A group of centrist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrats</a> called on President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> to take steps toward securing the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday.
Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), and Don Davis (D-NC) — all of whom have 2024 races rated &#8220;<a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toss up&#8221; or &#8220;lean Democrat,</a>&#8221; according to The Cook Political Report — released a <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1783209478415921277" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> after Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-foreign-aid-tiktok-bills-into-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed a $95 billion foreign aid package</a> into law.
&#8220;Our national security interests don&#8217;t stop at our physical borders. That is why we voted to send more weapons to Ukraine for its fight against Russia,&#8221; they said. &#8220;The lesson of Pearl Harbor must not be forgotten: appeasement invites aggression against us. As Speaker [Mike] Johnson stated last week, we would rather send &#8216;bullets than American boys.'&#8221;
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After Biden signs the foreign aid bill, a group of centrist House Democrats issues a statement saying he and Congress “must act and bring order to the Southern border.” <a href="https://t.co/Z0pZg6XMAa">pic.twitter.com/Z0pZg6XMAa</a>
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Beyond defending U.S. allies, the group said they &#8220;strongly agree&#8221; with the National Border Patrol Council on the view &#8220;that Congress and the President must act and bring order to the Southern border.&#8221;
&#8220;That is why we also voted for H.R. 3602 on Saturday,&#8221; they said, referring to border security legislation that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-95-billion-foreign-aid-package-with-possible-tiktok-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed to pass</a> as lawmakers considered a bill series for the foreign aid package, &#8220;and why we all voted last month for $19.6 billion for Border Patrol so that it could ramp up its efforts to secure the border.&#8221;
The Democrats said they were &#8220;calling today on President Biden to use the authority given the executive by Congress to immediately reimplement&#8221; a section of U.S. Code geared toward returning migrants to Mexico pending court proceedings.
And they called on leaders in both the House and Senate to &#8220;to pass legislation to give Border Patrol back the expulsion authority that expired last year, alluding to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayorkas-says-border-patrol-encounters-down-by-half-since-title-42-expired" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pandemic-era Title 42</a>, which allowed authorities to quickly turn away migrants at the border on public health grounds.
With a presidential election coming up in November, <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/611135/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border security</a> as well as <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/611135/immigration-surges-top-important-problem-list.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">immigration</a> have become top issues for Americans as the backlog of asylum seekers and migrants living in the U.S. is projected to reach <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/02/data-biden-border-crisis-immigration-8-million-detention" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 8 million</a> by October.
Hardline Republicans who opposed the foreign aid package — which seeks to boost U.S. allies such as Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan — lashed out, in part, because of a dearth of provisions geared toward alleviating the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a> in the final product.
The statement from the House Democrats included a quote that Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nothing-more-backwards-than-us-funding-ukraine-border-security-but-not-our-own-conservatives-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gave to Fox News last weekend</a>.
&#8220;We are beyond disappointed that the House would give aid to secure the borders of foreign countries but gave nothing to allow the Border Patrol to secure the safety of the United States,&#8221; Judd said.
&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing more backwards,&#8221; he added, &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t have even expected taxpayers&#8217; dollars. They could have given us policy, and that would have been enough.&#8221;

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President Joe Biden signed the $95 billion foreign aid bill on Wednesday — and then immediately took time out to remind Americans of one thing that did not make it into the final product: border security.
Biden complained about the bipartisan border security bill that was negotiated earlier in the year, saying that it should have been included in the foreign aid package. It was ultimately <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-collapse-of-bipartisan-immigration-reform-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected by Republicans</a> over concerns that it would simply provide amnesty for illegals already in the country while doing little to stem the flow across the southern border.
&#8220;There&#8217;s one thing this bill does not do: Border security. You know, just this year, I proposed and negotiated and agreed to the strongest border security bill this country has ever, ever, ever seen. It was bipartisan. It should have been included in this bill,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m determined to get it done for the American people. I come back to that in another moment, another time.&#8221;
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BIDEN: &quot;There&#39;s one thing this bill does not do: Border security. You know, just this year, I proposed and negotiated and agreed to the strongest border security bill this country has ever, ever, ever seen. It was bipartisan. It should have been included in this bill.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/TpuZIaQHAU">pic.twitter.com/TpuZIaQHAU</a>
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Biden spent the rest of the time touting the foreign aid package that sends billions to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, saying, &#8220;This package is literally an investment not only in Ukraine&#8217;s security but in our own security.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Biden speaks after signing $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
“This package is literally an investment not only in Ukraine’s security but in our own security.” <a href="https://t.co/SzmggC7coF">pic.twitter.com/SzmggC7coF</a>
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Biden&#8217;s comments come as more and more Americans in multiple polls have said that illegal immigration and border security are among their top issues going into the 2024 presidential election — and just days after the Democrat-led Senate killed Republican efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The president has said on a number of occasions that he needs Congress to act to secure the border — but critics often point out the fact that he spent a fair amount of time and energy during his first few days in office <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-border-policy-is-a-political-ad-for-president-trump">undoing the border security measures</a> that were implemented by former President Donald Trump.
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Since Biden took office — and removed the Trump border policies — the United States has seen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december">record numbers of illegal immigrants</a> crossing the border almost every month.

