‘That border fight is coming, and we’re going to die on that hill’

From the Saturday Globe with color cartoons on the immigration issue, Utica, NY, 18 April 1908.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pledged Monday to block foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel unless measures including “remain in Mexico” are reinstated in U.S. border policy.

In an appearance on conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt’s radio show , Johnson lamented that aid to Israel and Ukraine amid their respective wars were packaged together in a supplemental budget request by the Biden administration, but the Speaker made clear his priority is border policy.

“Israel and Ukraine are separate and distinct. We have to support Israel. It’s a top priority. Ukraine’s important as well. But we cannot be involved in securing the border of Ukraine or other nations until we secure our own. And so that border fight is coming, and we’re going to die on that hill… (Continue to full article)

House Judiciary Hearing Highlights the Cost of Illegal Immigration to American Taxpayers

In a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on Thursday, a panel of witnesses and Republican lawmakers revealed how Biden’s open border policies have strained American taxpayers and put national security at risk.

In the hearing, Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX) said that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has an “entirely different standard” for illegal immigrants boarding flights in the U.S.

“This is a line in the Tucson airport specially made for non-citizens,” Hunt said in his remarks while showing a graphic of the airport.

“The sign says: ‘Non-U.S. citizens without passports enter here.’ Without passports. That is the tip of the iceberg… (Continue to full article)

Maine Builds Rent-Free Apartments for Illegal Migrants Paid for by American Taxpayers
Hardworking Maine taxpayers are footing the bill for the construction of several apartment buildings where illegal migrants will live rent-free.

… Maine officials celebrated the renovation of a former naval air station base where 60 new apartment units in five buildings will go up. Border crossers and illegal migrants will be able to live rent-free – paid for by hardworking taxpayers – for at least two years while they await work permits.

News Center Maine reported that the goal is to move migrants out of hotels and shelters and into stable housing – despite being in the U.S. illegally and mooching off of American benefits… (Continue to full article)

Estate – Cover by Arpi Alto

Leonardo Da Vinci is probably full of envy in heaven, for not having been able to paint Arpi in this beautiful scene!

16K Chinese Migrants Headed for U.S. Border – Detained
Border Patrol agents apprehended tens of thousands of illegal Chinese migrants headed for the U.S. border as Biden’s immigration crisis continues to threaten the nation’s national security risk.

Since October 1, 2023, Border Patrol agents have detained nearly 16,000 Chinese nationals who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports, 9,844 migrants were apprehended in October and November, leaving roughly 6,800 to be arrested since December 1, 2023.

In addition, Mexican authorities detained 40 Chinese illegal migrants who were traveling by bus in southern Mexico on their way to the United States. That same day, Mexican authorities apprehended 180 migrants in the state of Oaxaca coming from Central and South America – also heading for the U.S…. (Continue to full article)

MORE CHINEE: CCP member and Chairman Mao admirer Chen Tianqiao’s $85 MILLION purchase of Oregon timberland is missing from government records, alarming lawmakers: Is now second-largest foreign owner of US land

The purchase of $85 million worth of US agricultural land by a Chinese billionaire and alleged Communist Party member has sparked outcry among lawmakers after it went largely unreported for eight years.

It emerged earlier this week that California-based online gaming pioneer Chen Tianqiao owns 198,000 acres of Oregon timberland, making him the second largest foreign owner of American land.

The sale went through in 2015, but only became widespread knowledge on Monday after Oregon tax records unveiled one of Chen’s companies as the beneficial owner… (Continue to full article)

Migrants are LEAVING Chicago

Chicago, Chicago, that Toddlin’ Town…

The situation in Chicago is dire, with hundreds of migrants living in buses and resorting to desperate measures like searching through trash bins for food. Over the past 16 months, an estimated 34,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago, overwhelming the city’s shelter system. Initially, police precincts were enlisted to house the migrants, but this temporary solution was discontinued in December. With the city’s 27 designated shelter buildings already at full capacity, authorities have been scrambling to find alternative housing options.

A recent addition of eight “warming buses” in the West Loop aimed to alleviate some of the burden. However, conditions on these buses are far from comfortable, with basic necessities like food and on-site shower facilities being scarce. Volunteers have been providing limited provisions like packets of oatmeal and Nutri-Grain bars, but the situation remains dire. One Venezuelan migrant, Robinson Mendez, shared his experience, stating that without proper food, people are forced to resort to extreme measures.

Mendez recently witnessed a distressing scene involving hungry migrants in Chicago… (Continue to full article)

Border residents to Congress: ‘Stop holding press conferences, shut down the border‘
As another Republican congressional delegation arrived in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday to hold another news conference and meet local residents, many Texans living at the border say they are fed up and want Congress to shut down the border.

If Congress continues to use taxpayer dollars to fund policies that facilitate the border crisis, they argue, Congress is complicit in creating it and a national security threat.

Congress hasn’t yet agreed to a $13.6 billion request from the president to fund “border enforcement and migration management.” This includes hiring more judges and asylum staffers “to expedite the screening process” to release more people into the U.S., White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt recently explained. House Republicans have “refused to take up the President’s supplemental funding request. Actions speak louder than words. It’s time for House Republicans to act… (Continue to full article)

The Biden administration’s self-inflicted crisis at the border has devastated America over the past three years, but the worst is still yet to come.

The border crisis has escalated even further in recent months as more than 300,000 illegal aliens crossed the southern border in December, shattering a new record for monthly border crossings. After setting records for illegal crossings in 2021 and 2022, the Biden Administration’s anti-border policies once again likely facilitated a record number of illegal crossings at the southern border in 2023, although the official numbers for last year have still not been released. Don’t expect the records set in 2023 to last very long either, because 2024 is likely to be an even worse year for border security.

The deteriorating situation at the southern border is primarily due to the lack of deterrent facing foreign nationals who cross the border illegally in order to file bogus asylum claims. The current administration is the first in U.S. history to announce publicly that there will be no consequences for those who cross the border illegally. Continue reading →

Biden’s open border is allowing the cartels to not only worsen the humanitarian crisis but also to rake in the dough.

Immigrants who are choosing to enter the U.S. illegally have to go through the cartels. The Mexican cartels have a monopoly on the various methods of getting into the U.S. through gaps in the border wall. But though the migrants have the freedom to choose to enter the U.S. this way, the cartels are happy to inflict as much misery and extortion as they can and exacerbate the humanitarian crisis created by President Joe Biden’s open border.

Smuggling illegal immigrants is big business. The House Judiciary Committee published a claim by Border Patrol that the Mexican cartels rake in $32 million a week from illegal immigrants desperate to cross the southern border. Continue reading →

Just saw a report on Fox News this morning where the mayor of New York City just put out an executive order that they don’t want anymore busloads of illegal immigrants dropped off in their fair city. One busload of illegals got dropped off over in New Jersey because of that. It seems that Chicago has got the same problem.

I get a kick out of these big blue cities sending out their virtue signals saying “Hey, those mean old Texans down on the border don’t want you, but we’ll gladly take in your “poor, huddles masses” because we are truly compassionate.” Continue reading →