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Congressional Testimony
The Consequences of Catch and Release at the Border ([link removed])
Statement of Jessica M. Vaughan before the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs, February 15, 2024

Excerpt: The mass migration crisis instigated by the Biden administration’s misguided immigration policies has caused incalculable harm to American communities. The mass catch and release policies have led to the release of more than three million illegal migrants, damaged the integrity of our
immigration system, and exposed Americans to new national security and public safety threats.

Link to full written testimony ([link removed])
Podcast
The Democrats’ Immigration Evolution ([link removed])
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guest: Ruy Teixeira, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 142
Report
The Employment Situation of Immigrants and the U.S.-born in the Fourth Quarter of 2023 ([link removed])
By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler, February 13, 2024
Excerpt: The total number of U.S.-born and immigrants of working age (16 to 64), both sexes and all education levels not working — unemployed or not in the labor force — was 59 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. This is an enormous pool of potential workers to draw upon.
Commentary
Who’s Funding Illegal Immigration? You Are. ([link removed])
By Mark Krikorian
NHJournal, February 15, 2024
Excerpt: Whether the money comes directly from the federal treasury or is directed through the United Nations or various non-profit groups, your tax money is helping underwrite the border crisis. There’s a long list of things that need to be done to regain control after three years of chaos, but high up on that list is to stop paying to make it worse.

Yes, Mayorkas Is in Fact Breaking the Law ([link removed])
By Phillip Linderman
The American Conservative, February 16, 2024
Excerpt: Conservatives are rightfully celebrating the House’s Tuesday vote in favor of articles of impeachment against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The coming trial of the scofflaw DHS secretary is far from a waste of time, even if the Democrat-controlled Senate is already looking to block it. It sends a message to frustrated Americans: This administration is breaking the law.

Will The Kickapoo Tribe Be Dragged Into The Abbott-Biden Fray Over Illegal Immigration? ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
The Federalist, February 15, 2024
Excerpt: The illegal crossing numbers on the Kickapoo tribe's land near Eagle Pass, Texas, have skyrocketed from the usual one or two per day to more than 400 and up to 500 on a weekend.

Job gains are going to immigrants, and keeping young US-born men out of the workforce ([link removed])
By Steven Camarota
New York Post, February 13, 2024
Excerpt: To be clear, employment for both groups has rebounded significantly since the depths of the COVID-19 recession in 2020. But the number of US-born workers has not returned to the level it was before the pandemic, while immigrant employment (legal and illegal together) has ballooned.

ISIS plot to assassinate George Bush reminds us the border crisis security threat is real ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
New York Post, February 12, 2024
Excerpt: A terrorist plot to smuggle an ISIS assassin team from Iraq across our southern border is wrapping up just in time to remind Americans the worst mass-migration crisis in US history comes with a high price: an elevated national-security threat.
Featured Posts
CBP Releases January Border Numbers — Early ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The five Texas Border Patrol sectors — Rio Grande Valley (RGV), Laredo, Del Rio, Big Bend, and El Paso — accounted for just over 44,000 of those apprehensions, or approximately 35 percent. By contrast, the four sectors west of El Paso — Tucson, Yuma (Ariz.), El Centro (Calif.), and San Diego tabbed 80,000-plus apprehensions.

Senate Bill Wouldn’t End ‘Catch-and-Release’ — It Would Perpetuate It ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: A main selling point for the (apparently doomed) Senate border bill is that it would end “catch-and-release”. The bill not only wouldn’t have done that, it would instead have perpetuated catch-and-release by making it next to impossible for any future administration to halt the border crisis by detaining border migrants.
Inside ‘Zone 47’: Biden’s Ruthless Mexico Immigration Crackdown Is Working, but Media Won’t Tie Him to It ([link removed])
By Todd Bensman
Excerpt: Just a month ago, thousands of economic migrants a day crossing illegally from this Mexican city over the Rio Grande into Eagle Pass, Texas, submerged U.S. Border Patrol and Texas State military forces, mesmerized the international media, and — significantly — pounded Joe Biden’s re-election poll numbers.

I Was Wrong About the ‘Good’ in the Senate Border Bill — It Won’t Curb Asylum Abuses ([link removed])
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: My February 5 post — issued the day after three Senate negotiators released the text of their long-awaited bill trading war funding for Ukraine for claimed border reforms — was captioned “The Good — and a Lot of Bad — in the Senate Border ‘Deal’”.
More Blog Posts
* The Senate Border Bill Went ‘Meta’ in Record Time ([link removed])
* Obama Secured the Border — Why Can’t Biden? ([link removed])

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