Wednesday’s El Paso action is welcome and long overdue — another step in last summer’s call by President Trump for military action against the cartels. The sudden closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, Feb. 11 was a big deal — but likely not for the reason you think. For years, the Federal Aviation...
Nations do not collapse overnight. They erode when leaders start deciding which laws are optional. It shows the American people that if immigration law only applies when it’s politically convenient, then it isn’t law—it’s theater. Maria Salazar, a Republican congresswoman from Florida recently said, “Don’t touch the nannies or the gardeners… Those people are helping...
Lincoln’s natural rights statesmanship should be our guide. If Hayek taught us to inquire about who ought to decide and Lincoln taught us to ask to what end, then the question of immigration compels us toward a third and inescapable question: Where is the line drawn? The principles of subsidiarity and federalism demand that matters should be resolved...
If economist Friedrich Hayek taught us to as who ought to decide, and Abraham Lincoln taught us to as to what end, then the question of immigration compels us to ask a third and inescapable question: Where is the line drawn? In the instance of Minneapolis, the line is both wrongly drawn, and drawn at...
Mexico received $64 billion from US last year while some countries depend on remittances for 25% of GDP. The State Department’s recent decision to freeze visa processing for nationals from more than 75 countries — including Somalia, Iran and Russia — reflects a growing recognition in Washington: large-scale migration is no longer viewed solely as a humanitarian...
I live in a community that, not long ago, was a quiet town outside Austin, Texas—one of many places people fled to in search of safety, order, and a better quality of life. Today, that same community is rapidly transforming into the very version of Austin many residents hoped to escape. Growth is not the...
So, now we know what happened — or do we? Last week, on the streets of suburban Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed, a 37-year-old woman. What was planned as the “largest immigration operation ever” was derailed in mere seconds. Renee Nicole Good was driving a dark grey Honda Pilot,...
Radical groups are causing confrontations with federal agents to spark nationwide unrest and undermine Republicans. As the Trump administration ramps up enforcement against illegal immigration and cracks down on welfare fraud, the radical left is escalating its tactics in a calculated bid to create martyrs. We’ve seen this before, but today’s ideological fervor, backed by deep-pocketed donors...
Nearly all political sentiment for the past decade has been mediated through the lens of prior reaction to Donald Trump. Those who like the American president, or at least aren’t fixated on him, tend to give his actions in government a fair assessment. So, in the case of the American raid on Caracas to arrest Nicolás Maduro,...
Every law enforcement agency in every red state should take part in the 287(g) program. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently arrested more than 1,500 illegal aliens, including sexual predators and fugitives, in Texas during a 10-day period, the agency announced on Nov. 5. It’s an extraordinary achievement, and a reminder that even with operations of this...
Over the past week, a chain of decisions from Beijing to the Rio Grande has revealed how economic policy, narcotics flows, and national security now move on the same axis. On November 4, the White House issued an executive order cutting the fentanyl tariff on Chinese imports to 10 percent. Within twenty-four hours, China’s Finance Ministry...
For decades, the US fought crime while the cartels fought war. Trump’s designation ends the fantasy and gives America the legal authority to strike back — hard. President Donald Trump has finally named the enemy: Mexican drug cartels. Declaring them unlawful combatants and recognizing a “non-international armed conflict” marks one of the most consequential national...