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Do more to prevent Chinese espionage <[link removed]> - China is not a friendly competitor. It is very much a strategic threat, one that is actively working to undermine the United States and Western values of freedom and liberty. Yet too many universities and policymakers fail to recognize the danger. Many universities have been blinded by dollar signs. They pay agents to recruit <[link removed]> international students, primarily because they will pay full tuition. China is more than happy to pay the price. Prior to the pandemic, 35% of all foreign students in the U.S. were Chinese nationals. That number has since dropped by more than half <[link removed]>, but Chinese students still fill a disproportionately large share of seats, especially in post-graduate STEM classrooms. Heritage Expert: Dustin Carmack <[link removed]> 
DC Delays School Vaccine Mandate After Daily Signal
Report <[link removed]> - Fewer than 24 hours after The Daily Signal reported that the District of Columbia would not offer remote learning and planned to bar unvaccinated students, many of whom are black, from attending school in person 20 days
after school started on Monday, the city abruptly announced it was delaying the policy until next year.  DCist reported <[link removed]> that Washington, D.C., Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn announced that enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate would not begin until Jan. 3, 2023.  Students 12 and up who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will receive a notice of noncompliance on Nov. 21. If they do not comply by Jan. 3, 2023, they will no longer be able to attend school in person.  Heritage Expert: Douglas Blair <[link removed]> 
Overwhelming Majority of Americans Agree: Voter IDs Are Common Sense
Requirement <[link removed]> - The claim that the poor and people of color are unable to vote because of voter ID requirements is simply false. Providing basic security like an ID in no way prevents access, and the turnout record of elections in states with ID requirements proves that. Keep in mind, every state with an ID requirement provides a free ID to anyone who need ones. Also an overwhelming majority of Americans agree ID is a common sense requirement; it is supported by a majority of all Americans no matter their race, ethnicity, or political affiliation. This false claim shows a patronizingly racist attitude towards voters, who want both access and security. Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky <[link removed]>  
Congress should reject Biden administration’s asylum rule and ruin <[link removed]> – The Biden administration has opened our southern border to an unlimited number of illegal immigrants from all parts of the globe -- and has no intention of changing course. Rather than act to secure our border, it has implemented a three-point border plan: 1. Quickly process illegal immigrants into the country, using NGOs that receive FEMA and HHS grants to transport them to the U.S. interior. 2. Grant these immigrants parole (albeit in violation of the parole law). 3. Use its new rule to expedite applications for asylum for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens (most of whom are not eligible for asylum). The administration is actively ruining our asylum system by encouraging this fraud. Congress has the obligation to disapprove of the rule and bring meaning and integrity back to asylum. Heritage Expert: Lora Ries <[link removed]> 
One Economic Indicator Could Be
Dems’ Achilles Heel Heading Into November. Here’s What It Is <[link removed]> – When it comes to gauging the country’s economic health, the media usually focuses on indicators like gross domestic product (GDP). But those broad metrics don’t always capture people’s ability to meet their basic needs — food, clothing and shelter. Even though GDP has been declining for the last six months, the real alarm bell that should be ringing concerns the electorate’s inability to afford a place to live, something the discontented voter will not take lightly. Heritage Expert: EJ Antoni <[link removed]> 
Who Has the Worst Election Laws? These 10 States, According to
Scorecard <[link removed]> – Going into the midterm elections Nov. 8, the nominal battleground state of Nevada comes in second to last in laws promoting clean and honest elections, while California—the largest state in the nation—is third from the bottom, according to The Heritage Foundation Election Integrity Scorecard <[link removed]>. Heritage’s scorecard ranks the states <[link removed]> and the District of Columbia based on factors such as voter ID implementation; accuracy of vote registration lists; absentee ballot management; restrictions on ballot trafficking <[link removed]>, also known as ballot harvesting; access for election observers; vote-counting practices; and restrictions on private funding for election administration.  Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky <[link removed]>  
What Released Affidavit Reveals About FBI’s Mar-a-Lago
Raid <[link removed]> – Despite claims <[link removed]> by some that they have “seen no evidence that there was any political motivation” behind
the raid, many remain skeptical—especially given its unprecedented nature and the FBI’s prior troublesome actions involving Trump and officials in his administration.  After all, an FBI lawyer plead guilty <[link removed]> to altering a document that was later used to obtain a warrant to spy on a
Trump campaign aide, and it appeared to many that the FBI broke normal protocols and essentially set <[link removed]> a perjury trap for Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn <[link removed]>. Then there’s the double standard that appears to be in play, considering <[link removed]> that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced no legal repercussions for sending and receiving classified information on her own, very vulnerable home-brew computer server. So, what was the FBI looking for at Mar-a-Lago? We can’t be precisely sure, but we know that the dispute essentially centers on whether Trump retained documents that he shouldn’t have once he left office. Heritage Experts: John Malcolm <[link removed]> and Zack Smith <[link removed]>

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