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> signed into law on Wednesday legislation that provides billions of dollars in aid to several countries and forces TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company or face being banned in the United States.
The law <a href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-ukraine-israel-pacific-glance-0af96be97c47496f88506a21ebe1ddab#">provides</a> $60 billion for Ukraine, $17 billion for Israel, $9 billion for humanitarian aid, and $8 billion to support Taiwan. A separate bill that Biden signed forces TikTok to be sold off from ByteDance, which is controlled by communist China.
Biden said signing the law was a &#8220;good day for world peace&#8221; and that it would &#8220;make America safer&#8221; as he spoke about the support it provides to America&#8217;s partners and allies.
When speaking about the support that the bill provided to Israel, Biden highlighted Iran&#8217;s decades-long support for Islamic terrorist groups throughout the region.
The president then referenced the crisis on the U.S. southern border that worsened during the Biden administration after it reversed Trump-era policies.
&#8220;But there&#8217;s one thing this bill does not do: Border security,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;You know, just this year I proposed and negotiated and agreed to the strongest border security bill this country has ever, ever, ever seen.&#8221;
&#8220;It should have been included in this bill,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And I&#8217;m determined to get it done for the American people.&#8221;
The bill that Biden backed was widely <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-blasts-controversial-senate-border-bill-legalizing-illegal-immigration">criticized</a> by most Republicans as being a &#8220;farce&#8221; that they said was effectively nothing more than &#8220;legalizing illegal immigration.&#8221;
Biden did not mention Taiwan in his remarks and did not address the TikTok bill.
FBI Director Christopher Wray <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-director-wray-raises-alarm-about-terror-threat-warns-about-tiktok-raises-eyebrows-on-protest-remarks">addressed</a> the threat TikTok poses to the U.S. during an NBC News interview this week. He explained the FBI&#8217;s top concerns about the app.
“TikTok, for us, represents a national security concern,” Wray responded. “And the reason I say that is that TikTok’s parent company is beholden to the Chinese government. So that for us manifests itself in three specific ways: it has to do with the data, it has to do with the recommendation algorithm, it has to deal with the software. The data, that we’re talking about the ability to control or collect data on millions and millions of users and to use it for all sorts of influence operations, like driving their AI efforts, which are not remotely constrained by the rule of law.”
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Wray said that the Chinese were &#8220;currently attempting to steal our AI and hack American technology every day.&#8221;
When asked what he would say to the average American who uses TikTok and dismisses the threat that it poses, he said: &#8220;My message is you need to take into account who the Chinese government is, who the Chinese Communist Party is, even if for some reason, you don’t care about that, which I would argue you should. What about all of your friends, family members, classmates, co-workers, neighbors, etc, who are also participating and are connected to you through all those same things? Maybe they would care about the ability of the Chinese government and the Chinese intelligence services to access all that.&#8221;

