The SCOTUS must return to its Constitutional 'guidelines'. When this happens, is anyone's guess.

 

Is our border a game of red rover?

Trump v. Barbara slammed down the gauntlet on birthright citizenship and the meaning of the 14th Amendment. 

Daniel Mynyk | July 20, 2026 www.americanthinker.com

The Supreme Court turned our border into a children’s game. Trump v. Barbara slammed down the gauntlet on birthright citizenship and the meaning of the 14th Amendment. Three swing conservatives joined the three liberals, making American citizens of anyone born on our soil. Few are surprised, but many are furious.

Justice Thomas said that history disagrees that the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship. “Domicile” status, he argued in his dissent, tells where someone is “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Chief Justice Roberts, however, likes to avoid drastic changes. Barrett may let her nurturing instincts influence her decisions. Kavanaugh seemed more like a double agent leaking a rescue maneuver. With a 6-3 ruling (arguably 5.5-3.5) the black-robed nine officially made the border a game of red rover.

When I was in elementary school, red rover was a favorite recess pastime for my insecure male ego. The rowdy playground game splits players into two teams. They form horizontal lines about 30 feet apart and face each other. Players in each team link hands to form a wall. One team picks a member of the other to run at them and try to smash through their grip.

“Red rover, red rover, let Daniel come over!” they yell. I charge like an angry bull from my team, looking for a weak link in theirs. If I split two hands, I could pick a victim to join my team. If I fail, I must join the other team. The teams alternate until one team fully assimilates the other.

What does red rover have to do with a Supreme Court ruling? A secure border where the rule book itself promises a prize for breaking it. In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Court determined asylum claims must begin inside the United States. In Mullin v. Doe they ruled that the President could end Temporary Protected Status for some Haitians and Syrians. Temporary, it turns out, actually means temporary. The original protection for both groups was 18 months. After a decade and a half, the high court ruled these refugees can return to their homelands. Their original emergencies are long over. Debates aside, laws can mean what they say.

These two decisions gave a hat tip to stronger border and immigration control. That brings us back to birthright citizenship. Three of the justices who nodded for stronger borders shook their heads at protecting citizenship from foreign exploitation. The Constitution, we must infer, allows even foreign terrorists to give birth to new American citizens. The border is now officially a game!

How do we square Trump v. Barbara with Mullin v. Doe? The Haitians and Syrians who came temporarily aren’t citizens, but many have had children. Those children are now citizens. Because the children aren’t naturalized, the government can’t denaturalize and deport them. Their parents, who must leave. now have a choice. They can go without their children, which would be inhumane. The government may strongly suggest that they take their children with them, but can’t require it.

With court decisions stepping on each other, immigration enforcement looks more like a game of red rover. We can try to hold the line at the border. If we catch invaders, we may send them back. But if they penetrate and give birth, they’ve won the game. A child could be born in the United States, grow up in another country, and use this dual citizenship to try to influence their birthplace. Too many of these with foreign interests could strain cultural unity.

Because of a language loophole in the 14th Amendment, national security is like a game of red rover. But, unlike the real game, this version is rigged against our side. Our team has less reason to send runners. We don’t get to pick who should “come over.” If our team holds the line, we often have to wait out a long process to get that runner to leave.

If a runner breaks through our line, he doesn’t have to add anyone to his team. He can still join ours while playing for the other. When the next comes charging, our new team member may release his grip and welcome his colleague.

As the game progresses, our team grows, but the other is secretly gaining control. Because this country is forced to play a game, our immigration policy is only skin deep. We’re allowed to enforce the border, but the team captain could change every four years.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, supporters and opponents have begun their plays. A Texas hospital tried to make money from “birth tourism.” President Trump demanded the Court rehear the case, declaring “AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE!” Strange new rules, like preventing pregnant foreigners from visiting, are now on the table. An ICE shooting in Houston and another in Biddeford, Maine, have only cranked up the heat over how to handle rule breakers. We now turn to Congress to level the playing field while hoping this game of red rover ends in our favor.

 

Some interesting and disturbing statistics in this important post.

 

Illegal border crossings remain historically low in June, drug seizures up

Last month, 31,626 illegal border crossers were apprehended nationwide, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor justthenews.com 7-19-26

Illegal border crossings remained historically low in June, continuing a trend under the Trump administration.

Last month, 31,626 illegal border-crossers were apprehended nationwide, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The number is up by 6,500 from last June and down by more than 173,000 from June 2024, according to the data.

The total excludes "gotaways" – those who illegally enter between ports of entry to evade capture. Similar to the Biden administration, the Trump administration is not publicly releasing gotaway data. It remains unclear how many are still illegally entering the country.

Apprehensions at the southwest border states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas totaled 12,901 last month, according to the data.

Between ports of entry, Border Patrol apprehended 9,848 last month, another record low. That’s 94% less than the monthly average during the Biden administration and 96% less than during the peak reported at the southwest border in December 2023.

The Border Patrol apprehension total was also less than the number that agents apprehended in just four days in June 2024.

