By Jens Manuel Krogstad, Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn The number of unauthorized immigrants living in the United States has dropped to the level it was in 2004, and Mexicans are no longer a majority of this population. This decline is due mainly to a large drop in the number of new unauthorized immigrants, […]
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Mexicans decline to less than half the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population for the first time
By Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn The number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants in the United States declined so sharply over the past decade that they no longer are the majority of those living in the country illegally, according to new Pew Research Center estimates based on government data. In 2017, there were 10.5 million […]
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Flynn hires vocal Mueller team critic, after mysteriously firing attorneys
By Alex Pappas | Fox News Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has hired a vocal critic of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team to represent him in the criminal case against him after mysteriously firing his other attorneys last week. Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor, confirmed to Fox News that she is joining Flynn’s team as a defense attorney. “Yes, […]
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DOJ pushes back at Dem gloating over Mueller report deal: ‘This isn’t a blank check’
By Jake Gibson, Brooke Singman | Fox News Justice Department officials are pushing back on the suggestion that a recently struck deal with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler will give Democrats unfettered access to documents pertaining to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. A source familiar with the negotiations told Fox News on Tuesday that while the […]
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Mexico deploys military to curb migration, reportedly offers major concessions as Trump tariffs loom
By Gregg Re | Fox News President Trump warns Mexico tariffs could still happen, urges Republicans to back strategy U.S. and Mexican officials meet in Washington on tariffs and immigration; Rich Edson reports from the State Department. With just days to go until the Trump administration is set to impose punishing tariffs on Mexico unless the country halts the […]
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Trump warns ‘not nearly enough’ progress made during Mexico negotiations, tariffs imminent
By Gregg Re | Fox News President Trump declared Wednesday evening that “not nearly enough” progress was being made in last-minute negotiations with Mexico, as the U.S. prepares to impose escalating tariffs unless that nation does more to stop the rush of illegal immigrants arriving at the southern border. “Immigration discussions at the White House with representatives of Mexico have […]
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Border arrests skyrocket in May, as officials declare ‘full-blown emergency’
By Brooke Singman, Jake Gibson | Fox News The number of migrants apprehended at America’s southern border skyrocketed last month to levels not seen in over a decade, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection reporting nearly 133,000 arrests in May. The number surpassed 144,000 when counting migrants deemed inadmissible — more than a 30 percent increase from the prior month and double the […]
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A “Mighty Endeavor:” D-Day
From The Franklin D. Roosevelt National Archives As dawn broke on June 6, 1944, German soldiers defending the French coast at Normandy beheld an awe-inspiring sight—the largest amphibious invasion force in history massed in the waters of the English Channel. The long-awaited invasion of northwest Europe was underway. The giant invasion had taken years to […]
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Trump: Mexico tariffs ‘will take effect,’ ‘foolish’ for GOP to block
By Alex Pappas | Fox News Trump answers questions on Mexico tariffs, Brexit and Boris Johnson during news conference with Theresa May. President Trump said Tuesday he expects his tariff threat against Mexico to “take effect” next week while adding it would be “foolish” for Republican lawmakers to try to block his move. “I don’t think they’ll […]
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Mexican Cartels Among Greatest Criminal, National Security, Public Health Threat to U.S.
By Judicial Watch Mexican drug cartels have headquarters throughout the United States and are one of the country’s greatest criminal, national security and public health threats, according to a veteran Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) senior agent pushing the federal government to designate them as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO). “The Mexican cartels have left a trail […]
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Judge tosses House Dems’ lawsuit over Trump’s use of emergency military funds for border wall
By Gregg Re | Fox News DHS plans to break up human smuggling networks along the border Trump vow dramatic action on border crisis; Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward reacts. Washington, D.C., district court Judge Trevor McFadden threw out House Democrats’ lawsuit seeking an injunction against President Trump’s emergency border wall funding reallocation, saying that the matter is […]
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Number of new citizens hits 5-year high under Trump administration, despite Dem criticism
By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services set a five-year high in 2018 for the number of people who took the oath of citizenship – despite heated criticism from Democrats about the Trump administration’s immigration policies. That criticism largely centers on President Trump’s immigration rhetoric, his push for a border wall and policies cracking down […]
