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Mike Lindell, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, drew sharp criticism Wednesday after proposing a six-month amnesty period that would allow illegal immigrants with no other criminal history to register for non-expiring conditional work visas. "I'd like the whole United States to do this, but let's say I did it here in Minnesota," Lindell said in a Tuesday interview. "Six months, all the illegal immigrants would have to go get what's going to be called a conditional work visa." Lindell outlines conditional visa plan Under Lindell's proposal, Minnesota would impose a six-month deportation moratorium while illegal immigrants register, submit...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals barred lower court judges from releasing migrants who claim the Constitution requires their release before they can be deported. “Another big win out of the 5th Circuit,” said an X post by James Percival, the General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security. He continued: DHS’s [2025] change in legal position on illegal alien detention restored the policy set by Congress and rejected a misreading of the law that perpetuated open borders for decades. “It’s not too late to take a $2,600 check and a free flight home,” he added, referring to the push...

Fewer than 400 voted illegally; Sherrill orders investigation as some of Trump claims validated; Governor says Trump has ‘zero credibility’ on election matters A serious software error at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission led to roughly 6,600 non-citizens being erroneously added to the state’s voter rolls between June 2023 and June 2024, beginning nearly three years before Gov. Mikie Sherrill took office. Fewer than 400 of those individuals ultimately cast ballots, a senior Sherrill administration official told the New Jersey Globe. While applying for driver’s licenses or identification cards, the 6,600 individuals specifically answered “no” on a keypad when...

🚨 WTF?! Minnesota AG Keith Ellison (D) just announced Democrats' plan in the 2026 midterms is to have foreigners VOTE, including people NOT NATURALIZED in the prior election "There's a whole lot of people who were not naturalized citizens in the last election...you know what? We gon' get 'em all THIS election!" 🤯 Make no mistake, he's INCLUDING NON-CITIZENS. SAVE America Act NOW!

The Department of Justice has submitted its first-ever application to the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a never-before-used court established three decades ago. The application, filed July 15, was submitted with little public notice. Its contents remain sealed, and an accompanying cover sheet indicates the filing contains classified information. The court’s chief judge, U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen, a George W. Bush appointee, held a closed hearing on the matter on Thursday before ordering the Justice Department to submit a revised application.

The Department of Homeland Security has revealed what is in store for the Canadian woman accused of pummeling a patriotic teenager at the Jersey Shore on Fourth of July weekend. Kaitlyn Tracey, 33, a Canadian national, is currently in custody at Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in Newark, New Jersey, after the alleged July 3 beatdown at Point Pleasant Beach. She arrived in the US in 2024 using her passport but overstayed her visa, officials said. “This illegal alien who assaulted a teenager has no business being in our country,” DHS wrote in a statement on X, dubbing her a...

Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), a retiring Republican who has become one of the most vocal critics of the Trump administration in his party, delivered harsh words for President Trump’s top-priority voter ID legislation on the Senate floor Thursday morning, saying he would stall it if the legislation came again to the Senate. “If I see a reconciliation bill come from the House with another failed attempt to confuse this election, I will use every device I have available to slow down the wheels of government until people cop a clue and do the math,” Tillis said, nearly shouting, on the...

(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that would fast-track a floor vote on Social Security's looming insolvency, using an independent board to draft a starting plan Congress could no longer easily ignore. The Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone, or PROMISE Act, would direct the Social Security Advisory Board to submit a base bill guaranteeing at least 50 years of solvency. Congress would then be forced to debate, amend and vote on it within 100 hours, bypassing the inaction that has left the retirement trust fund six years from depletion. Eight senators...

The Trump administration on Monday announced sweeping new banking rules aimed at cracking down on lending to illegal immigrants, requiring lenders to consider that borrowers without legal work authorization may pose “elevated credit risk,” a move that supporters say could improve housing affordability for Americans. The rules require banks and credit unions to account for the possibility that an illegal immigrant borrower could lose his job, be unable to find lawful work, or be removed from the country before repaying a mortgage, auto loan, credit-card balance, or other debt. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit...

Governments have refused to respect the wishes of their citizens. As simmering conflicts between Western citizens and Western governments boil over the next few years, we must never forget how we got to this point: Elected officials and irremovable bureaucrats occupying permanent administrative roles have refused to respect the wishes of the citizens whom they ostensibly represent and serve. From the United States to the United Kingdom, citizens have demanded that their governments secure national borders and end the steady flow of illegal aliens into their communities. From France, the Netherlands, and Germany to Australia and New Zealand, citizens have...

