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Last week was full of chaos for the president’s Department of Homeland Security and the unraveling of some of Trump’s border policies. So he turned to a familiar punching bag: California.

In a bizarre weekend of tweeting, Trump talked about forcing “sanctuary cities” in California and elsewhere...

To the editor: Oh, the horror — President Trump said he’s considering sending immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities such as Los Angeles. All of those rapists, murderers and drug dealers — oh my.

We are not buying into your hysteria, Mr. President. Just send them. My impression is that these...

President Trump is looking into giving a free trip to San Francisco, New Orleans or other great American cities to tens of thousands of refugees from Central America. All so he can own the libs.

“Owning the libs” is one of those phrases that emerged over the last few years that vacillates between...

President Trump’s threat to begin releasing detained immigrants in “sanctuary cities” seems like dirty politics, even in 2019. It is also, almost certainly, illegal.

While there is nothing explicit in the Constitution prohibiting presidents (or Congress) from punishing states and localities for...

President Trump still “likes” the idea of transferring immigrants in the U.S. illegally to so-called sanctuary cities like San Francisco, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Sunday.

But she portrayed the notion as a burden-sharing strategy that the Democrats should welcome rather...

POSITION OPEN: Pliable leader sought for large, dysfunctional federal department. Must manage 240,000 unhappy employees in an environment of high-decibel chaos.

Ideal candidates will accept unachievable goals on impossible deadlines: halt illegal immigration, deter asylum seekers from heading north,...

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President Trump confirmed Friday that he is considering a new policy of “placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only,” as he wrote in a tweet. “The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy — so this should make them very happy!”

There are three main responses...

In the 2018 midterm election, President Trump bet the House on immigration and lost; for 2020, he has bet the White House.

That’s the clear lesson of this week’s events at the Department of Homeland Security: the departure of Kirstjen Nielsen as secretary; the purge of high-level officials associated...

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