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Several of the illegal immigrants Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis flew to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard in 2022 have since been approved for U-visas — based on claims that they were the victims of a crime.
According to a <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/22/metro/desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-legal-status/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published Monday by The Boston Globe, three of the 49 illegal immigrants who were transported from San Antonio, Texas, to Florida and then to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard have been granted what&#8217;s called a &#8220;bona fide determination&#8221; – meaning that they qualify for a U-visa but have not yet received it.
U-visas are typically &#8220;set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to law enforcement or government officials in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity,&#8221; <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/victims-of-criminal-activity-u-nonimmigrant-status#:~:text=The%20U%20nonimmigrant%20status%20(U,or%20prosecution%20of%20criminal%20activity." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
And in this particular case, they cooperated with a Bexar County Sheriff&#8217;s investigation into whether any of them had been lured or coerced into getting on the flights. The investigation lasted about one month, and Sheriff Javier Salazar concluded that the illegal immigrants involved had been &#8220;lured &#8230; under false pretenses&#8221; to board the planes and then said they were &#8220;unceremoniously stranded&#8221; upon their arrival in Martha&#8217;s Vineyard. DeSantis has repeatedly denied any coercion, saying that all migrants <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-investigate-desantis-for-flying-migrants-to-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boarded the flights</a> &#8220;voluntarily.&#8221;
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Official U-visas could take up to ten years to approve because Congress only allows 10,000 to be issued annually — but the &#8220;bona fide determinations&#8221; protect recipients from deportation until their visas arrive and allow them to legally work in the United States during that time as well. U-visas also put recipients on a path to obtaining green cards.
Hemanth C. Gundavaram, co-founder and director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at Northeastern University School of Law, explained to The Globe that the goal was to help correct for &#8220;a failure in our system,&#8221; noting that in order to qualify for U-visas, the illegal immigrants must first be shown to be the victims of crimes and then had to assist law enforcement or the government in any investigation that followed.
&#8220;This is a harm reduction provision. If you didn’t have these protections, someone would have to stay here, worry about deportation, and not be able to make a living,&#8221; he said.

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Only 20 percent of eligible voters think that the United States has control of its own borders, a recent poll found, making it the latest survey find Biden underwater on the critical election-year issue.
The poll of 1,500 eligible voters, performed by Redfield and Wilton Strategies <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-border-control-immigration-poll-1892261">on behalf</a> of Newsweek, found that just 20 percent of respondents said that the United States has control over its border, marking a significant decline over the past several months. The number has plummeted since August, when 34% of respondents said that the country had control over its own borders.
When asked &#8220;Do you believe the United States has control over its borders?&#8221; a full 63 percent said “no,” while another 13 percent said “don’t know.” A plurality of all age groups surveyed in the poll, which was performed on April 11th, agreed that the U.S. does not have control over its borders, including 47 percent of Generation Z, which was defined as those born between 1997 and 2002. A majority of those who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 (53 percent) also said that the U.S. does not have control over its borders.
The survey also asked voters their thoughts on the government&#8217;s current handling of illegal immigration, with 52 percent saying that they were either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied, while only 21 percent said that they were satisfied or very satisfied.
Another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">recent poll</a> found that only 36 percent of voters approve of Biden’s handling of immigration, making it the incumbent Democrat&#8217;s lowest issue-specific approval rating for the fourth month in a row. Even polls from blue states like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer">Colorado</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-massachusetts-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-facing-the-state">Massachusetts</a> found that voters say immigration is the biggest issue facing their respective states.
The polls’ findings come as the country has seen a seismic surge in illegal immigration, with officials recording about 9 million <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters">nationwide encounters</a> and 1.7 million <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report">estimated gotaways</a> since President Joe Biden took office. The figure poses a sharp contrast with the 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.
Former President Donald Trump appears to be gaining on Biden in the polls, no doubt in part due to widespread disapproval of the Democrat’s border policies. One recent poll found that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-leads-biden-in-crucial-midwestern-swing-state-poll">Trump now leads Biden</a> in Wisconsin, one of seven crucial swing states. Previous surveys found that the former president was in the lead in all six of the other seven swing states.

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Poll: Just 20 Percent Of Voters Say United States Has Control Over Its Borders

