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01/11/2025

Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy.

Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy

01/11/2025

Gavin Newsom
, as you prepare to assume the presidency once more, I invite you to come to California.

The hundreds of thousands of Americans – displaced from their homes and fearful for the future – deserve to see us all working together in their best interests, not politicizing a human tragedy and spreading disinformation from the sidelines.

01/10/2025

Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess

"The U.S. undoubtedly needs to establish control over immigration, and we describe below the necessary changes. But mass deportations, or reductions in future immigration, are not in the national interest."

Fixing America’s broken immigration system starts with acknowledging that the United States needs more people.

01/09/2025

Immigration firebrand takes reins of the Hispanic Caucus.

Latino Democrats, under new management for the 119th Congress, are looking to flex their muscle under a razor-thin Republican House majority that could make or break President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda.

By Rafael Bernal, The Hill Latino Democrats, under new management for the 119th Congress, are looking to flex their muscle under a razor-thin Republican House majority that could make or break President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda. Last week, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), known for his im...

01/09/2025

President Biden stood next to Gov. Gavin Newsom and pledged full federal support as fires burned through Los Angeles County. President-elect Donald Trump took to social media and blamed "Newscum."

President Biden stood next to Gov. Gavin Newsom and pledged full federal support as fires burned through Los Angeles County. President-elect Donald Trump took to social media and blamed 'Newscum.'

01/08/2025

Some Texas business leaders are apprehensive about Trump’s pledged deportations

“We wouldn’t survive” without undocumented workers, one South Texas produce business owner said. By one estimate, 8% of Texas’ workforce lacks legal status.

“We wouldn’t survive” without undocumented workers, one South Texas produce business owner said. By one estimate, 8% of Texas’ workforce lacks legal status.

01/07/2025

Immigration drives the nation’s healthy post-pandemic population growth, new census data show.

In the past year, the top two population-gaining states were Florida and Texas. Yet as Figure 4 shows, both gained fewer people in 2023-24 than in 2022-23 (with Florida showing smaller gains for two straight years). At the same time, California and New York—two states that registered population declines during the peak pandemic years— not only gained population in 2023-24, but ranked third and fifth, respectively, among all states in numerical population gains. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/immigration-drives-the-nations-healthy-post-pandemic-population-growth-new-census-data-show/

12/20/2024

FACTS over fear-mongering.

A Manhattan Institute report says immigrants are a $1.1T drain—but they're actually a $4.9T gain in net present value for the federal government over their lifetimes.

Flawed calculations and overlooked benefits show why Trump's immigration plan would be a fiscal disaster for America. By David Bier President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on

12/19/2024

Texas Tribune

The 50 miles of border wall constructed by Texas to date is 6% of the 805 miles the state has designated for building.

It’s been constructed in dozens of fragmented sections, some a city block wide and others more than 70 miles apart.

Texas’ border wall segments, which cost between $17 million and $41 million per mile, are largely found on ranches in remote areas, far from population centers.

Of the 94 land agreements the state has secured so far, less than one-third are in the 20 most populous border cities. https://x.com/TexasTribune/status/1869766890442441067

Border security experts who reviewed the Tribune’s findings say that construction appears to be driven by where the state can most easily acquire land instead of where a wall would be most effective at deterring illegal crossings.

12/19/2024

As landowners resist, Texas’ border wall is fragmented and built in remote areas

At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties. That’s forced the state to largely build on ranchland in remote areas, or erect sections that are full of gaps.

After three years and $3.1 billion, the state has erected 50 miles of wall. It’s been built in dozens of fragmented sections, scattered across six counties.

At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties. That’s forced the state to largely build on ranchland in remote areas, or erect sections that are full of gaps.

12/16/2024

"Immigration is now creating binational tensions between the U.S. and Mexico, a trade zone valued at $850 billion. Trump wants Mexico to stop granting humanitarian visas that allow immigrants to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border, threatening to impose tariffs on Mexican imports if they do not comply. However, Mexico’s president argues that the issue lies with the U.S. asylum process, which acts as a magnet for these immigrants, and has countered with threats of similar tariffs on American imports."

