#Progressive Democrat has ‘serious concerns’ about Biden’s ‘heavy-handed’ border policies

#Progressive Democrat has ‘serious concerns’ about Biden’s ‘heavy-handed’ border policies

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said she has “serious concerns” about President Biden’s border policies during a House committee hearing on Thursday. “There is so much fear-mongering going on that it is difficult to know exactly where to start. But let me say this first, the Biden administration is enforcing immigration laws. In fact, the administration…

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#Cruz suggests far-left believes America’s existence is ‘fundamentally illegitimate’

#Cruz suggests far-left believes America’s existence is ‘fundamentally illegitimate’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) accused the far-left of believing that America’s existence is “fundamentally illegitimate” during a recent interview with Fox News. Cruz said politicians like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and the “radical open borders crowd,” are driving Democrats’ agenda and believe that it’s wrong…

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#Federal judge bars separating migrant families for 8 years

#Federal judge bars separating migrant families for 8 years

A federal judge on Friday blocked the federal government from separating families solely as part of border enforcement policy for the next eight years, stopping any potential return to the short-lived zero tolerance policy of 2018. The decision came as part of a settlement between families who were separated during that period and the Justice…

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#Pentagon pulling 1,100 troops from border with Mexico

#Pentagon pulling 1,100 troops from border with Mexico

The Pentagon is calling back 1,100 active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year, with forces beginning to return to their home bases this week, a defense official confirmed Wednesday.  The Biden administration in May approved the temporary deployment of up to 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border for 90 days, a decision made…

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#U.S. to open the border to vaccinated Canadians in November

#U.S. to open the border to vaccinated Canadians in November

“#U.S. to open the border to vaccinated Canadians in November” Politics Insider for Oct. 13, 2021: America relents; Chrystia Freeland’s possible moves; and Michael Wernick’s best advice Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. The Buffalo News reported…

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#The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever

#The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever

“#The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever” I’m going to cheerfully assume it’s not at all a bad sign that the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada don’t even agree on why they spoke by phone on Monday. The readout from the Prime Minister’s Office landed first in Ottawa reporters’ inboxes….

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#The best summer ever – Macleans.ca

#The best summer ever – Macleans.ca

“#The best summer ever – Macleans.ca” Scott Gilmore: The upside to the ongoing border lockdown is that for the first summer in ages Canadians have the country to themselves. Get out and enjoy it. We rarely need encouragement to get out and enjoy the summer. Typically, Canadians spend 10 months of the year thinking about…

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