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CARTELSCartels Turn to Social Media to Lure Americans into Human Smuggling as Texas Enforces Stricter Laws
By Alejandro Serrano
Thousands of people have been arrested under Texas’ human smuggling law. Now they face at least a decade in prison under sentencing guidelines that took effect this year.
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GANGSVenezuelan Prison Gang Crime, Arrests Confirmed in 22 U.S. States
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
Over the last two years, an unknown number of violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua prison gang members illegally entered the United States. Police records and official law enforcement statements confirm TdA-linked crime and arrests have occurred in 22 U.S. states.
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MASS DEPORTAATIONSupreme Court Unanimous Ruling May Pave Way for Mass Deportation
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
A unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court may pave the way for challenges to a federal deportation plan under the incoming Trump administration to be defeated.
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DEPORTATIONSDenver Will Stand in the Way of Mass Deportation
“More than us having DPD stationed at the county line to keep [National Guard units from other states] out, you would have 50,000 Denverites there,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said. “It’s like the Tiananmen Square moment with the rose and the gun, right? You’d have every one of those Highland moms who came out for the migrants. And you do not want to mess with them.”
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DEPORTATIONSTexas Offers Land for Use for Trump Deportations
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
Trump has said he plans to declare a national emergency on his first day in office, citing the border crisis. In an effort to aid the administration, Texas offered state property in Starr County, where more than 1,400 acres could be used to construct deportation facilities and staging areas.
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DRUG CARTELSAn Idea Whose Time Should Never Come: Using Special Forces Against the Cartels Would Be a Colossal Mistake
By Brandan P. Buck
While this idea is not new, it has become hazardous now given the Mexican drug cartels’ increased military capacity and tactical competence.
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BORDER SECURITYBeefing Up Border Patrol Is a Bipartisan Goal, but the Agency Has a Troubled History of Violence and Impunity
By Ragini Shah
On border policy, Trump and Harris have remarkably similar positions: They want to send more money, Border Patrol agents and technology to the U.S.-Mexico border. Yet, as my research on the history of border enforcement reveals, flooding the zone with funding, law enforcement and technology will not necessarily make the border safer.
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GANGSWhat You Need to Know About the Venezuelan Gang That Texas Is Targeting
By Juan Salinas II and Pooja Salhotra
Gov. Greg Abbott has declared the Venezuelan gang a foreign terrorist organization and asked the Department of Public Safety to create a strike team targeting them.
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BORDER SECURITY2021-2024: Record Number of Canadian Illegal Border Crossers
By Bethany Blankle, The Center Square
The greatest number of Canadians who’ve illegally entered the U.S. or attempted to illegally enter in recorded U.S. history has been reported under the Biden-Harris administration and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration.
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BORDER SECURITYNorthern Border Sector Continuing to Break Records in Apprehensions
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
The busiest U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector at the northern border continues to break records in apprehensions with foreign nationals coming from 85 countries to Canada to illegally enter the U.S. Apprehensions in 10 months surpass previous 13 fiscal years combined.
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THE AMERICASColombia Isn’t Ready for a New Venezuelan Migration Wave, Plus Bukele’s Mano Dura Threats Won’t Fix the Economy
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman
Petro has eroded Colombia’s institutions for managing migration since taking office in 2022, leaving Colombia ill-equipped to handle a new Venezuelan migration wave; Bukele’s mano dura tactics got results on crime, but won’t fix the economy.
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BORDER SECURITYBiden Administration Gives Up on Texas Border Suit, Ordered to Finish Wall
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
Texas has won another lawsuit against the Biden administration, this time one that requires it to finish building the border wall. The ruling was issued May 29, with a 60-day window for appeal. Because the Biden administration didn’t appeal by July 29, the court’s order remains in full effect.
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IMMIGRANTS & TERRORISMAlarmism about Terrorism Is Risky and Unjustified
By Alex Nowrasteh and Michael J. Ard
The annual chance of being murdered in an attack committed by a foreign-born terrorist is about one in 4.5 million—about 323 times lower than the chance of being murdered in a normal homicide during that 1975–2023 timeframe. The U.S. ought to be more realistic about the foreign-born terrorist threat. Alarmism in the face of small and manageable risks that probably haven’t arisen is a tremendous vice that policymakers should avoid.
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BORDER SECURITYFifth Circuit Hands Texas major Win on Rio Grande River Buoy Lawsuit
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
One year after Texas installed marine barriers in the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Texas has the legal right to do so.
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BORDER SECURITYHarris Was Never “Border Czar,” Experts Say, Despite Republican Claims
By Aline Barros
Immigration and order security experts say Harris was never appointed “order czar.” Rather, early in the Biden administration, she was assigned the task of reducing migration to the U.S. southern border by collaborating with Central American nations to address the root causes of migration through diplomacy, development, and investment.
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