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> voted on Saturday to pass a series of spending packages designating $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
A separate vote was taken on each aid proposal with $60 billion allocated for Ukraine, about $17 billion for Israel, $9 billion for humanitarian aid, and $8 billion to support Taiwan. Another bill <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/us/politics/house-vote-aid-ukraine-israel.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that could</a> ban TikTok if the company is not taken out of Chinese control was also passed.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced pushback from some Republicans in the House who wanted him to hold votes on foreign aid spending until more funding for border security measures was secured. After the votes, Johnson <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?535090-1/house-speaker-holds-news-conference-foreign-aid-votes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that global threats from Russia, Iran, and China necessitated American leadership and support for the spending.
The Taiwan proposal passed 385-34 with support from 178 Republicans and 207 Democrats, and opposition from 34 Republicans. The Ukraine proposal passed 311-112 with 101 Republicans and 210 Democrats in support, and opposition from 112 Republicans. Israel aid passed 366-58 with support from 193 Republicans and 173 Democrats, and opposition from 21 Republicans and 37 Democrats.
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House today approved $95.3B in aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan as well as legislation forcing China to divest from TikTok with 1yr or app faces a ban in U.S.,using Russian seized assets to rebuild Ukraine &amp; new sanctions on Iran &amp; Russia.Package of 4 bills now heads to Senate. <a href="https://t.co/B2FdGIoynV">pic.twitter.com/B2FdGIoynV</a>
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The Ukraine aid includes $20.5 billion for European Command operations, $15.8 billion in security assistance, $13.4 billion for refilling U.S. weapons stockpiles, and $9.5 billion in forgivable economic loans, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-aid-package-ukraine-israel-tiktok-5688fff9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Wall Street Journal. Israel will get $13 billion in defense aid and $3.6 billion in security assistance while over $2 billion for military financing and $5.6 billion for deterrence will be allocated for the Indo-Pacific.
President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-vote-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-04-20-24/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> the passage of the foreign spending package shortly after the vote.
“Today, members of both parties in the House voted to advance our national security interests and send a clear message about the power of American leadership on the world stage,” he said. “At this critical inflection point, they came together to answer history’s call, passing urgently-needed national security legislation that I have fought for months to secure.”
Leaders from Israel and Ukraine also thanked the House for passing the bills.
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Not everyone was happy with the votes, though, with some Republicans upset that Johnson did not force Democrats to make concessions on border security before putting the bills up for a vote.
“The House of Representatives and Speaker Mike Johnson don’t give a damn about the American people, our border, our jobs, our economy, or our national security,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1781713821834305639" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Congress has already sent $113 BILLION to Ukraine. We shouldn’t send another penny.&#8221;
“This is the United States House of Representatives while our own border is wide open,” Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) posted on X alongside a picture of Democrats waving Ukrainian flags during the vote. “Unbelievable.”
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This is the United States House of Representatives while our own border is wide open. 
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Each of the aid proposals alongside the TikTok measure will now be bundled as one and sent to the Senate.

U.S. House Votes On Foreign Aid Package For Ukraine, Israel, And Taiwan

House Passes $95 Billion Spending Package For Ukraine, Israel, And Taiwan

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A United States Congressman from Texas warned that a violent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venezuelan</a> gang is exploiting America’s open southern border to build its presence and consolidate its power within the United States.
Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) warned that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua will become the most powerful criminal gang in the country after years of taking advantage of America’s border crisis.
&#8220;This gang in several years is going to be the dominant transnational criminal organization throughout the United States. There&#8217;s no doubt in my mind,&#8221; Rep. Gonzales <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-state-lawmaker-sounds-alarm-bloodthirsty-venezuelan-gang-entering-us">explained</a> in an interview with Fox News. &#8220;They&#8217;re very vicious. They have no rules. They gobble up territory almost like a cancer.”
The gang, which engages in kidnapping, sex trafficking, murder, and extortion, may have counted the killer of Laken Riley among its members. Jose Ibarra, the illegal alien charged with the murder of the young nursing student in Georgia, has a number of tattoos <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report">associated</a> with the Venezuelan gang, including a five-pointed crown on his neck.
The gang is also tied to the <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/venezuelan-gang-florida-retired-cops-killing/">strangling</a> of a retired police officer in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, as well as the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/15/us-news/migrants-busted-in-brutal-beating-of-nypd-cops-in-times-square-are-members-of-bloodthirsty-tren-de-aragua-gang-feds/">beating</a> of a New York City Police Officer.
Gonzalez explained that the only way to solve the crisis is to empower Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hunt down and deport criminal illegal immigrants. &#8220;You have to have ICE have the ability to go around and actively hunt these criminal aliens that have committed crimes, hunt them down and deport them,&#8221; Gonzales explained. &#8220;That has to happen, and when it does happen, it can&#8217;t happen in a vacuum. People have to know what&#8217;s happening. And it can&#8217;t just happen in one part of the country. It has to happen throughout the country.&#8221;
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The reported growth of Tren de Aragua within the United States comes as the country has faced an unprecedented border crisis under the Biden administration. Over <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2455010/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration/">10 million</a> people have crossed the border since President Joe Biden took office, with an estimated <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System">1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded</a> since Biden took office in 2021. There were 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration. There have also been over one million illegal immigrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-one-million-illegal-migrants-encountered-at-southern-border-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-year-2024">encounters</a> on the southern border in just the first six months of fiscal year 2024.

