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In a report by the San Diego Union-Tribune, new data shows that illegal immigrants in southern California are being arrested at roughly the same rate before former President Obamas era of relaxed border policies.

Between February and May, nearly 550 illegal immigrants were arrested in San Diego alone by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Compare that to the number of illegal immigrants arrested in that same time period last year, where only 242 foreign nationals were arrested. In 2015, during the same time frame, ICE agents only arrested 267 illegal immigrants.

Authorities commented on the recent change of pace.

Were still focusing on criminals, but were not confined to them, ICEs Assistant Field Director in San Diego, Clinton Johnston told the San Diego Union-Tribune. Its the ability for us to enforce the law across the board.

All were trying to do is protect the community and remove the threats, ICE San Diego Field Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations Greg Archambeault said.

Southern California, in particular, has been hit with a decade-long wave of immigration, violence and foreign cartel issues.

In a recent study by the Pew Research Center, researchers found that at least a million illegal immigrants live in southern California, as Breitbart Texas reported.

For San Diego, based on 2014 estimates, at least 170,000 illegal immigrants live in the region, while at least 120,000 illegal immigrants live in the San Jose area. Those figures are expected to be significantly higher than actually reported as the figures were taken before the Obama Administration decreased enforcement of immigration.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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The Nigeria Immigration Service on Tuesday said it arrested and repatriated no fewer than 450 illegal immigrants from Edo in the first quarter of the year.

Comptroller of Immigration in the state, David Adi, disclosed this at the presentation of a refurbished Hilux van by the Management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc to the command, in Benin.

Adi said that those repatriated were mainly from the Niger Republic, Mali and Ghana, adding that they were irregular immigrants and security risks to the country.

He said that the affected foreigners had no regular travel documents and credible means of livelihood.

Adi commended Okomu Oil Palm Company for the vehicle, saying that the gesture would help the command in achieving its statutory duties.

He said that the success of the raid on illegal aliens domain was attributable to logistics support by some companies, including Okomu Oil Palm Company, in the state.

The company had sunk a borehole at our outpost station at Iguobazuwa in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo.

The command additionally requested for the companys assistance in refurbishing the van and the managing director agreed.

We appreciate the long-standing relationship between the company and the command.

I will definitely pass on this gesture to the Comptroller-General of Immigration Service and I hope other stakeholders will emulate this good gesture, he said.

Earlier, the Managing Director, Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, Graham Heifer, had said that the gesture was the companys way of fulfilling part of its corporate social responsibility to NIS to enhance its operational efficiency.

Immigration service has always assisted us in the area of educating our expatriates to ensure that they do the right thing with regard to immigration laws, Heifer said.

According to him, we have 15 expatriates from countries such as South Africa, Kenya, and America in our company.

We ensured they came into the country following approved protocol.

It is our obligation as part of our corporate social responsibility, to assist Immigration Service to enhance its operational efficiency.

Our company hopes that this refurbished van will improve the services operational efficiency, he said.

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Ah, its good to be back. Thanks to Jack Fowler for holding down the fort in my absence; Im sure all of you have finally bought a cabin on the upcoming NR cruise now.

Why does our president care so much about what Mika Brzezinski thinks?

Good News from the Border

While the president is envisioning himself punching a cable-news network logo into submission, take a look at what The Failing New York Times reports from Choloma, Honduras:

While some of Mr. Trumps most ambitious plans to tighten the border are still a long way off, particularly his campaign pledge to build a massive wall, his hard-line approach to immigration already seems to have led to sharp declines in the flow of migrants from Central America bound for the United States.

From February through May, the number of undocumented immigrants stopped or caught along the southwest border of the United States fell 60 percent from the same period last year, according to United States Customs and Border Protection evidence that far fewer migrants are heading north, officials on both sides of the border say.

Arrests of immigrants living illegally in the United States have soared, with the biggest increase coming among those migrants with no criminal records.

The shift has sown a new sense of fear among undocumented immigrants in the United States. In turn, they have sent a warning back to relatives and friends in their homelands: Dont come. ...

Migrant smugglers in Honduras say their business has dried up since Mr. Trump took office. Fewer buses have been leaving the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula bound for the border with Guatemala, the usual route for Honduran migrants heading overland to the United States. In hotels and shelters along the migrant trail, once-occupied beds go empty night after night.

Marcos, a migrant smuggler based near San Pedro Sula, said that last year he had taken one or two groups each month from Honduras to the United States border. Since Mr. Trumps inauguration, however, he has had only one client. He blames Mr. Trump.

