An outstanding article describing the current Administration problems with immigration.

 

Does Immigration Now Work Against Republicans?

Donald Trump has ended the immigration crisis, but loses a lot of campaign ammunition in the process.

Hudson Baldwin Contributor patriotpost.us 10-27-26

We have a fundamental problem with election campaigning. In modern politics, every issue solved is one less issue to campaign on.

In recent years, both the Democrat and Republican parties have partially fixed issues but intentionally failed to resolve them completely because that becomes one less thing to complain about on the campaign trail. Rather than showing where the issue remains unresolved, it may be worth seeing the response when the issue is resolved.

Immigration was a hot topic for most of the 2010s and the first half of the 2020s. Joe Biden’s administration deliberately failed to secure the Southern border after the election, causing a major border crisis. Border towns were overrun with illegal immigrants. American citizens living just north of the border were hearing migrants knocking on their windows, asking for water and directions. Worse, crime went up.

As a result, the GOP got a major boost going into the 2022 and 2024 elections. The Biden administration gave Republicans ammunition to win majorities in places many thought impossible. Starr County, a border county that normally votes blue, gave Donald Trump a majority in 2024 almost entirely because of border concerns.

But migrants don’t seem to boost the GOP’s election chances anymore, ironically because Trump has been so successful. During his second term, Trump solved the border crisis. The U.S.-Mexico border is no longer ground zero for millions of migrants. The border towns that were overrun by illegals are now at peace. The crisis that affected millions on the southern border is a thing of the past.

That should be a huge win for the Trump administration, and it is. It took the president mere months to resolve a major crisis plaguing our nation. Unfortunately, campaigns and the electorate see it another way.

Most campaigners, especially at the state and national level, argue that change is needed, and for that reason you should vote for this candidate. Few candidates run on the platform that everything is great and we should strive to maintain what we have. Strangely, that is a far less effective campaign mantra.

The bigger problem when it comes to immigration is the PR trouble ICE has faced. While officials and agents do their job well, the optics, combined with the media portrayal, have been poor. ICE has become so unpopular that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is now educating illegal immigrants in Spanish on how to defend themselves against immigration law enforcement. He will likely get away with it too. The lack of change offered by the Right, contrasted with the anti-ICE movement on the Left, has swung the momentum on the immigration issue back to the Left.

The media has taken this narrative and run with it as well. Recently, CBS cherry-picked the biggest illegal migrant sob story reporters could find, and put him on “60 Minutes.” The guy cried a lot and appeared as sympathetic as possible, completely misrepresenting the reality about real illegal migrants. In fact, CBS left unreported the real story — that the “Texas father” in question lied about his reasons for seeking asylum (a phony claim to be gay), leaving him open to justified deportation. It’s quite telling that CBS featured the guy’s wife while neglecting his “gay” claim.

Back to the broader picture on immigration, the point is this: Many voters are no longer concerned about immigration because immigration isn’t a problem anymore. They won’t care about the good the current government has done because those issues are things of the past. Instead, they are concerned about the issues that Leftmedia dangles in their faces, such as the economy, the war with Iran, and ICE. The Left has hammered those issues time and again, with great success.

Unfortunately, the GOP can’t use a similar strategy, since it has largely fixed this major issue the Biden administration created. And at the end of the day, the message of “we need to fix this” will almost always beat “we fixed this.”

 

An outstanding article describing what will happen in the USA, IF Republicans fail to vote in the mid-terms.

 

Debt, disorder and open borders: a midterm consideration across the Atlantic

As riots and a historic debt crisis both grip France, critics warn that the Democratic Party’s progressive wing is pushing the U.S. toward the same mix of runaway spending, loose borders and street disorder. Social media and some news outlets have widely shared videos of the purported students rioting while waving and wearing Palestinian flags.

By Amanda Head justthenews.com 10-26-26

As France reels from its worst riots in years, Americans heading to the polls next week might be taking a hard look at what’s happening across the Atlantic. 

What began as student protests over school conditions has turned into burned city halls, looted storefronts, and a government struggling to pay its bills, and some say it's a lesson for the US. 

"We will end up like France if our immigration policies continue and if the liberal [economic] policies continue. France has chosen to let these people in," Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told Just the News.

Fine continued, "The French problem is not an illegal immigration problem; it is a legal immigration problem coupled with the radical views of people like AOC and [Abdul] Mohammed El-Sayed, we've got to stop it."

Warnings sounding off

The French riots have prompted warnings about the immigration stances of high-profile Democratic socialists ahead of the 2026 midterms. 

Speaking to Fox Digital, Santiago Vidal Calvo, a researcher at the Manhattan Institute, singled out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, arguing that their approaches to immigration enforcement could move the United States closer to conditions he associates with France's crisis.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., said on X that "France is descending into chaos because they wanted OPEN BORDERS — just like the socialist Democrats in America. What we are witnessing is a chilling warning for all Americans of what happens if the radical Marxist insurgent left gets their way. America is not merely in a battle of political ideologies — it’s a battle for the preservation of our civilization, our freedoms, and our way of life."

