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May 10, 2019

Pentagon approves plan to shift $1.5B for wall along US-Mexico border

The Pentagon has approved a plan to spend an additional $1.5 billion to build 80 more miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News Friday.

May 6, 2019

Former ICE Acting Director Tom Homan: I respect Mark Morgan for getting back into the fight

Following President Trump's announcement that he's chosen Obama-era Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), former ICE Acting Director Tom Homan says Trump's newest pick will serve the office honorably.

May 3, 2019

Texas Rep. Hurd heads to NH, sparking 2024 speculation

For Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, considered an up-and-comer in the GOP, parachuting into to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state of New Hampshire sparks some speculation that the former CIA officer may have national designs in 2024.

May 2, 2019

Retired ICE director suggests operational plan for border crisis: Stop relying on Congress

President Donald Trump asked Congress on Wednesday to provide $4.5 billion in emergency spending to fund increased measures in response to the “humanitarian and security crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border, a request sure to generate pushback from Democrats who refused to grant $8.6 billion of funding earlier this year for a border wall, resulting in a 35-day government shutdown.

April 30, 2019

Mexico weighs retaliatory tariff against U.S. over border slowdowns

Mexico is considering a retaliatory tariff against the United States over delays at the border that it is blaming on the reassignment of agents from customs inspections to dealing with the dramatic rise in migrants seeking political asylum.

April 26, 2019

5 Republican US Reps: Secure the border NOW

Congress must act immediately to secure our border and end the crisis of illegal immigration.

April 25, 2019

Nearly 100,000 illegal immigrants graduate high schools annually without DACA protection, study finds

As Congress and the White House have struggled to reach a deal on immigration reform, a D.C. think tank released a study Wednesday estimating that about 33,000 more illegal immigrants than previously thought were graduating from U.S. high schools every year.

April 24, 2019

Long-time New York Times' liberal columnist argues for Trump's border wall: 'The solution is a high wall'

President Trump has an unlikely new ally -- one of the New York Times’ most liberal and well-known voices.

April 24, 2019

James Jay Carafano: Trump needs to convince Americans he can solve our immigration mess – Here's how

President Trump’s challenge is to convince the American people that he is the one who takes their concerns seriously.

April 22, 2019

Trump tells child at Easter Egg Roll the wall is ‘being built now’

President Trump assured a child at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday that his long-promised wall is being built on the U.S.-Mexico border.