People think hes going to kick everyone out of the country, Marcos said, asking that his full name not be published because of the illegal nature of his work. Almost nobodys going.

Give Trump critics credit: They predicted he would destroy jobs, and they were right; he appears to have destroyed a considerable number of positions in the previously vibrant and lucrative illicit people-smuggling industry.

Also, all of us who gripe about the New York Times often with good reason should retire ourthe Times never reports any good news for Trump! complaint. This is good journalism. Yes, the article is written with a great deal of sympathy for those who seek to cross the border illegally, declaring thatmany potential migrants in the Northern Triangle are choosing to sit tight and endure the poverty and violence that have driven hundreds of thousands to seek work and sanctuary in the United States in recent years.

And theres an implied argument that the change in U.S. policies is worsening conditions in these countries: Experts in the region warn that the decline in migration could put additional pressure on Central American countries, increasing competition for work, which is already in short supply, and potentially driving more people into the criminal gangs that have terrorized the region.

But, ultimately, the United States cannot build a better Honduras; only the Hondurans can do that. Mass illegal migration only helps those in power maintain the status quo by driving the most determined, the hardest-working, and the most ambitious out of the country. Yes, those poor people in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras deserve a better life than they have in their current circumstances. But they really deserve a chance to build that better life in their home countries.

A Smaller Government At Least At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

On Friday, the Trump administration released its annual report on White House office personnel. It includes the name, status, salary, and position title of all 377 White House employees. OpenTheBooks.com, a private organization that tracks government spending, calculates that the Trump White House is costing taxpayers $5 million less, and employing 110 fewer staffers thanthe Obama White House in 2015.

Perhaps the biggest reduction comes in the size of the first ladys staff: There are five staffers dedicated to Melania Trump vs. 24 staffers who served Michelle Obama (FY2009). God bless Melania.

In the eyes of a fiscal conservative, this is good. Of course, itsnot even a drop in the bucket of our overall government-spending problems, but it is good to see the White House leading by example.

One point to consider is whether the White House might work a bit more effectively if it had, say, a few more assistants for legislative affairs attempting to coordinate with Capitol Hill. (I notice that in the final year of the Obama presidency, the White House had 68 people withthe word policy in their job titles; the new Trump administration has 27.) Yes, fewer White House assistants, deputies, support specialists, project managers, analysts, and so on qualifies as cutting government. But then again, these are among the very few positions in the entire federal bureaucracy with the duty of implementing conservative policies across the government.

You Probably Dont Want to Be Seen There During a Government Shutdown

Man, is Chris Christie trying to end his second term as the most hated politician in New Jersey history?

People hoping to visit Island Beach State Park this holiday weekend were not allowed in because of the state government shutdown. Gov. Chris Christie ordered amid the state budget standoff in Trenton.

But there was one family there: Christies. They are using the summer beach house provided by the state for a weekend down the Shore.

At that news conference, Christie was asked if he got any sun Sunday.

I didnt, he said. I didnt get any sun today.

When later told of the photo, Brian Murray, the governors spokesman, said: Yes, the governor was on the beach briefly today talking to his wife and family before heading

into the office.

He did not get any sun, Murray added. He had a baseball hat on.

That is a bad liar. But wait, it gets worse.

Christie told reporters Saturday that the beach house is separate from the park and that his family will not ask for any state services.

Asked if this is fair, Christie said Saturday: Run for governor, and you can have a residence there.

This was just handed to me:Marie Antoinette issued a statement declaring that relaxing on the beach while a nearby state-park beach is shut down is a bad look.

Then again, Chris Christies approval rating is 15 percent, and his Republican Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno is at just 26 percent in this years upcoming governors race. Maybe Christie just doesnt care anymore.

ADDENDA: Happy Independence Day. I finished Brad Thors latest, Use of Force, last week and will have a full (glowing) review and analysis later this week. I will reveal one shocking twist: Unlike the previous two books, neither Larry OConnor nor Brian Wilson of Washingtons WMAL radio station end up in harms way in this one.

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MINNEAPOLIS The U.S. House of Representatives passed two laws Thursday aimed to curtail illegal immigration.

H.R. 361, commonly known as Kates Law establishes mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for judges regarding cases where illegal immigrants re-enter the United States after having previously been deported.

Should the bill pass the Senate and be signed by President Donald Trump, an illegal immigrant re-entering the country will be subject to a prison sentence between five and six years. Currently, the maximum sentence is two years. For illegal immigrants who have committed crimes during their previous time in the U.S., a mandatory minimum sentence of five years would be put in place. The bill leaves in place the prior maximum sentences for criminals re-entering the U.S., which ranges from 10 to 20 years depending on the severity of their crimes.

