter who witnessed Texas migrant stampede describes 'absolute chaos' erupting in 'matter of seconds'

A reporter who witnessed a migrant stampede at the Texas border said the situation escalated into “absolute chaos … in a matter of seconds” as adult males charged past National Guard troops. Jennie Taer, a New York Post reporter, recounted what unfolded in El Paso on Thursday, explaining how hundreds of migrants were able to breach the border area and …

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Judge's illegal immigrant gun ruling throws 'grenade' into crime fight: former federal agent

A former senior Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives (ATF) official warns that a federal court’s finding that illegal immigrants have gun rights protected by the Constitution could pose a danger to law enforcement. Last week, U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman in the Northern District of Illinois ruled that a federal prohibition on illegal immigrants owning firearms is …

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Man pleads guilty to smuggling migrants into California through sewer pipes

A 20-year-old Mexico resident has pleaded guilty to smuggling seven migrants into the U.S. illegally through sewer pipes in southern California, federal prosecutors say. Kevin Noe Campos Villa now faces a potential 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine following his arrest in January, during which several of the migrants he was escorting had to be rescued from the …

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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit challenging DC noncitizen voting law

A federal judge on Thursday tossed a conservative legal group’s lawsuit against a controversial Washington, D.C., law that allows noncitizens — including illegal immigrants and foreign embassy staff members — to vote in municipal elections. In a 12-page opinion, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the plaintiffs, a group of U.S. citizen voters represented by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), …

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