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Congressman From Texas Warns That Venezuelan Gang Is Consolidating Power In America Amid Open Border

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Massachusetts residents say that immigration is the top issue facing the state, a recent poll has found.
The poll, performed by the MassINC Polling Group, <a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/by-the-numbers/mass-residents-say-immigration-migrants-top-issue-facing-state/#:~:text=In%20a%20new%20CommonWealth%20Beacon,and%20welfare%20(12%20percent).">asked 1,002 Massachusetts residents</a> what they believe is the most important issue facing the state, leaving the question open-ended.
A plurality of Massachusetts residents, 21%, said that immigration and migrants are the biggest issues facing the Bay State, with housing coming in second at 15%. Taxes, government spending, and welfare came in as the third biggest issue facing the state at 12%. Inflation and the cost of living, meanwhile, tied government spending in third place at 12%.
The vast majority of respondents, 67%, said that the situation was either a crisis (28%) or a major problem (39%), with Democrats showing significant concern over the issue. Among Democrats, 21% called the issue a crisis and 40% called it a major problem. The poll was conducted online between March 21st and 29th, surveyed 1,002 Massachusetts residents, and has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
Immigration broke the top 10 most pressing issues among poll respondents in Massachusetts for the first time in August 2023 when it moved into fourth place with 10% of respondents dubbing it the Bay State’s biggest issue.
Massachusetts is not the only blue state that has become concerned about the effects of Biden’s open border. Another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer">recent poll</a> found that likely voters in Colorado say that immigration is the top issue facing their state as well. The poll found that 14% of likely Colorado voters said immigration is the top issue facing the state, with homelessness coming in second at 12%.
The Massachusetts and Colorado polls correspond with a wider national trend, with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">36% of voters</a> across the country saying that immigration is the top issue facing the country, while inflation came in second place. A recent Harvard-Harris poll also found that Biden’s lowest issue-specific approval rating is on immigration, a trend that has persisted for four consecutive months.
The poll results come as the United States faces an unprecedented crisis on our southern border, with officials recording about 9 million <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters">nationwide encounters</a> and 1.7 million <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report">estimated gotaways</a> since President Joe Biden took office. The figure poses a sharp contrast with the 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.

Migrants at border

Poll: Massachusetts Voters Say Immigration Is The Top Issue Facing The State

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Poll

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) put the screws to Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senator-says-mayorkas-caught-lying-about-laken-rileys-alleged-murderer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> during a Thursday hearing, accusing him of aiding and abetting the crimes of illegal immigrants in the United States by refusing to secure the southern border.
Johnson joined several of his Republican Senate colleagues in grilling Mayorkas less than 24 hours after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-kills-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-without-full-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Democrats voted to kill</a> the Republican-led House&#8217;s articles of impeachment against the DHS Secretary.
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Sen. Ron Johnson accuses Mayorkas of being complicit and aiding and abetting the murder of Americans because of the administration&#39;s border security policies: 
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Johnson started by asking Mayorkas if he had &#8220;any regrets&#8221; for the harm caused by the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;open border policies.&#8221;
&#8220;Do you ever, when you go to bed at night, do you have any regrets? Do you have any remorse for your complicity in the crimes — you have — your open border policies aided and abetted the murder of Americans, the rape of Americans,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;People have lost their loved ones because of this catastrophe, this open border policy. Do you have any remorse? Do you have any regrets?&#8221;
Mayorkas responded by saying that first, &#8220;all of our hearts break for the victims of these heinous crimes.&#8221; He went on to say that only the people who actually carried out the criminal acts should be held accountable for them.
&#8220;They wouldn&#8217;t have been in this country had you not allowed them in,&#8221; Johnson shot back, asking then whether Mayorkas had ever spoken to the families affected by the crimes committed by illegal immigrants.
Mayorkas repeated, &#8220;All of our hearts break for the loved ones of those who have been lost at the hands of criminal conduct.&#8221;
&#8220;So your heart is broken. Do you have regrets?&#8221; Johnson asked again. &#8220;Do you admit your culpability here?&#8221;
Johnson went on to cite statistics showing that crimes committed by illegal immigrants had risen dramatically in the time since President Joe Biden took office.
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Johnson pointed out that former President Donald Trump had taken action to secure the border, and Biden has not only refused to do the same but has actively rescinded the actions Trump implemented.
Referencing the failed bipartisan border bill — which did not make it past the House — Johnson added, &#8220;You weren&#8217;t negotiating to secure the border, you were negotiating for political cover for yourself, for President Biden, for the Democrats in Congress and the Senate &#8230; If you were serious about securing the border you could have done it.&#8221;