By Alex Gonzalez The argument by some immigration activists and “experts” that Democrats “gave up” on immigration is both dishonest and unfair. Democrats presented a balanced immigration message in 2024, emphasizing border security alongside a path to citizenship for Dreamers, agricultural w...

12/09/2024

Why “Mass deportation” is unrealistic.

Essential workers who are undocumented live in both blue and red states. Of the estimated 10.5 m of workers who have lived in the US for more than 15 years, California and Texas alone are home to nearly half of all undocumented workers, followed by Florida. In rural red states like Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas, undocumented immigrants perform jobs in slaughterhouses and poultry farms that most U.S.-born workers are unwilling to do. Immigrants in these states have also helped keep small towns alive after many young Americans left for larger cities.

In 2020, during the pandemic, the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security labeled all agricultural workers as 'essential,' shielding them from deportation.

by Alfredo Corchado Amid all the anti-immigrant fervor, nativists have overlooked a fundamental fact: In recent years, Mexican immigrants and their Mexican-American offspring have been rescuing the most iconic places in America — its small towns. In the past 10 years, the number of Mexican immigra...

12/09/2024

Mexico’s strengths predate talk about nearshoring

Nearshoring, which involves moving production closer to consumer markets, holds promise for Mexico due to its geographic and cultural proximity to the U.S., competitive labor costs and favorable trade conditions under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA, the successor to NAFTA).

The resulting reality surrounding nearshoring’s impact on Mexico’s economy is nuanced. While Mexico has made gains, many of them stem from trade diversion rather than large-scale foreign capital relocation.

12/06/2024

Kamala Harris lost, but how weak of a candidate was she?

Vice president underperformed typical Democrat in most states, VAR metric shows.

Vice president underperformed typical Democrat in most states, VAR metric shows. By Nathan L. Gonzales, Inside Elections In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory last month, Democrats are still searching for answers to key questions, including whether Kamala Harris was a strong or weak nominee. With ...

12/06/2024

Extending the expiring provision of the TCJA would cost two and half times more than the initial cost of the law.

Read more >> https://www.pgpf.org/article/some-tax-provisions-are-expiring-in-2025-heres-what-experts-think-about-them/

12/06/2024

"One of the largest drivers of that rising debt is federal spending on major healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid. Such spending is projected to rise by 73 percent over the next decade and will exceed all other categories of federal spending in 2028.

The changing demographics of the population: Older individuals spend more, on average, on healthcare than younger individuals. And as more people reach age 65, enrollment and therefore spending on federal programs like Medicare rises. "

One of the largest drivers of that rising debt is federal spending on major healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.

12/05/2024

"The balance of power would be Republicans’ 220 to Democrats’ 215 when the new Congress takes the oath of office on January 3, but up to three Republican seats are likely to be open by later in the month.

That means the true balance, at least to start the two-year legislative term if all three seats are vacant at once, will be 217-215. Republicans will have to be in lockstep to be able to pass anything without help from Democrats, which is the party’s preference. "

There’s been a recent effort to brand the White House as “The People’s House,” which seems very wrong since the president is picked by the complicated Electoral College rather than directly by voters. It’s the House of Representatives that is closest to the American people and most directl...

12/05/2024

How Tariffs Threaten an American Manufacturer’s Big Investment in Mexico.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to levy a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico.

For Polaris, which has added engine-assembly and injection-molding facilities to its Monterrey operations, the new duties could create $400 million in costs that would be passed on to consumers.

While off-road vehicle maker Polaris benefits from moving some production south of the border, Trump’s levy proposal is primed to add millions in costs. By John Keilman, WSJ More than a decade ago, the off-road vehicle maker Polaris surrendered its status as a 100% made-in-America company, gamblin...