On February 15, the President of the National Border Patrol Council, Brandon Judd, is scheduled to testify before a combined field hearing of the Oversight And Investigations Subcommittee and Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Weslaco Texas. Judd will be the star witness at this...
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The prevalence of synthetic fentanyl is a serious and urgent issue driving the grim record-breaking number of overdose deaths in America. It is a complex, multifaceted problem encompassing many issue areas, including trade, international crime syndicates, drug industry complicity, addiction, health care, and economic distress. But fentanyl is not...
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Over the last year, several Republicans have been clamoring to impeach the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayorkas, as the next act in their nativist political theater. Devoid of substance, their production of impeachment is but the latest in an escalating set of performances to...
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Alongside her fellow nativists, Donald Trump and Stephen Miller, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was one of the biggest losers in the 2022 midterm elections. While she easily won her safe seat in upstate New York, her attempt at playing king- or queen-maker failed miserably. In 28 of the 36...
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Former President Donald Trump announced his next campaign for President at his Mar-A-Lago resort on November 15, 2022, surrounded by his most dedicated supporters. Among those in the audience was Stephen Miller, who has been by Trump’s side since 2015, and oversaw and implemented Trump’s xenophobic agenda. Much of...
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Nov 11, 2022
Over the last two years, Republicans have made a series of consecutive hard right turns leaving them in the cul-de-sac of extremism. The MAGA Republicans who won primaries and faced general election voters in the 2022 midterms were unable to secure the majorities to decisively claim power. MAGA extremism...
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It’s not a top issue for most voters, Republicans demagogue migrants to galvanize their base, Democrats employ a consistent both/ad message about security and reform The 2022 midterms will largely be determined by issues other than immigration, but immigration and the border showed up on the debate stage...
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Looking to provide the fuel for the anti-immigrant judicial pipeline, the Republican Attorney General candidates in Texas, Arizona, and Kansas could shape national immigration policy for the worse. Ken Paxton (R-TX), Kris Kobach (R-KS), and Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) are putting nativism at the forefront of their campaigns, but...
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As More Republicans Openly Espouse the White Nationalist Replacement Theory, Mainstream GOP Response is Either a Dangerous Embrace or an Insidious Silence At a Trump rally in Mesa, Arizona, on October 9, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took the stage to boost the Republican candidates running in the...
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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is again under threat from a politicized legal challenge from Republicans – as it has been for the past 10 years. Republicans’ anti-immigrant judicial pipeline looks like it will deliver a severe blow any day now. A panel of conservative judges...
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