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Testifies To Senate Hearing On Department’s Budget Request

‘You Were Negotiating For Political Cover’: Ron Johnson Excoriates Mayorkas In Contentious Hearing

'You Were Negotiating For Political Cover': Ron Johnson Excoriates Mayorkas In Contentious Hearing

Alejandro Mayorkas

Laken Riley

Ron Johnson

The Democrat-controlled <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> voted on Wednesday to quash a pair of <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">articles of impeachment</a> against Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a>, ending a months-long effort by Republicans to hold the Cabinet official accountable for his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of</a> the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a> before a full trial could be held.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> impeachment managers tasked with prosecuting the case did not even get a chance to speak when <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Le9FYWgrqg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the proceedings</a> wrapped up in one afternoon. Senators were sworn in as jurors, fought over how to conduct the trial for a couple of hours, and ultimately voted 51-48 to nix one article of impeachment and 51-49 to crush the second.
The impeachment charges accused Mayorkas &#8220;willfully and systemically&#8221; refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and alleged he &#8220;breached the public trust&#8221; with false statements and obstructing lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Back in January, Mayorkas <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1752349544925294720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> he was facing &#8220;false accusations&#8221; that &#8220;do not rattle me and do not divert me from the law enforcement and broader public service mission to which I have devoted most of my career and to which I remain devoted.”
One week after a failed attempt to advance the articles, the GOP-led House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-impeaches-mayorkas-in-second-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> the impeachment resolution by a 214-213 vote in mid-February, making Mayorkas the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached since 1876. Three Republican lawmakers broke ranks and joined Democrats in opposing it.
On Tuesday, the GOP-led House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-sends-articles-of-impeachment-against-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transferred</a> the articles to the Senate and the lead impeachment manager, House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), read aloud the articles in the Senate chamber.
Republicans pushed for a full trial to take place. Were that to happen, a two-thirds vote would have eventually been required for a conviction that would remove Mayorkas from office.
&#8220;If the Senate fails to hold a trial, it is an endorsement of [President Joe] Biden’s border catastrophe,&#8221; Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-sends-articles-of-impeachment-against-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> in a post to X before the proceedings began on Wednesday. House Democrats <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseJudiciary/status/1780634428970094674" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> &#8220;policy disagreements are not a legitimate basis for impeachment.&#8221;
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During the trial, presided over by Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1780661212172181610" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> allowing for limited debate followed by motions to dismiss, but that strategy was quickly abandoned when Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780669344357200338" target="_blank" rel="noopener">objected</a>.
Schumer then moved to effectively discard each of the articles on the view that they were unconstitutional because they failed to rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. He used a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/research-tools/glossary.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">point of order</a>, which the Senate glossary says is a &#8220;claim made by a senator or representative from the floor that a rule of the Chamber is being violated,&#8221; that led to a vote to kill each article of impeachment.
Republicans sought to prolong the proceedings after Schumer made each point of order, offering an assortment of motions that included moving to a closed session and <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1780686389538893890" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adjourning</a> the court of impeachment for weeks or months, but each one got voted down.
&#8220;Our colleagues know that we are obligated to take these proceedings seriously,&#8221; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780675855909314915" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> before introducing one of the motions. He added, &#8220;This process must not be abused. It must not be short-circuited. History will not judge this moment well.&#8221;
After both points of order prevailed in rejecting the articles of impeachment, Schumer teed up a vote to dismiss the trial. It succeeded by a 51-49 vote.
The Senate <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently has</a> 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and three independents who caucus with the Democrats. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was the sole Republican to vote &#8220;present&#8221; on the point of order that squelched the first article of impeachment, but she voted with her fellow Republicans to preserve the second one.
Whereas McConnell <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780697623965716980" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> after the trial that lawmakers &#8220;set a very unfortunate precedent here,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/Jvguzm/status/1780707712831262830" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that using impeachment to replace &#8220;policy disagreements&#8221; would set a &#8220;dangerous precedent.&#8221; A White House spokesman released a statement that <a href="https://twitter.com/AliBradleyTV/status/1780699835756364010" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Senate &#8220;rightly voted down&#8221; the impeachment effort.

