Brad Sylvester on September 17, 2020 An image shared on Facebook claims a map shows that wildfires stop at the U.S.’s borders with Canada and Mexico. Verdict: False The map only appears to show U.S. wildfire data. Both Canada and Mexico are also experiencing wildfires, according to NASA’s fire map. Fact Check: The post shows…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Ian Tartt Immigration is a hot topic, especially since the most recent presidential election. Some people advocate increased border control while others favor fewer restrictions. Libertarians, while generally falling into the latter category, sometimes end up in the former category. This leads to a lot of arguments over what…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: White House rejects DHS travel ban research [VIDEO]: Max Greenwood at the The Hill writes: The White House is dismissing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence report rebuffing President Trump’s claims that citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries pose an increased terror threat, the Wall Street Journal reported late Friday. Newsweek reported today: The DHS…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck On Friday, President Trump announced that he was passing an executive order closing U.S. borders to refugees of the slaughter in Syria, as well as other vetting measures and various barring measures to would-be immigrants from Muslim countries around the world. Standing behind the presidential seal,…
Restrictive Border Policies Prevent Numerous Positives by Josh Guckert During the presidential election cycle, many candidates (including Donald Trump) have suggested that we need to have “more secure” borders and slander others as being for “open borders.” However, would that really be so bad? There are plenty of reasons to allow for individuals to move…
by Jacob Bojesson Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, consider borders the “worst invention” politicians ever created and called for countries to open them up to refugees. Juncker, the European Union’s most powerful official, discussed the refugee crisis and the rise of nationalism in Europe Monday during the opening of the European Forum Alpbach in Austria. As…
Kathryn Watson U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are soon going to have to level with Congress about a federal contractor handing free smartphones to illegal aliens released from detention centers. Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz fired off a letter to ICE Director Sarah Saldaña…