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John Cornyn Loses Race for Senate Majority Leader to John Thune
Ted Cruz said he would vote for Rick Scott to lead the GOP-controlled Senate.
Incoming ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan Pledges to Save Smuggled Children
Homan also said that President Trump will utilize special operations forces to take out criminal cartel gang members.
McLennan County Activist Group Urges US Senators to Reject John Cornyn
County GOP leader calls for U.S. Senate to be ‘united.’
Texans Applaud Trump’s Announcement of New ‘Border Czar’
Tom Homan was the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the early years of the first Trump administration.
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Judge Tells DHS to Stop Cutting Concertina Wire Along Texas Border
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration, for cutting concertina wire placed by Texas to curb the flow of illegal aliens. Texas has placed the wire along the shore of the Rio Grande as a deterrent against illegal...
Biden Officials Say They Are Pausing Remain In Texas Policy
After it was revealed that the Biden administration planned to force illegal aliens to remain in Texas while awaiting asylum screening, U.S. officials have now said the plan is being shelved. According to two U.S. officials and documents obtained by CBS News, local...
18 FBI Terror Watchlist Suspects Arrested in September at the Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested 18 people on the FBI’s terror watchlist along the U.S.-Mexico border in September. This brought the total number of FBI terror watchlist suspects arrested along the southwest border in federal fiscal year 2023 to 169—more...
Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues DHS for Cutting Down Wire Fencing at Border
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration following reports that federal officials cut concertina wire placed by Texas to curb the flow of illegal aliens. Texas had placed the wire along the shore of the Rio Grande as a deterrant to illegal...
U.S. Rep. Colin Allred Embraces ‘Anti-Semite Cleric’
A social media post from Dallas Democrat U.S. Rep Colin Allred has resurfaced, showing him welcoming to the U.S. House an individual who is accusing the United States and Israel of committing genocide. In May 2019, Allred posted a picture on X with Omar Suleiman....
Record-Breaking Levels of Illegal Alien Encounters Continue
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that encounters with illegal aliens in September were the highest ever recorded since the federal government began tracking the data in 2000. In addition to the September total of 269,735 encounters, September closed out...
U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson: Bar Pro-Hamas U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib from Intelligence Briefings
In a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House, Texas’ Representative Ronny Jackson (R) asked that his colleague, Democrat Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, be prohibited from receiving classified information. According to Jackson’s letter to House Speaker Pro Tempore...
Arkansas Cracks Down on Chinese-Owned Land While Texas Lags
Arkansas is ordering a Chinese company to divest its agriculture land, the first major action since the state passed legislation restricting ownership of land by hostile foreign actors. Meanwhile, similar legislation has stalled in Texas. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders...
Three Texas Republicans Vote Against Jim Jordan for Speaker
Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has lost the first round of voting in his bid for Speaker of the House, with three Republicans among Texas’ delegation voting against him. Jordan was nominated by the Republican Caucus late last week. On the first round of...