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Senate Kills Mayorkas Impeachment Articles Without Full Trial

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As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> residents express outrage over the death of a young woman who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/once-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-25-year-old-michigan-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> allegedly by an illegal immigrant in Grand Rapids, Democratic Congresswoman Hillary Scholten — whose district covers the city — is being criticized for her past work attempting to stop the U.S. from deporting an Iraqi refugee charged with child molestation.
Scholten, a freshman congresswoman who flipped her district from Republican to Democrat in 2022, worked as an immigration attorney before she was elected to Congress and once wrote a <a href="https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2195&amp;context=fac_pubs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">journal article</a> for the St. Louis University School of Law where she and her co-author, Maureen Sweeney, called deportation “cruel and unusual punishment.” Scholten’s work as an immigration attorney appeared to reflect her beliefs laid out in the 2011 journal article when, beginning in 2018, she fought to stop the deportation of an Iraqi woman who was charged with molesting a 12-year-old girl, according to court documents first reported on by <a href="https://www.themidwesterner.news/2024/04/hillary-scholtens-immigration-leadership-includes-deeming-deportation-cruel-and-unusual-punishment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Midwesterner</a>.
Azal “Mary” Saleh, a refugee and registered sex offender from Iraq, was facing deportation after being charged with molesting a child when Scholten defended her. Saleh appealed her removal order, arguing that she was protected by the Convention Against Torture.
Following The Midwesterner report, Michigan Republicans slammed the congresswoman and anyone seeking to protect illegal immigrants charged with serious crimes from deportation. Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon ripped Scholten on her eponymous <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tudor-dixon-podcast/id1678556326" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> last weekend, <a href="https://twitter.com/TudorDixon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> the Democratic congresswoman “defends pedophiles, keeps them in this country when they are illegal immigrants, [and] also wants to get ICE out of her county.”
Scholten’s fellow Michigan representative, Tim Walberg — a Republican — represents a district just south of Scholten’s. Earlier this month, an illegal immigrant from Mexico was <a href="https://wwmt.com/news/local/sturgis-police-home-invasion-sexual-assault-sweet-lake-mobile-home-park-arrest-michigan-police-sheriff-office-saint-joseph-county" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> for allegedly breaking into a home in Walberg’s district and sexually assaulting two young girls.
Walberg told The Daily Wire in a statement that anyone “working to keep illegal immigrant sex offenders in this country is radical and morally wrong.&#8221;
“Sadly, Michigan is not immune from violent crime committed by illegal immigrants, whether that be Ruby Garcia’s murder or the sexual assault of two young girls in my district a few weeks ago. Working to keep illegal immigrant sex offenders in this country is radical and morally wrong,” Walberg said. “We should be projecting a clear, unified message that this is not acceptable.”
Rep. Scholten has not responded to a Daily Wire request for comment.
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According to <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca6/18-4033/18-4033-2019-12-12.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">court documents</a>, Saleh came to the U.S. as a refugee in 2010 and lived with a foster family in Michigan. While staying with the foster family, Saleh was raped and forced into prostitution, the court documents state. Saleh then moved in with her case worker whose granddaughter later accused Saleh of sexually assaulting her.
“Though Petitioner contests the truth of these allegations, she pleaded guilty to Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Fourth Degree, Victim Between Ages 13-16, the offense that prompted the instant removal proceedings,” the court documents state.
Saleh fought against the deportation, arguing that “she would be tortured upon removal to Iraq because of her identity as a female, Christian, Westernized, single mother without family support and with a history of forced prostitution and a criminal record that identifies her as having engaged in homosexual activity.”
The Iraqi refugee&#8217;s appeal was denied in part and dismissed in part, but Saleh, now 31 years old, still lives in Lansing, Michigan, according to the <a href="https://mspsor.com/Home/OffenderDetails/17dbd2f0-874c-4046-aeb5-ae25d2545d43" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan Sex Offender Registry</a>.
Scholten has sought to address the illegal immigration crisis under President Joe Biden by visiting the southern border earlier this year, calling it a “national security crisis, a humanitarian crisis, and an economic crisis.” The congresswoman&#8217;s district was then rocked by the murder of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia, whose body was found near a Grand Rapids road last month. Brandon Ortiz-Vite, who was deported in 2020 under the Trump administration, was charged with killing Garcia.
&#8220;My heart breaks for Ruby Garcia and her family as they grapple with this unspeakable tragedy,&#8221; Scholten <a href="https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/border-concerns-ruby-garcia-killed/69-7455be0e-2b68-490b-b51c-32c60fdda06e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> following Garcia&#8217;s murder. &#8220;The individual who committed this heinous crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I&#8217;m continuing to push for bipartisan immigration reform that both secures our border and makes sure that individuals who come to our country are fully vetted to keep our communities safe.&#8221;

