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April 19, 2019

New Mexico militia detains migrants at gunpoint until Border Patrol arrives: report

An armed right-wing militia group operating along the U.S.-Mexico border posted several videos to social media this week, including one in which they held about 200 asylum-seeking migrants at gunpoint near Sunland Park, NM until U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived, according to a report.

April 19, 2019

Vice President Mike Pence: Congress must act to end the crisis on our border

This week, Mayor Douglas Nicholls of Yuma, Arizona, declared a state of emergency as thousands of illegal immigrants poured into the city and pushed it to its breaking point. As the mayor warned, the sudden influx of people is “above our capacity as a community to sustain.”

April 14, 2019

Graham reveals plans to overhaul US asylum laws in effort to halt migration crisis

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on Sunday that he is currently working on a drastic overhaul of the United States’ asylum laws in an effort to deal with the ongoing migration crisis at the country’s southern border with Mexico.

April 11, 2019

Debra Messing calls US Army 'disgusting and irresponsible' after announcing border wall funding

Actress Debra Messing took to Twitter on Wednesday where she sounded off on the U.S. Army for helping fund the construction of a wall on the southern border.

April 10, 2019

Tomi Lahren to DHS: Warrior needed

Kirstjen Nielsen is out and though I liked her, this is not a snag in the plan, this is an OPPORTUNITY to get someone in that spot who will fight like hell for our border security. 

April 9, 2019

Rep. Andy Biggs: Nielsen resignation puts Democrats' Trump Derangement Syndrome on full display

Democrats truly have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Kirstjen Nielsen is out as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Vitiello’s name was pulled from the nomination to direct Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

April 9, 2019

Brett Velicovich: Democrats' open border fantasy vision is a lie – we have a humanitarian crisis to fix

The dramatically worsening crisis at the border – the unfolding humanitarian disaster and utter breakdown of any semblance of the rule of law – is the inevitable result of the open borders agenda of the political class in Washington.

April 9, 2019

New York Post: Behind the homeland security shakeup: This prez demands results

It’s hard not to have sympathy for outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

April 8, 2019

Kevin Brady: Democrats don't want to 'govern' on border crisis, fishing on taxes

Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, criticized Democrats Monday for what he called a lack of response to the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying they instead have been overly focused on a “fishing expedition” for the president’s taxes.

April 8, 2019

Steve Levy: Nielsen was a scapegoat

President Trump is rightly frustrated over the border crisis but it’s ludicrous to blame the dilemma on his former Homeland Security Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, who resigned, apparently under pressure, Sunday afternoon.