Border Patrol apprehensions between ports of entry along the southwest border this fiscal year through June were also 14% lower than they were in just one month on average from fiscal years 1992 through 2024, CBP notes.

At the northern border, 4,952 illegal border crossers were apprehended, the highest they’ve been all year. The total is still a significant drop from the Biden era when a record 18,569 were apprehended in June 2023.

During the Biden administration, a record number of illegal border crossers were apprehended at the northern border, including the greatest number of suspected or known terrorists on a federal watchlist, The Center Square reported.

While apprehensions remained low, drug seizures increased last month.

CBP seizures of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and marijuana (combined by weight) increased by 49% from June 2024, according to CBP data.

By fiscal year, drug seizures increased by 57% from fiscal 2024. The fiscal year goes from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

Cocaine seizures increased the most last month – by 71% from May. CBP officers seized 6,242 pounds of cocaine nationwide. Heroin and fentanyl seizures also increased by 49% and 42%, respectively, over the same time period. CBP agents seized 68 pounds of heroin and 1,072 pounds of fentanyl last month.

“Leadership and policy matter," CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said when announcing the data. "When laws are enforced, fewer people will break the law.” 

Under the Trump administration, CBP “is fully enforcing our immigration and border security laws,” he continued. This includes establishing “meaningful border security resulting in sustained deterrence of illegal crossings. CBP is preventing dangerous criminal aliens and illicit narcotics from entering our communities, enhancing the safety of every American for generations to come.”

The Department of Homeland Security again announced June was the 14th consecutive month “of zero releases at the border.”

CBP data contradicts this claim. Every month, unaccompanied alien children (UACs) are released into the country. Fiscal year to date, at least 1,000 UACs were reported illegally entering the country, according to CBP data.

According to federal data, 1,796 UACs were in federal care in June, down from 2,460 in January. More than 1,200 have been released to sponsors this fiscal year through the beginning of June, with the majority sent to California and Texas, according to the latest data.

In fiscal 2025, more than 24,200 UACs were sent to sponsors in the U.S. instead of being returned to their family in their home country. 

That total is down from more than 99,000 UACs sent to live with sponsors in the U.S. in fiscal 2024 and more than 113,000 in fiscal 2023. At the height of the border crisis, more than 127,000 UACs were sent to live with sponsors in fiscal 2022. The program overseeing their care has not been terminated by Congress or the Trump administration.

Child advocates have called for the program to be terminated and for greater regulatory oversight in states, citing extensive abuse and lack of vetting. Even though the Trump administration has implemented some reforms, facilitating UAC illegal entry into the country is ongoing.

 

Global demographics is transformed by mass immigration! Non-assimilation destroys national sovereignty! Plain and simple - the planet is in an uproar!

 

Immigration Is A Proxy Issue For A Western Government Trend

Mass immigration doesn’t stand alone. Instead, Western governments, including ours, have much grander plans for the end of nations.

Allan J. Feifer | July 19, 2026 www.americanthinker.com

One of the greater mysteries of our century may be why governments across much of Europe, North America, and even Australia adopted remarkably similar immigration policies seemingly at the same time. It is difficult to believe this happened by chance. And unlike Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand, which explains how complex order can arise without central direction, mass migration appears less like an organic historical development than a remarkably coordinated political calculus.

There are many explanations; some point to economics, others to humanitarianism. Others argue that businesses sought inexpensive labor or that politicians sought new voters. Whatever the explanation, governments across Western civilization not only permitted but actively facilitated mass immigration, even in the face of demonstrably low rates of assimilation by some groups. Government leaders have bent over backward, not only facilitating their entry but also subsidizing their living costs, looked the other way as large numbers of young male migrants, including many with criminal histories, entered and remained, and then protected them from expulsion.

This essay examines the forces that continue to promote this mass immigration despite electoral and mounting fiscal costs, and shows how these new immigrants have consistently failed to assimilate. Why do progressive governments cling to these policies like glue? Why do major media organizations so often minimize migrant crimes while emphasizing stories that reinforce preferred narratives that are harmful to a country’s citizens? Why has a common vocabulary—words such as “welcoming,” “neighbors,” and “safety”—appeared almost simultaneously across governments, advocacy groups, and media outlets?

The central question is not whether large-scale migration has been encouraged; evidence supports that conclusion. The real mystery is how so many institutions, in so many countries, arrived at the same destination nearly simultaneously.

So, how did it occur? To answer this question necessarily requires some inference and speculation.

What we can say is that over several decades, international and domestic organizations and leaders of many Western democracies have shifted away from the central importance of the individual toward a collectivist mentality. Recurring themes promoting transnationalism, nationhood, borders, and identity politics conflict with traditional bedrock constructs such as citizenship and defensible borders.

The people undertaking these discussions and actions are well-funded, disciplined, coordinated, and, if you look at how consistent the messaging and actions are across the Western world, it becomes more difficult to discount coordination by parties, known and unknown, driving us toward a unipolar, undemocratic future. Mass migration is one of the tools of this drive.