If the most progressive wing of the Democratic Party gains real power in November, the argument goes, the U.S. could start down the same road. Here’s how France got there:

Protests over schools transformed in riots by extreme left, pro-Palestinian agitators  

The unrest reportedly began with students protesting conditions in France's education system before labor unions, political activists and groups with separate grievances joined the movement. 

On Oct. 17, some 550,000 protesters took to the streets, according to CNN, and largely peaceful marches descended into rioting that left government buildings torched and one police officer and one protester dead. 1,200 people were arrested and 150 police were hurt.

Who did the damage is disputed. President Emmanuel Macron blamed insurrectionist elements from radical far-left groups, joined by numerous criminals. A French security source described the alliance between the ultra-left, the radical far left and young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods as unprecedented. 

Many of those neighborhoods have large immigrant-descended populations. That fact is the basis for arguments from President Trump, who blamed immigrants "from an entirely different world," and Vice President J.D. Vance. French commentator Éric Zemmour pinned much of the looting on suburban youths of African and North African origin. 

Jewish news and commentary outlet The Algemeiner published a column on Monday saying that "It is not a coincidence that the protests turned quickly to violence – a vast international network of pro-Palestinian organizations, including those linked to terrorist organizations, fueled the initial unrest in France on Oct. 17. Urgence Palestine, an organization established in the wake of Oct. 7, was proudly at the protests carrying Palestinian flags, while a branch of the Association France Palestine Solidarité announced its support for the protests, highlighting the signs associated with the pro-Palestinian movement."

Social media and some news outlets have widely shared videos of the purported students rioting while waving and wearing Palestinian flags.

A week later, some 70,000 officers were deployed and at least 400,000 people protested, largely peacefully.

Fiscal crisis another aggravating factor

The riots are erupting on top of a debt problem years in the making. At the end of June, France's public debt stood at 3.596 trillion euros ($4.08 trillion), equivalent to 119% of GDP. The eurozone average is 88.9%. France expects a deficit of 5.4% of GDP in 2026 and targets 5% in 2027. 

Moody’s doubts even that, projecting the deficit will only fall to 5.2% due to weaker growth and the political difficulty of real spending cuts. Fortune cited Moody's report saying “The 2027 budget process coincides with some of the most extensive social protests France has experienced in many years.”

Markets have noticed. Reuters reported that Moody's spared France a credit rating downgrade on Friday, easing pressure on a government struggling to contain social unrest and shore up its strained finances. Bond yields have hit their highest levels in 24 years, and French borrowing costs already exceed those of lower-rated Italy. Moody's held France's Aa3 rating on October 23 but kept a negative outlook, and warned the unrest could constrain efforts to cut the deficit. 

An Aa3 rating from Moody's is the fourth-highest long-term credit rating on the agency's 21-grade scale. It falls within the top tier known as "Investment Grade."

The discomfort in the situation is that protesters are demanding more public spending from a state that can’t afford what it already spends. Mike Bell, head of market strategy at RBC BlueBay, warned that all three major agencies could slash France's bonds to a BBB rating, just above junk, after next year's presidential vote.

Amanda Head is White House Correspondent for Just the News. You can follow her here. 

 

An outstanding article describing global conditions - asking a remarkable question!

 

WWIII is upon us

The axis is a merger of Islamist and Marxist fundamentalist ideologies.

J.A. Frascino | October 26, 2026 www.americanthinker.com

In 1967 Louis Armstrong sang “What a Wonderful World!”, a call for optimism as an antidote to the social and political strife of the Sixties.  Today he would probably be silenced by the left for hate speech. How dare he extol contentment while the masses struggle to seek relief from oppression? This is a time for vengeance and payback!

Global unrest prevails:

Despite periodic peace accords, Palestinian intifada with Israel continues unabated.

Iran pledges “death to America!”, the Great Satan, precipitating open warfare.

The EU (aka “Eurabia”) is on fire at the hands of the aggrieved.

Terrorist attacks, epitomized by 9/11, rock the West.

Globalization has evolved into an undeclared, not-so-cold war between East and West.

The East faction is based in Muslim nations in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Indonesia. Their governance and social structure is based in the tenets of Islam which, most notably in Iran, have been usurped by radical Islamists and morphed into a fundamentalist theocratic governing ideology intent upon destruction of Western Judeo-Christian capitalism.

Islamic ideology has found a willing accomplice and bed fellow in leftist/Marxist ideology. Islamic ideology —  Islamism, advanced by radical Islamists — is a political movement which perceives religion and politics to be inseparable, rejecting Western secularism and socioeconomic structure. Marxist ideology seeks overthrow of capitalism in a revolt of the “working class.” Both seek control of a world order based in compliance with belief systems that reject capitalism, albeit from different perspectives. Both are out of sync with the realities of terrestrial existence and human nature. This merger of ideologies is readily palpable in the rise of the Islamo/socialist DSA within our Democrat party.

