As presidents go, Trump is harder to predict than most. Will he veto the continuing resolution budget bill? The Freedom Caucus will support him if he does: …[W]e’re going to back you up if you veto this — back you … Continue reading →
There won’t be a government shutdown over the issue of funding the wall. Did I think it would actually come to a shutdown? Probably not; the GOP has no stomach for it and Trump is savvy enough to know that … Continue reading →
Voluntary contributions: The New York Post’s Michael Goodwin received a letter from one of his reader’s last week, a gentleman by the name of Nolan Thomson Hare. Concerned over the refusal of Congressional leaders to fund a border wall, Hare … Continue reading →
A fight is going on over a bill that would reduce welfare payments to non-citizens who want to become citizens: The Trump administration is now on the clock to finalize one of the biggest changes to legal immigration policy in … Continue reading →
Asylum has a specific purpose and rules that govern its granting, and the vast majority of the caravaners’ claims wouldn’t fit asylum’s definition. But that may be somewhat moot, because (at least in the past) many asylum seekers haven’t shown … Continue reading →
…isn’t easy. There are widespread riots. But exactly who is rioting and why they’re rioting isn’t completely clear, although they certainly seem to be anti-Macron. But there are plenty of reasons to be anti-Macron, some emanating from the left and … Continue reading →
Just say “no.”. That doesn’t mean it’s over, of course. Not by a longshot. But if you reward bad behavior you get more of it. See also this.
Continue reading →Angela Merkel gave an uncharacteristically impassioned speech about a subject dear to her heart: “migration” policy. Merkel was defending Germany’s support of the UN-backed Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which has been rejected by the United States, … Continue reading →
Apparently the stretch of wall near San Diego that’s been built to new specifications was an area the caravaners did not successfully scale: When it’s finished, the new section of border wall near San Diego will replace about 14 miles … Continue reading →
Apparently, the use of tear gas at the southern border had become a rather commonplace occurrence during the Obama years, especially in his second term. And yet few if any people seemed to care at the time. When this fact … Continue reading →
Things have been heating up at the Tijuana border. The good news: the Mexican government seems to be on board with deporting 500 “migrants” who stormed the border over the weekend and were repelled by tear gas from the US … Continue reading →
This should come as no surprise whatsoever: A federal judge in San Francisco late Monday temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s move to restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, dealing another blow to the administration’s immigration agenda. Judge Jon Tigar’s ruling … Continue reading →