An illegal alien child rapist from Laos who was set for deportation until Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the State Board of Pardons granted him clemency has been removed from the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News Digital. Rubio stepped in to terminate Tue Lue Vang's legal status in the U.S. and ensure that Walz's actions would not create roadblocks for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) removing him from the country. "Just weeks ago, a foreign child rapist was freed to once again endanger America's children after receiving a pardon from Minnesota Governor Tim...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A federal appeals court rejected an effort to revive the Texas Dream Act on Thursday, leaving in place a ruling that ended in-state tuition for undocumented students at Texas public colleges and universities. The ruling continues to block the Texas Dream Act, which for nearly 25 years allowed eligible undocumented students to qualify for resident tuition rates if they: Had resided in Texas for at least three years; Graduated from a Texas high school; and Signed an affidavit stating their intent to become a lawful permanent resident as soon as possible. In a 2-1 decision, the 5th...

The Justice Department is warning state election officials that they could face criminal penalties if they fail to carry out their responsibilities under federal election law, including measures designed to prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon sent letters to election officials in at least six states, including Arizona, Colorado and Nevada, reminding them of the department’s enforcement authority, according to letters obtained by ABC News. “In addition to the Civil Rights Division’s authority to seek injunctive relief for violations of these laws, we are also authorized to prosecute criminal violations,” Dhillon...

The Gwinnett County Police Department said a series of burglaries at Urban Air Adventure locations led to the arrests of 11 people, all under the age of 21. Police said there were seven incidents at Urban Air Adventure Park locations under investigation since June 4. They believe they are connected to a social media trend encouraging people to break into businesses after hours to play arcade games and damage property. Another four juveniles connected to the burglaries were also taken into custody for a total of 15 suspects.Amaury Armas Alvarez, 17 Andy Colunga Castillo, 17 John Stringer, 17 Angel Candelaria...

A new Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas working paper estimates the record surge in illegal immigration during the Biden administration boosted employment while driving up home prices by as much as 30% and rent by 20%. The paper combined immigration court records with government administrative data to create the first ever calculation of how a wave of 7 million illegal immigrants from 2021 through 2024 affected local labor and housing markets. "From early 2021 to early 2024, the U.S. experienced an unprecedented boom in unauthorized immigration, followed by a rapid slowdown beginning in mid-2024. We provide the first systematic empirical...

Heads up, faithful P&E readers: this is big. The Supreme Court has released its decision in Trump v. Barbara, the “birthright citizenship” case that has attracted much attention since President Trump issued his Executive Order 14160 immediately after assuming office for his second term. Cutting to the chase, the Court in an opinion authored by Chief Justice Roberts has today invalidated the Executive Order. While the decision, of course, will have massive impact on 14th Amendment scholarship, it might well have an equal or greater impact on the different, yet related issue of who can be (or who cannot be)...

In the fourth and final decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mullin v. Doe, a case concerning whether the Administration may terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations. In a majority opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the Court held that the challengers—TPS beneficiaries from Syria and Haiti—were not entitled to interim relief blocking the termination of their TPS designations. The Court concluded that the TPS statute limits judicial review of non-constitutional claims and prevents courts from second-guessing the agency’s TPS termination decisions on those grounds. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Kagan filed a dissenting opinion,...

Federal immigration agents have nabbed more than 10,000 migrant gangbangers since the start of President Trump’s second term, the US Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. The milestone, reached just a year and a half after Trump launched his sweeping mass deportations agenda, includes arrests tied to murder, assault with a deadly weapon, drug trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, robbery and extortion, according to DHS. “Many of these gang members were released into our country by Joe Biden,” said DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin. “These vicious criminals murdered, assaulted, robbed, and terrorized innocent Americans for sport.” “Thanks to the Secure America Act, ICE...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday announced is seeking to fine an immigration attorney who allegedly filed false asylum claims -- the first time the agency has filed such a claim. Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, announced five notices of intent to fine attorney Vinod Doddamani, who they say filed 32 immigration cases in which he filed 64 fraudulent documents. Doddamani faces a $250,000 fine for what DHS says is a pattern of filing allegedly false asylum claims. He allegedly filed the "identical or nearly identical in language and substance, containing the same...

A federal judge in Oregon has ordered that fencing erected around a Eugene federal building that has been the target of violent anti-ICE riots must be taken down. The federal building houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as other federal agencies. US District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said Monday, "The evidence is clear, convincing, really without any meaningful dispute, that for the time this place has existed, it has been a place where the community has assembled to express themselves." The Biden-appointed judge ruled from the bench following arguments that were held on Monday, per Courthouse News Service. Siding with...