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Washington (CNN)Illegal Southwest border crossings were down 40% last month, according to just released Customs and Border Protection numbers -- a sign that President Donald Trump's hardline rhetoric and policies on immigration may be having a deterrent effect. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly himself announced the month-to-month numbers, statistics that CBP usually quietly posts on its website without fanfare. According to CBP data, the 40% drop in illegal Southwest border crossings from January to February is far outside normal seasonal trends. Typically, the January to February change is actually an increase of 10% to 20%. The drop breaks a...

The Residence of Fairfax County, Virginia will be heading to the polls on Tuesday, where they will be voting for Chairman, Board of Supervisors, the State Senate and State House of Delegates. The people of Fairfax County will have a clear choice which way they want the County to go in. The continued Tax and Spend Policies of the Democrats who favor making Fairfax County a sanctuary County much like Montgomery County, Maryland and New York City. I don’t think any of the Residence of Virginia wants to become New York City. Gerry Connolly and the Democrats on the Board...

Mexicans chafed Monday at the notion that President Bush wants to send National Guard troops to help enforce the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Vicente Fox tried to downplay the seriousness of the move. [. . .] "It's worrying," said Arturo Solis, an immigrant-rights activist in Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas. "The bad thing is that the American government is insisting on confusing immigration with a criminal problem." The move reminded some historians of 1913, when President William Taft sent troops to the Texas border. Mexico was in the midst of a chaotic revolution, and Taft was warning...