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Report
Still Subsidizing Sanctuaries: DOJ sends millions to jurisdictions that undermine federal law and public safety ([link removed])
By Jessica M. Vaughan and Nathan Desautels
Excerpt: In 2021, the Department of Justice gave out approximately $300 million to sanctuary jurisdictions under three funding programs — the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), the Byrne Justice Assistance Grants (JAG), and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
Commentary
Turning Immigration Law on Its Head: Biden says he can let in anyone he wants ([link removed])
By Mark Krikorian
The American Conservative, July 13, 2023
Excerpt: Determining how many, and which, foreigners are allowed to move to the United States is a core responsibility of the legislature. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is constructed such that Congress has given the president broad authority to keep out anyone he thinks should be excluded, but he is authorized to let in only those who are eligible under a complicated set of rules.

U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty To Terrorism, But The Full Story Is Far More Treasonous ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
The Federalist, July 11, 2023
Excerpt: What puts this case over the top is what Bridges did with his fresh training and access after becoming a cavalry scout for the 3rd Infantry Division while stationed in Fort Stewart, Georgia, and briefly in Germany, an ISIS flag always secreted away in his duffel.
Podcast
Washington Subsidizes Sanctuary Cities ([link removed])
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, Center for Immigration Studies
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 113
Featured Posts
Border Fear Claim Denials Spike Under New Border Rules — Kind Of ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The Biden administration is still failing to fully employ expedited removal, even though it’s the main tool Congress gave DHS to deter illegal entries and bogus border asylum claims. So don’t expect things at the Southwest border to get better anytime soon.

Dispatch from a Militarized Texas Farm - Where Biden's Federal Agents Are Sabotaging the State's Desperate Border Enforcement ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
Excerpt: At a pecan farm on the Rio Grande, you can see an absurd civil war of sorts pitting two American forces, one controlled by Texas and the other by Washington D.C., against each other, with Gov. Greg Abbott's state police trying to keep illegal aliens out, and President Joe Biden's Border Patrol trying to let them in.
Biden Administration’s Policies Cause the Affirmative Asylum Backlog to Double in Just Two Years ([link removed])
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: The combined backlog of affirmative and defensive asylum claims is now about 1.6 million, the highest ever, and processing times for affirmative (mostly non-border) cases are "likely now approaching a decade", according to a government report.

CBP: Not Doing Much Regarding Illegal Aliens, but Keeping Us Safe from Imported Animal Skulls and Taxidermied Birds ([link removed])
By David North
Excerpt: I am a regular reader of CBP press releases and can assure my readers that CBP officers never rest; they have proudly announced that they have saved the American people from — wait for it — six taxidermied birds and 20 horned animal skulls.
More Blog Posts
* Why Trump’s Border Security Didn’t Last ([link removed])
* EB-5 Set-Asides for Truly Depressed Areas Are Off to a Very Slow Start ([link removed])
* Is There a Valid Visa That Is Never Issued by the State Department? ([link removed])

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