Chuck Schumer moves to block pro-Israel bill to protest shutdown

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/chuck-schumer-moves-to-block-pro-israel-bill-to-protest-shutdown

The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers

https://fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers

At the federal, state, and local levels, taxpayers shell out approximately $134.9 billion to cover the costs incurred by the presence of more than 12.5 million illegal aliens, and about 4.2 million citizen children of illegal aliens. That amounts to a tax burden of approximately $8,075 per illegal alien family member and a total of $115,894,597,664. The total cost of illegal immigration to U.S. taxpayers is both staggering and crippling. In 2013, FAIR estimated the total cost to be approximately $113 billion. So, in under four years, the cost has risen nearly $3 billion. This is a disturbing and unsustainable trend.

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President Carter denies supporting Trump's border wall

By MATTHEW CHOI

01/07/2019 03:23 PM EST

Former President Jimmy Carter denied ever supporting President Donald Trump's border wall, contradicting the current commander in chief's claim that previous presidents confided they regret not building a physical barrier on the Mexican border.

"I have not discussed the border wall with President Trump, and do not support him on the issue,” Carter said through a statement released Monday by the Carter Center.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/07/carter-denies-supporting-trumps-border-wall-1085968