American hostage freed in dramatic raid in Burkina Faso
Four hostages, including an American woman, were freed by French forces in a raid in the West African country of Burkina Faso, the French government said today. Two French soldiers were killed during the operation, according to French officials.
May 10, 2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/american-hostage-freed-in-dramatic-raid-in-burkina-faso-59416133595
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Drug and human trafficking, along with all sorts of related criminal activity, is surging at our nation’s southern border. The leftist-aligned political leaders of 19 States have filed a lawsuit to try to stop the Trump Administration from securing and protecting our border.
The ACLJ is taking action. Late last week, we filed an amicus brief defending the President’s efforts to secure our southern border and protect our homeland.
Here is what’s at stake: The State of California, along with 18 other states, filed a federal lawsuit – State of California, et al., v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., 19-cv-872 (N.D. Cal) – asking the court to block the Trump Administration from using more than $1 billion in funds to build roads, fences, and lighting along the southern border, even though that is exactly what Congress appropriated and authorized those funds to be used for. Unsurprisingly, they filed their lawsuit in a federal court sitting within the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Interestingly, this lawsuit does not directly challenge the President’s Emergency Declaration or his authority to issue the declaration. This goes to show that we were right when, as we’ve said from the beginning, the President had the constitutional and statutory authority to issue the Declaration and secure the border. While these plaintiffs do express their dislike for the Declaration, they do not actually challenge its validity. Instead, their lawsuit is aimed at stopping the President from using duly appropriated funds to counter international criminal and drug trafficking activity along the border – in addition to the funds he has available pursuant to his National Emergency Declaration.
And, showing just how important this lawsuit is to the Left, the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and a number of other Left-leaning groups, filed legal briefs in the case urging the court to stop the President from securing our border.
https://aclj.org/immigration/aclj-files-legal-brief-in-federal-court-supporting-the-governments-actions-to-secure-the-border?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Informational&utm_content=National%20Security&sf102483109=1