CNN reports that Kates Law passed by a margin of 257-167.

H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act expands the rules of what it means for a government entity to interfere with immigrations enforcements actions. Under the bill, sub-federal units of law enforcement may no longer avoid aiding federal officials in their enforcements of immigration laws by any means.

The act also goes on to codify that any sub-federal governmental entity which does not comply with the act, will no longer be eligible for any grant administered by the Department of Justice or the Department of Homeland Security that is substantially related to law enforcement, terrorism, national security, immigration, or naturalization.

Trump previously attempted to accomplish much the same thing via executive order. That was struck down by courts, with Minneapolis part of a lawsuit against the order, the Pioneer Press reported. Hennepin County receives roughly $198 million in federal funding, about 10 percent of the countys total budget for last year. Ramsey County totaled $89.6 million in federal funds, which accounted for roughly 14 percent of its budget last year.

Rep. Collin Peterson crossed party lines to join the Republican members of Minnesotas congressional delegation in voting for H.R. 3003. Reps. Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, Tim Walz, and Rick Nolan voted against the bill. Overall the bill passed by a 228-195 margin.

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How absurd has the immigration debate become? This absurd: It is now considered controversial when people simply tell the truth.

As when the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement explains the cold reality that anyone in the United States without the proper legal documents "should be concerned" about being apprehended and deported.

That's blunt talk all right, but it also happens to be accurate. These people broke the law. Shouldn't they be worried about being caught by law enforcement? This is the problem with the pro-immigrant left. They live in their own world. Rather than confront the unpleasant fact that they condone lawbreaking, they try to change terms like "illegal" to "undocumented" and construct this no-fault fantasyland where no one did anything wrong.

Or when activists storm the Texas state capitol in Austin holding signs declaring "I am illegal," and some people complain that the protesters are taunting them by emphasizing the fact that our borders aren't secure.

Well, if these protesters are, in fact, in the country illegally, what's wrong with them tweaking Americans a little by broadcasting it? It may harm their prospects at achieving immigration reform, but it doesn't really harm Americans.

The bigger worry is that there are illegal immigrants in this country, and that our attempts to keep them out have failed so miserably and will always fall short as long as Americans keep employing them.

How much trouble can you possibly get into by just telling the truth? Take it from me, given my line of work, the answer is: A whole bunch.

Thomas Homan, the acting director of ICE, recently found that out. He is getting unjustly hammered for simply stating, while testifying before Congress, that all illegal immigrants should be afraid of being deported.

That's just too much common sense for Washington to handle, and so Homan was roundly criticized by activists and Democratic lawmakers. Later, during an interview with ABC News, he insisted: "I have zero regrets. It needed to be said. If you choose to enter this country illegally, which is a crime, you should be concerned. You violated a law in this country."

Well, yes and no. I like the "needed to be said" part. There is too much politeness in the immigration debate. People should speak plainly.

But Homan is wrong about how entering the country without authorization amounts to a "crime." As I was told years ago by no less an informed source than former ICE Director John Morton, immigration law is largely founded on civil statutes.

So, contrary to popular belief unless they're smuggling someone or something, or coming back after having been removed before those who come into this country uninvited have usually not committed a crime.

Homan redeemed himself when he said this: "I'll tell you, you can't have it both ways. You can't be part of this country and not respect its laws."

Bravo. That's another problem with the pro-immigrant left. They teach illegal immigrants to demand all the benefits of living freely in the United States while accepting none of the responsibilities that come with it.

Meanwhile, in Texas, it is pro-immigrant activists who are in hot water for telling the truth. After they confronted legislators over a law that would prohibit cities from declaring themselves "sanctuaries" for illegal immigrants, things quickly got ugly. Republican state Rep. Matt Rinaldi called ICE on the mostly Latino group of protesters because, he said in a statement, they were chanting and holding signs that read: "I am illegal and here to stay."

After I wrote a column about the incident, I heard from an irate reader who said that signs like that, and symbols like the Mexican flag, are incendiary because they amount to protesters "rubbing our noses" in the fact that they're here and there is not much Americans can do about it. Even if we deport them, they'll often come back especially if their spouses and children are caught on this side of the border.

Of course, as I mentioned, there is one surefire way to get rid of illegal immigrants: Stop hiring them, and do your own chores. For many Americans, though, this is a nuclear option they won't even allow themselves to contemplate.

The point is, let's not get distracted and start attacking each other for telling the truth. Instead of bashing people for sharing an unpleasant reality, we should change the reality.

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