Rise to the Moment of Truth Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Tag: SOUTHERN BORDER

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Phil Williams: Failing up

When did it become OK to reward failure with promotion? Short answer: never. 

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Kristin Landers: They remember, but do they care?

Since Sept. 11, 2001, I believe the politicians who have failed to secure our southern border are accomplices – to terrorism. In my opinion, they have an enormous amount of blood on their hands.

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Jennifer Oliver O’Connell: Don’t California my Alabama

Just like other red states across the nation, and without our invitation, Alabama has become a border state.

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Strong slams Biden for installing security fence at Capitol ahead of State of the Union address while 'refusing to protect' southern border

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) was quick to point out the apparent irony in Biden's attempt to secure his speech while the crisis at the southern border continues.

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Gerrick Wilkins: Alabama rising — boldly defending our borders and the American immigration dream

Today, as a congressional candidate for the sixth congressional district, I’d like to discuss a crucial issue: bolstering our borders while respecting the integrity of legal immigration. 

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Alabama's congressional delegation slams $118 billion border bill that allows 5,000 illegal crossings per day, sends more aid to Ukraine

The U.S. Senate’s $118 billion border security bill unveiled Sunday immediately drew flak from many Republicans for sending more aid to Ukraine and Israel without doing enough to stem the flow of criminal immigrants at the southern border.

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Tuberville slams proposed bill tying border funding to Ukraine aid: 'They’re holding the American taxpayer hostage'

With the U.S. Senate still ironing out the details of a new national spending bill, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) has condemned Democrats' efforts to tie funding for border security to sending $100 billion more to Ukraine.

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U.S. Rep. Barry Moore: Jerry Carl is lying to you about my record on the border

The ad my opponent recently released saying I am weak on the southern border and “not conservative” is nothing but hogwash.

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Phil Williams: What's a state to do?

Practically speaking, what is a state to do when its own wellbeing is threatened and D.C. won’t assist?

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Nick Treglia: Europe's harrowing migrant experiences foreshadow America's own immigrant surge

Who knew that mixing people with fundamentally different views on everything would cause problems?

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Aderholt witnesses illegal border crossings during trip to Eagle Pass — 'Our border patrol officers and our nation are at a breaking point'

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R- Haleyville) joined the U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and 64 other House Republican Members in a visit to the southern border on Wednesday to put pressure on President Biden as the crisis at the southern border grows.

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Aderholt to join House Speaker Johnson on trip to southern border — 'The crisis has grown by the day'

U.S. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) is starting off the new year with a trip to the U.S. Southern border.

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Allen Keller: Cultural insanity and the U.S. southern border

How far are we willing to go to prove that up isn’t down, that water is wet or air is dry, that abiding the law is better than breaking it?   

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Tuberville: Crisis at southern border ‘worse than I’ve ever seen’ as Zelenskyy asks for more money for Ukraine

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with senators during his visit to Washington, D.C., earlier this week to ask for more funding during his country’s war with Russia. Nevertheless, Tuberville and other Republicans suggest the more pressing concern is the U.S.-Mexico border. 

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Barry Moore: Biden has ‘spent billions in taxpayer dollars to protect Ukraine's border’ but will not secure the U.S. border

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) accused President Joe Biden in a tweet on Friday of using taxpayer dollars to help Ukraine while doing nothing about the ongoing crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border Migrants Alabama News
KCarl Smith: Ongoing conflicts at home and abroad

The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Israel are troubling to say the least. But what’s even more troubling is the role the current presidential administration has played in these conflicts.

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Ivey sending 275 troops to southern border to aid in illegal immigration crisis

Gov. Kay Ivey recently announced she would send 275 Alabama troops to the Southern border to assist in the ever-devolving situation that has caused record numbers of illegal immigrant crossings.

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Barry Moore: Illegal immigrants under Biden more than the population of over half of states

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) took a jab at President Joe Biden on Friday morning, suggesting that the number of illegal immigrants that have entered through the southern border exceeds the populations of a majority of U.S. states.

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Rep. Dale Strong: Mayorkas' border invasion shows his disdain for the American people

The solution is simple. We need to finish the wall, send illegal aliens back to the countries they came from, and end the Mexican cartel’s reign of terror at the southern border. It’s time to put America first.

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U.S. Rep. Moore accuses DHS Secretary Mayorkas of lying under oath after reports individual with ISIS ties helped smuggle immigrants across border

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) accused Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of lying under oath, citing comments made by the bureaucrat to the House Judiciary Committee about the border.

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile). Photo: Erica Thomas. Alabama News
LISTEN: Jerry Carl slams Biden border policy after MS13 member apprehended in Chelsea

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) recently criticized the “open border” policy of President Joe Biden after an MS13 gang member on El Salvador’s most wanted list was apprehended in Chelsea.

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U.S. Rep. Strong proposes bill to complete construction of southern border wall

“My bill will resume border wall construction and ensure the president cannot withhold resources while sending our troops to the front lines.”

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U.S. Rep. Moore: Biden’s border policies are ‘creating drug mules’

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) blames the Biden administration’s open-border policies for the influx of migrants as well as the deadly drugs that are being smuggled in.

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U.S. Rep. Strong on U.S.-Mexico border visit: 'It’s worse than you can imagine'

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) joined the other Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee on a trip to El Paso, Texas to witness the ongoing border crisis firsthand.

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U.S. Rep. Moore: Fentanyl seized along southern border ‘jumped ninefold’ in last five years

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) shared federal estimates about the fentanyl crisis on the southern border on Wednesday and said the amount of fentanyl seized has jumped ninefold since 2018.