by Jim Heath | Jan 13, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration, Polls, Trump
President Trump and Republicans are losing the messaging war on the government shutdown in not one, or two, but three new public opinion polls. The shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history, entering its 23rd day, and there appears to be no end in sight. The...
by Jim Heath | Jan 13, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration
Drugs are not coming into America through unwalled sections of the US southern border, say former cartel members testifying at the trial of Mexican kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman. The traffickers have said the majority of drugs come in through legal...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration
A union that represents Border Patrol agents recently deleted a webpage that said building walls and fences along the border to stop illegal immigration would be “wasting taxpayer money.” The deleted webpage, posted in 2012, argued that border barriers don’t tackle...
by Jim Heath | Jan 11, 2019 | Analysis, Commentary, History, Immigration
A Republican who spent his political career advocating for an open border with Mexico, and amnesty for those who came to America illegally? Never, right? But a quick check in the history book shows Ronald Reagan was that man. The year was 1980, the location was...
by Jim Heath | Jan 11, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration, Trump
President Trump today backed off the dramatic step of declaring a national emergency to secure border wall money, indicating he wants Congress to continue negotiating to end the 21-day partial government shutdown. Trump said he would refrain from taking unilateral...
by Jim Heath | Jan 10, 2019 | Headlines, Immigration, Trump
With President Trump scrambling to find money to build his promised border wall, landowners at the US/Mexico border are preparing for a legal battle to stop Homeland Security from seizing their land. The federal government has started surveying land along the border...
