Crisis on border? ‘Maybe congress should walk a mile in our shoes’

Crisis on border? ‘Maybe congress should walk a mile in our shoes’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 7, 2019 The following excerpts  from a Facebook post by a resident in Texas living near the Mexican border was shared without comment by veteran Washington Times political reporter Ralph Hallow: Passing on this post from a Texas lady: From a Friend of our Family: for those living close to the […]

Trump: U.S. immigration laws are ‘so stupid’, wall ‘desperately needed’

Trump: U.S. immigration laws are ‘so stupid’, wall ‘desperately needed’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2019 After 12 Republicans voted to strike down his border national emergency declaration, President Donald Trump said at a press conference that America’s immigration laws are “stupid,” “ridiculous” and must be changed. The Senate on March 14 voted to block Trump’s national emergency. The president said he would veto the […]

A closer look at overlooked law that makes Trump’s border wall possible

A closer look at overlooked law that makes Trump’s border wall possible

by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2019 The law which gives the Trump administration the authority to build a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Dec. 23, 2016. In November 2016, not long after Donald Trump was elected president, Congress passed 10 U.S.C § 284. The statute authorizes the […]

Pelosi threat: A Democrat president could declare national emergency for gun control

Pelosi threat: A Democrat president could declare national emergency for gun control

by WorldTribune Staff, February 15, 2019 Republicans supporting President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border should think about the “threshold they are crossing,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned on Feb. 14. “If the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that […]