So where does this lead? I see three takeaways:

1.    There is a concerted effort to make large-scale immigration seem not only acceptable but desirable.

2.    As during COVID, we can again witness intense pressure to conform to a curated socially correct way of thinking, particularly in blue states and cities.

3.    We are witnessing an intensive effort by progressives to internationalize social, legal, and even historical events, delegitimizing European and American national identities and, especially, America’s constitutional ethos.

Mass immigration is one manifestation of a broader worldview that regards national identity, citizenship, borders, and other inherited institutions as obstacles to be reimagined rather than foundations to be preserved.

If that interpretation is correct, immigration is not the end of the story but the beginning. Once that framework takes hold, it naturally extends into other debates—affordability, antisemitism, international policy, wealth inequality, and countless other issues where traditional American assumptions are increasingly challenged.

Mass immigration is not the only social construct at play; it is simply among the most visible. If this broader project succeeds, what remains is a society progressively reorganized around a different set of political assumptions—what many would instantly recognize as collectivist.

Americans may never have been as disconnected and, arguably, as confused and at odds as they are today. The divisions are palpable, not unlike the question of slavery was before the Civil War. And it is easy to understand why. The various institutions that people follow, from the political party they support to their religious institutions, schools, and the government that leads us, are catering to polarizing constituencies, sending out mixed and utterly confusing messages that frequently make no sense!

I want to say that our institutions reflect logical, evolving priorities, but I can’t. Our institutions are not just confused concerning their underlying assumptions; no, they’re actively rejecting essential tenets, such as the centrality of our country’s founding and our Constitution. Until recently, that wasn’t up for discussion. However, today, progressives are aligning against our historic principles and, frequently, the will of the people.

Illegal mass immigration is ultimately a symptom of a larger debate over the direction of our nation, accountability, and what has allowed policies that would have been previously rejected out of hand. The confusion, uncertainty, and even anger many feel are palpable. Our country is blessed with a system that has a built-in capacity for self-correction. We don’t know today who, what, or even why America’s future is in play. God willing, we’ll figure it out and self-correct before it is too late.

Regardless, immigration cannot be understood as an isolated policy disagreement. It has become a proxy for a much larger debate over sovereignty, citizenship, democratic accountability, and what our country is to become. Until Americans address that larger argument, we’ll continue debating immigration while missing the philosophy that increasingly drives it.

God Bless America.

States with Voting rolls problems must correct this problem immediately. The mid-terms are approaching rapidly.

 

Homeland Security found over 250,000 illegal aliens registered to vote in just four states

After California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada opted not to use a new federal citizenship database, a Homeland Security review found more than a quarter million noncitizens registered to vote.

By Steven Richards justthenews.com 7-16-26

The Homeland Security Department found more than a quarter million illegal aliens were registered to vote in four states – California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to a review the agency conducted on publicly available data. 

The finding is detailed in a memo titled “PREVENTING ALIEN VOTING” obtained by Just the News on Thursday ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech about election integrity. 

In the speech, the president also shared Intelligence Community findings that the People’s Republic of China has “compromised” more than 200 million voter records across at least 18 U.S. states.  

The agency reviewed voter registrations as part of a Trump administration priority to address concerns about illegal voting in the U.S. using the SAVE system, a controversial citizenship database that includes Social Security numbers. The administration is offering the centralized records to states to identify non-citizens on voter rolls across the country. 

The four states opted not to utilize the SAVE system, prompting the agency to conduct a separate review using publicly available voter records. 

That review found that “over 250,000 non-citizens are illegally registered to vote” in just those four states. 

“State election officials in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Nevada have been notified of this serious threat to national security and DHS stands ready to support their efforts to identify and remove ineligible registrants,” the agency wrote in the memo.  

You can read the memo below: 

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PREVENTING ALIEN VOTING.pdf

The agency also said that the probe would expand to include “multiple additional states.” 

In addition, the agency pointed out that several states have “successfully utilized” the federal records to review and clean their voter rolls. To date, those reviews have identified “400,000 deceased registrants” and “over 28,000 non-citizens illegally registered to vote.” 

The states that chose to participate, such as Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee, the agency said, “are serious about ensuring that only US citizens vote in US elections,” demonstrated by the comparatively low number of non-citizens enrolled to vote in those states. 

“There is an undeniable pattern emerging as DHS begins to unravel the horrific damage done by the open border policies of the Biden administration. States that have adopted alien-first policies instead of American-first policies have a disproportionate number of non-citizens on their voter rolls,” the department concluded. 

Fox News Digital reported on Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sent letters to four states, dated Friday, outlining the conclusions of his department’s investigation. He asked state offices to cooperate with the agency to verify voter identities. 

According to the outlet, DHS estimated as many as 190,832 non-citizens registered in California, 35,152 in New Jersey, 15,903 in Nevada and 14,576 in Pennsylvania.

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly read 250 million in the headline.