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Date September 12, 2022

Congress is playing a game of chicken against the megadrought

NBC News and Chuck Todd are looking at declining water levels and increasing population in the southwest and sounding the alarm: The lake’s level is down by about 160 feet from where it was in 2000. And its July elevation of 1,040 feet was the lowest it had been since April 1937. That’s when the … Continued

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Date September 12, 2022

A view of the “Back of the Hiring Line”

In her review of Roy Beck’s Back of the Hiring Line for American Affairs, Pamela Denise Long urges her readers to look at the history of great waves of immigration through the eyes of “one of our nation’s oldest citizen groups, American Freedmen.” Writing in the same journal that gave us the great article, “The … Continued

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Date September 9, 2022

IG: DHS Failed to Properly Vet Afghan Parolees

A scathing new report from the DHS Inspector General concluded that “DHS may have admitted or paroled individuals into the United States who pose a risk to national security and the safety of local communities.” The report’s findings and timing are significant considering that there’s a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress who are looking … Continued

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Date September 9, 2022

Louisiana Crawfish Workers Fight for Fair Wage Against the Federal Government

Americans have just celebrated Labor Day, and while their President has talked much about unions during his tenure, his Administration is still fighting against workers at every turn. The latest example is in a perpetually expanded H-2B visa program. Louisiana employees in the crawfish industry are challenging the program’s implementation because it drives down their … Continued

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Date September 7, 2022

Biden admin sued over environmental impact of immigration policies

The Massachusetts Coalition for Immigration Control (MCIR) claims that President Biden’s border policies, which allow record-breaking mass migrations, are negatively impacting the environment. The group has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, State Department, and Department of Justice, saying that the government is out of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act … Continued

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Date August 30, 2022

Americans love access to natural spaces

Polling done for the release of our national study found that “sizeable majorities of Americans feel strongly about the need to protect farmland and natural habitats for themselves, for their fellow Americans, for posterity, and for the nation’s wildlife.” “Large majorities also indicated it was important to have ready access to natural areas and open … Continued

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Date August 24, 2022

About every five feet, there was a body….it was the Hunger Games

“About every five feet, there was a body….it was the Hunger Games.” – Life in America’s National Parks, 2022 Three out of every four Americans feel an “emotional or spiritual uplift” from spending time in natural areas, and 85 percent of Americans say it is important to be able to access them. From our study: … Continued

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Date August 16, 2022

Democratic Mayors Bowser and Adams proclaim that record border crossings are a burden on city resources and homeless shelters

Democratic Mayors Muriel Bowser of Washington, DC and Eric Adams of New York City now see how the current, record border crossings are a burden on city resources and homeless shelters. They are pleading to the Biden administration for help. The mayors’ pleas to the White House come after they have condemned Republican Governors Greg … Continued

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Date August 16, 2022

Losing ground to grow food: Food security is national security

National security involves many things, including domestic food security. That is becoming increasingly more difficult as immigration policy is driven by the premise that the United States needs to add as many people as possible as fast as possible. Immigration policy reforms are needed to stabilize U.S. population growth and safeguard national security. And that … Continued

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