Welcome To Migrant Warfare
Here's the latest in America's political battle.
THE BORDER
Will governors declare the border crisis an “invasion” under the Constitution?
With the Biden administration’s consistent neglect of the border crisis, Republican leaders seeking real solutions must decide whether to break traditional procedure and defy the president’s authority.
The dilemma: Dozens of local officials have urged their Republican governors to declare the border crisis in their states an “invasion” under the U.S. Constitution. This would authorize governors to take unprecedented military action against illegal immigration if the federal government won’t fulfill its duty to secure the border.
Why now? Nearly 4 million people have entered the country illegally since Biden’s inauguration, thousands of which have gone unvetted by overwhelmed Border Patrol officials. Drug cartels have smuggled in record amounts of illicit opioids, driving an overdose epidemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
It’s a state issue: The Biden administration has repeatedly denied or shifted blame for the consequences of its lax border policies, shown no sign of changing course, and ignored Republicans’ proposals for stopping the crisis.
What to expect: No sitting governor has indicated that they will invoke these emergency powers to manage their borders, which would likely spark heavy legal battles. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern about federal prosecution for conducting deportations. In Arizona, however, gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has promised to make the move if elected, citing the “inherent” constitutional authority of states to defend their sovereignty.
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POLITICAL WARFARE
Welcome to Migrant Warfare
Republican governors have sent tens of thousands of migrants to blue cities supporting open border policies. Here’s the latest in America’s migrant warfare.
The Martha’s Vineyard campaign: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent around 50 migrants to the wealthy Massachusetts island. Just a day after their arrival, the state activated 125 national guard members to move the migrants to a nearby military base. DeSantis has pledged to use the total $12 million allocated by the Florida Legislature to transport migrants from the state.
The New York City counteroffensive: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent nearly 11,000 migrants to New York City, overwhelming its public housing system. Now the city will be relocating the migrants to Florida, citing migrants’ supposed preference for “places like Florida.”
Where’s Biden in all of this? According to reporting by Axios, Biden’s cabinet and administration officials met Friday to discuss litigation options to respond to GOP governors transporting migrants across state lines.
Is it legal? While critics on the left have compared the Republican strategy to human trafficking and “kidnapping,” migrants involved have consented to travel to “sanctuary cities” that promise more care and resources for them. Still, progressive outlets like Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post have stated it’s too early to conclude the legality of such actions.
Big picture: Despite “sanctuary cities” scrambling to move these migrants out, these cities haven’t changed their stances on immigration. As they sent the newly arrived migrants away, officials in Martha’s Vineyard claimed that the foreigners had “enriched” the island, in line with their original perspectives.
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RESULTS FROM FRIDAY'S POLL
📊 Do you agree with Graham's moderate solution to the abortion debate?
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Strongly agree (43%)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️ Agree (44%)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Disagree (8%)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Strongly disagree (5%)
Strongly Agree - “I think if people would sit back and read the bill and what it stands for, most would agree. I think it could be just what we need to get past this. It’s a good middle ground, in my opinion."
Agree - "If both sides feel like they are getting a bad deal, that's compromise.”
Disagree - “It's a state issue."
Strongly Disagree - “The Dobbs decision returned abortion to the states. A federal ban on abortions after 15 weeks is arbitrary and not grounded in a 14th Amendment Equal Protection of unborn persons.
🗞 IN THE LOOP
🧢 Kanye West and American manufacturing: Kanye announced that he plans to end his 10-year contract with Gap, partly because of its “bigger plan to marginalize American companies and American industry…. We can actually bring industry back to America.” Read more.
💉 Study shows negative vaccine efficacy: 20 weeks after vaccination, the effectiveness of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine against infection turned negative for children aged 5 to 11—meaning that vaccinated children were more likely to contract the virus than unvaccinated children—a new study shows. Read more.
🇺🇸 Who makes the decisions? Biden told 60 Minutes that U.S. troops would defend Taiwan. Immediately after the interview, the White House said that is not official U.S. policy. Read more.
📱 Fighting censorship: A Texas law that bans social media companies from censoring users’ viewpoints is constitutionally allowed, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday in a blow to Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Read more.
🚨 Survey reveals that almost half of San Francisco residents have been robbed in the last five years. The poll, conducted in late June and early July of this year, asked a random sample of 1,653 residents 90 questions about life in San Francisco. Respondents reflect the city’s demographics. Read more.
🗳 Biden suggests he might not run again in 2024: He said another bid at the White House "remains to be seen" but that the door is still open despite his age, an uncertain economy, conflicts overseas, and citizens still battling COVID-19, which he said was behind Americans by now. Read more.
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