SecurityAnalysis
Fact-Checking 5 of Trump’s Claims in Border Speech
President Donald Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along… Read More
SecurityNews
From Oval Office, Trump Says Border Wall Would Make Nation ‘Safer Than Ever Before’
President Donald Trump made an emotional plea Tuesday night for Congress to pass a border security package that includes funding for a steel wall, to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Read Trump’s Full Oval Office Speech on ‘Crisis’ in Border Security
Here is the White House transcript of President Donald Trump’s Oval Office speech on illegal immigration and border security, delivered Tuesday night. My fellow Americans:… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump to Address Nation on Border Security as Pence Says Democrats Won’t Negotiate
On the eve of President Donald Trump’s prime-time address to the nation Tuesday night about border security, Vice President Mike Pence asserted that congressional Democrats… Read More
SocietyNews
Fact Check: Do 98 Percent of Unaccompanied Minors From Central America ‘Never Leave’?
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that 98 percent of unaccompanied alien minors from Central America “never leave” the U.S…. Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Says He Prefers Shutdown Deal, but Could Build Wall Without Congress
President Donald Trump said he could build a wall along the southern border without Congress, but prefers a negotiated deal—one that he’s willing to keep… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Liberals’ Telling Silence on the Death of Police Officer Ronil Singh
In the still of the last night of 2018, the silence of California Democrats chilled the air and airwaves. Border wall opponent Sen. Kamala Harris,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Trump’s New Asylum Policy Will Help Block Illegal Immigration
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen recently announced a significant policy change to stop illegal immigration. After years of catch and release, loopholes, and poor… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Cure for Republican ‘Shutdown-ophobia’ Is Forceful Messaging on the Wall, Not Surrendering
Supporters of border security can only hope that, over the Christmas recess, Santa gifted congressional Republicans with a crash course in effective messaging on the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: Bringing Back Values That Made America Great
Editor’s note: We’re leading off this week’s mailbag with hopeful observations from Missouri resident Ben Wearp that suit the season. Be sure to write us… Read More
SocietyNews
Wounded Veteran Raising Millions for Border Wall on GoFundMe Page
After three days, a GoFundMe page started by a Purple Heart recipient to help pay for a border wall has more than $6 million from… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Our Country Needs the Wall, and Now
The United States is the most generous, pro-immigrant country in the world. Annually, we take in more immigrants than any other country on the planet…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
SocietyNews
Illegal Immigrant Arrested for Murder Was Previously Deported at Least 8 Times
An illegal immigrant arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a co-worker in Oregon is discovered to have been deported at least eight times. Deciderio Vargas-Ortiz,… Read More
SecurityNews
Money, Support for Migrant ‘Caravans’ Flow Through Chicago
Advocates of open borders quoted in media coverage of the migrant “caravan” moving north through Mexico are part of a network of U.S.-based groups funded… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We Hear You: No, the Migrants in That Caravan Have No ‘Right’ to Cross Our Border
Editor’s note: Nolan Peterson’s reporting from the U.S.-bound “caravan” of migrants rang bells with The Daily Signal’s audience, and you’re not shy about sharing your… Read More
SocietyNews
Debunking 3 Myths About Trump Border Enforcement
The mainstream media and Democrats have criticized the Trump administration’s response to the migrant caravans storming the nation’s southern border. However, many of the critiques… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Podcast: The Latest Border Crisis Through the Eyes of Someone Who Visited Caravan
Did it have to come to tear gas? Why have asylum claims rocketed in recent years? David Inserra, a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation… Read More
SecurityNews
3 Times Previous Presidents Closed the Southern Border
On three past occasions, presidents temporarily closed the southern border, something President Donald Trump threatened Monday to do permanently. Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: Coming to America, Birthright Citizenship, and Climate Alarmism
Editor’s note: The Daily’s Signal’s audience was touched by foreign correspondent Nolan Peterson’s account of his wife’s introduction to America. The issue of birthright citizenship… Read More
SecurityNews
Trump Rips 9th Circuit, Next Stop for Asylum Case, as ‘Disgrace’
The Trump administration will defend its policy on asylum after a federal judge temporarily halted it as thousands of migrants in a “caravan” wait to… Read More
SocietyNews
Judge Stops Trump Asylum Ban as Migrant Caravan Nears
A federal judge in California issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s new asylum rules early Tuesday morning. U.S. District Court Judge Jon… Read More
SocietyCommentary
SecurityCommentary
What Congress Can Do Now to Fix Immigration Enforcement
With just a month and a half remaining in the 115th Congress, members face a number of issues that require action. Immigration policy is one… Read More
SocietyNews
Angry Tijuana Residents Push Back Against Migrant Caravan: ‘This Is an Invasion’
Hundreds of angry residents took to the streets of downtown Tijuana on Sunday to protest the caravan of Central American migrants that has been streaming… Read More
SecurityFeature
‘It’s Your Right to Go to the US’: What I Saw When I Visited the Migrant Caravan
MEXICO CITY—The migrant caravan has its own de facto government, and on this night the travelers from Central America gathered at the behest of a… Read More
SocietyNews
How Trump Is Toughening Asylum Rules for Immigrants
President Donald Trump’s administration is clamping down on asylum rules for immigrants coming to the United States, the White House announced Thursday. The Department of… Read More
LawCommentary
Why Birthright Citizenship Must Go
In 2004, nearly 80 percent of Irish voters decided to end birthright citizenship. In its coverage, the BBC said, “The government said change was needed… Read More
SocietyNews
San Francisco Registers 49 Noncitizen Voters—at a Cost of More Than $6,300 Each
The city of San Francisco spent $310,000 on a new registration system to enable noncitizens to vote in local school board elections, but as of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why Trump Can End Birthright Citizenship by Executive Order
When it comes to the 14th Amendment, my good friend and fellow Justice Department veteran Andy McCarthy agrees that it does not require birthright citizenship…. Read More
