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After inheriting a secure southern border, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has allowed the southern border to deteriorate into a crisis with both national security and humanitarian implications — a crisis Mayorkas denies even exists and about which he’s accused of lying under oath to Congress. For some time now, impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas have been said to be a matter of “when” rather than “if.” On Wednesday, Chairman Mark Green of the House Homeland Security Committee unveiled the preliminary results of the inquiry into Mayorkas’s conduct, marking the first step in what is likely to be...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is privately saying he intends to run for president in 2024, according to a new report. DeSantis has played coy about his intentions in 2024, but he’s been floated by numerous Republicans as a likely candidate. He also recently released a memoir, the timing is perfect should his current press tour end with an official announcement. Former President Donald Trump already announced he’s running again and he’s spent plenty of time already targeting DeSantis.

Excerpt: Based upon the language of Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 and the guidance provided by Wong Kim Ark, we conclude that persons born within the borders of the United States are “natural born Citizens” for Article II, Section 1 purposes, regardless of the citizenship of their parents. Just as a person “born within the British dominions [was] a natural-born British subject” at the time of the framing of the U.S. Constitution, so too were those “born in the allegiance of the United States [] natural-born citizens.”