Antisemitism is a prominent feature of this ideological merger. Israel is seen as the ruthless oppressor of Palestinians by the Islamists. Jews are apex capitalists in the eyes of Marxists. They are high on the Islamo/Marxist bucket list.

The Islamo/Marxist merger has succeeded in recruiting a formidable civilian militia — the army of the oppressed. The army knows no national borders. Its enlistees are abundant globally, motivated by discontent, unrealistic expectations, grievances, indoctrination, and radicalization. Its advances are abetted by open border policies.

Israel, America, the EU, Australia constitute the Western forces. Their governance and social structure, while grounded in the Judeo/Christian ethic, is secular, separating church from state, and is based traditionally in free market capitalism and individual initiative. Western socioeconomic structure is incompatible with fundamentalist Islamo/Marxist ideology, and the latter is not amenable to peaceful co-existence. Fundamentalism does not accommodate compromise.

Antisemitic, anti-West Islamist ideology has joined forces with Marxist ideology in a campaign to overthrow Judeo/Christian capitalism. The U.S. midterms constitute a battleground in the conflict; they will reveal the effectiveness of the axis penetrance in America. The ultimate outcome of the war is contingent upon the will of the West — attempt to appease the insurrectionists, or engage and neutralize them in a united front.

Can the West do the latter?

The present Administration continues to do the right thing one step at a time!

 

Trump administration expands crackdown on welfare fraud to illegal immigrants collecting SNAP

Federal officials say that nearly $42 million in food assistance meant for struggling American families was siphoned off through fraud, including illegal immigrants, some whom were using stolen identities of U.S. citizens, including deceased citizens. "These programs are for Americans only," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

By Ashe Short justthenews.com 10-22-26

Just weeks ahead of the 2026 midterms, the Trump administration has launched a nationwide operation to crack down on illegal immigrants fraudulently collecting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known to many by the anachronism "food stamps."

The operation, run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is part of a broader initiative by the Trump administration to root out waste, fraud, and abuse of federal programs.

“Illegal aliens who have no right to be here in the first place are the last people who should be using SNAP benefits and other forms of welfare,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a press release about the operation. “These programs are for Americans only. Even non-violent illegal alien crime can still have devastating consequences when they’re defrauding the American taxpayer. The illegal alien fraudsters that we’ve already arrested and deported are just a drop in the bucket, and the Trump Administration is committed to going after all these thieves and bringing them to justice.”

More than 40 alleged fraudsters across the country arrested or indicted 

The operation has already resulted in several arrests, including four illegal immigrants from Haiti, one of whom was previously arrested for larceny, obstruction of officers, and trespassing. Another, from Cuba, was arrested by ICE and has a criminal history that includes a conviction for disorderly conduct and arrests for battery and domestic violence.

The ICE effort is joined by 13 U.S. Attorney’s Offices, who on Wednesday announced that more than 40 alleged fraudsters across the country were arrested or indicted as part of a nationwide sweep starting on Sept. 1. The actions of the individuals allegedly stole nearly $45 million from the federal government in welfare services, with nearly $42 million of that amount from fraudulent SNAP benefits.

“These schemes siphoned millions from taxpayers and robbed struggling Americans of the benefits they depend on, so fraudsters could use them for their own selfish purposes,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said in the announcement. “Through our partnership with the Department of Agriculture, this nationwide surge exposed and disrupted criminal networks that targeted vulnerable American families. The Department of Justice will continue working to root out fraud in every federal agency and program.”

Many previous arrests of illegal immigrants obtaining SNAP benefits by using a stolen or false identity were in Massachusetts. In September, Victor Suazo Reynoso, a Dominican national, was sentenced after a guilty plea to using a U.S. citizen’s name, birthdate, and Social Security number to obtain a Massachusetts driver’s license, more than $18,000 in SNAP benefits and more than $54,000 health benefits from MassHealth, a state program that combines Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Reynoso was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay restitution to the state welfare agencies, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He faces deportation after his sentence is carried out.

"Under President Trump, DHS is putting the American people first again”: Mullin

A Dominican man unlawfully residing in Salem, N.H., pleaded guilty in May to stealing the identity of an American citizen from Puerto Rico to obtain a U.S. Passport as well as federally funded benefits from Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Juan Felipe Chalas, 58, pleaded guilty to making a false statement in a passport application and unlawfully obtaining SNAP benefits. U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin this month sentenced him to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release.

These criminal illegal immigrants conspired to defraud taxpayers of more than $1.4 million in public benefits, depriving American citizens of benefits that they needed, Mullin said of the arrests. “After these criminal illegal aliens face justice, they will be swiftly removed from our country so they can never defraud American taxpayers again. Under President Trump, DHS is putting the American people first again.”