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Dem Congresswoman Called Deportation ‘Cruel And Unusual Punishment,’ Fought Against Removal Of Refugee Charged With Molesting Child

Dem Congresswoman Called Deportation 'Cruel And Unusual Punishment,' Fought Against Removal Of Refugee Charged With Molesting Child

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Michigan

On Tuesday, the GOP-led House transmitted <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment charges</a> against Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of</a> the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a> to the Democrat-controlled Senate.
The <a href="https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1780305971476156500" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House managers</a> tasked with prosecuting the case were introduced in the Senate chamber and Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), who is the lead manager, read aloud the text of the impeachment resolution.
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A trial is expected to begin Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET with senators sworn in as jurors. Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) has been selected to preside over the proceedings.
GOP lawmakers are concerned that Democrats, who have long called the impeachment inquiry <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-committee-picks-date-to-consider-mayorkas-impeachment-articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a &#8220;political stunt,&#8221;</a> will try to cut short the process before a vote on whether to convict or acquit Mayorkas.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has so far not said whether there will be an effort to table or dismiss the impeachment charges.
Last week, after the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-delays-mayorkas-impeachment-handoff-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delayed</a> the delivery of the articles, Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1778093790227546266" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Senate is &#8220;ready to go whenever the House is. We want to address this issue as expeditiously as possible.&#8221; The top Democrat also said impeachment &#8220;should never be used to settle policy disagreements. That sets an awful precedent.&#8221;
House Republicans are &#8220;demanding&#8221; a full trial, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1780238173773111701" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Tuesday, adding that Mayorkas is the &#8220;worst&#8221; Cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
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Forty-three GOP senators <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/40-gop-senators-demand-mayorkas-impeachment-trial-schumer-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed onto a letter</a> sent to Schumer that called on the Senate to &#8220;uphold its constitutional responsibility to properly adjudicate&#8221; the impeachment articles. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780257492078911725" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would &#8220;strenuously oppose any effort&#8221; to table the charges, noting the upper chamber has never agreed to do so in the past.
After months of investigation, the House narrowly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-impeaches-mayorkas-in-second-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> two impeachment articles in February. They accuse Mayorkas of &#8220;willfully and systemically&#8221; refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and allege he &#8220;breached the public trust&#8221; with false statements and obstructing lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Mayorkas has <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeKhalilTV/status/1752349544925294720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed back against</a> what he called &#8220;false accusations&#8221; levied against him. A DHS spokesperson reacted to the successful House impeachment vote by <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1757562709107761523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;House Republicans will be remembered by history for trampling on the Constitution for political gain rather than working to solve the serious challenges at our border.&#8221;
If a full trial does get held, a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-thirds vote</a> will be required for a conviction, which would lead to removal from office. That appears unlikely, however, particularly given not every Republican senator appears to favor the impeachment effort.
The Senate <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently has</a> 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and three independents who caucus with the Democrats.
One GOP defector could be Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/mayorkas-impeachment-dismiss-vote-mitt-romney?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Axios</a> he does not &#8220;believe there&#8217;s a constitutional standard met.&#8221; Romney also said he would be &#8220;open&#8221; to tabling the impeachment articles if there is at least some debate on them.

House Sends Articles Of Impeachment Against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas To Senate

House Sends Mayorkas Impeachment Articles To Senate, Full Trial Remains In Doubt

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