The U.S. and Mexico are cooperating on border policy at an “unprecedented level” ahead of the 2024 election as border encounters fall to their lowest levels since 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Customs and Border Protection’s latest numbers show that agents reported nearly 84,000 southwestern land border encounters in June, a significant drop from the record 250,000 encounters reported in December 2023. June’s numbers are the lowest under President Joe Biden but are still above the monthly average under the Trump administration. The WSJ reported that unpublished CBP data shows that border encounters in July fell to 57,000, which would be the lowest level since 2020 if confirmed by the agency. The recent decrease in border encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border is aided by heightened security in Mexico where authorities are preventing mass concentrations of migrants and sending migrants back to Mexico’s southern border if they’re caught traveling toward the U.S., according to the WSJ. Along with Mexico’s increased security, Biden — after claiming for months that he could not address illegal immigration without authorization from Congress — issued an executive order in early June seeking to cut down on unlawful migrants crossing the southern border. “The moves mark an unprecedented level of cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico, both motivated by presidential elections this year, to bring down illegal border crossings in hopes of diverting attention away from the issue,” the WSJ reported. As Americans still rank immigration as a top issue heading into 2024, the new statistics on illegal immigration could be convenient campaign fodder for Vice President Kamala Harris. “This is just what the administration wanted. Not that Democrats are going to win on this issue, but that chaos at the border won’t be on the front pages anymore,” Andrew Selee, president of the nonpartisan Washington think tank Migration Policy Institute, told the WSJ. National Border Patrol Council Executive Vice President John Anfinsen, however, said in late July that despite lower numbers being reported, the situation at the border was not improving. “Instead of crossing illegally between the ports, asylum seekers, many of whom are only seeking to abuse the system, are now primarily showing up at ports of entry and airports,” he said. Harris, who became the presumptive Democratic nominee after Biden dropped out last month, has been blasted by former President Donald Trump and Republicans for failing to address the massive numbers of migrants who have illegally entered the U.S. over the past three and a half years. At the beginning of the Biden administration, the president tapped Harris to address the “root causes” of illegal immigration. More than five months after being sworn in as vice president, Harris visited the southern border in El Paso, Texas, but encounters continued to rise in the following months. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI A WSJ poll conducted at the end of last month showed that voters preferred Trump to Harris on immigration policy by 13 percentage points, 53% to 40%. Mexican officials reportedly fear a second Trump term after the Republican nominee vowed to conduct mass deportations if he’s re-elected, an act that could dump hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants on Mexican soil. The Biden administration has also reportedly cooperated with requests from Mexico’s liberal government on the issue of illegal immigration. Earlier this year, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asked Biden to hold off on issuing an executive order addressing illegal immigration until after the country’s presidential election, a U.S. official told the WSJ. Mexico’s election, which was won by Obrador’s fellow liberal Claudia Sheinbaum, was held on June 2, and Biden issued his executive order on June 4.

The U.S. market got off to a rocky start on Monday, with the Dow plunging more than 1,000 points as global markets dropped amid growing concerns about a U.S. recession.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by as much as 1092 points Monday morning and was hovering around a 2.5% drop by 10:43 am EST. The NASDAQ fell by as much as 4.1%, while the S&P 500 dropped by as much as 3.3%. The U.S. market collapse followed markets around the world, from Asia to Europe, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropping more than 12%.  The struggles followed a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that U.S. unemployment in July reached its highest point since October 2021. The report showed that unemployment rose to 4.3% while just 114,000 non-farm jobs were added last month, far less than the 185,000 expected by analysts.  WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “The market was whistling past the graveyard. I think people were basically lulled into a sense of security, yet the market itself was very vulnerable to correction — and the weaker than expected economic and employment data provided that catalyst for correction,” CFRA Research chief investment strategist Sam Stovall said.  Stocks in tech companies and artificial intelligence have seen some of the steepest drops. On the S&P 500, the tech industry was down by around 4%, while real estate was down more than 1%.  Both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite are reportedly on track for their worst August in more than two decades, according to Market Watch. Over the past three days, S&P has been down 6.4%, and NASDAQ has been down 8.58%. Both are tracking for the worst August since 2002.  The Wall Street Journal reported that Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla combined lost around $753 billion in market capitalization as of Monday morning.  JP Morgan analysts now predict a 50-50 chance of a recession, while Goldman Sachs believes there is a 25% chance of recession in the next year.  WATCH BEN SHAPIRO’S ‘SCAMALA: KAMALA HARRIS UNMASKED’ ON DAILYWIRE+ The market crashes have triggered comments from former President Donald Trump, who said that the Biden-Harris administration was to blame for the collapse.  “Of course there is a massive market downturn. Kamala is even worse than Crooked Joe. Markets will NEVER accept the Radical Left Lunatic that DESTROYED San Francisco and California, as a whole,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Next move, THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2024! You can’t play games with MARKETS. KAMALA CRASH!!!”

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to decide on her running mate within the next 24 hours and release a video announcement on Tuesday, sources familiar with the process told POLITICO. The outlet reported that Harris interviewed Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the vice president’s Washington residence on Sunday. Those three contenders are widely viewed as the leading candidates to be selected as Harris’ running mate, but other Democrats, including Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker are also still in the mix, and sources said Harris could potentially meet with them virtually on Monday. Harris has been briefed on the VP candidates by a vetting team led by former Attorney General Eric Holder, according to POLITICO. It remains unknown how Harris will announce her pick, with some sources predicting it could be similar to Biden’s 2020 video introducing Harris. Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination last week and is slated to appear with her running mate for the first time at a Philadelphia rally on Tuesday. WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Harris took over the spot of presumptive Democratic nominee after Biden withdrew from the race on July 21 and endorsed his vice president. Harris won the support of the Democratic Party’s elite to take Biden’s place atop the 2024 ticket. Since Biden dropped out, Harris has yet to hold a press conference or answer questions from the media. Instead, she has remained in front of a teleprompter at multiple campaign rallies, where the vice president has sought to shore up support in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Georgia. After the Philadelphia rally, Harris and her running mate are expected to hit the campaign trail with stops in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. Of those seven battleground states, Biden took six of them — all but North Carolina — in his 2020 matchup against Trump.

Olympic athletes are on a different level. The years of countless hours spent perfecting what they do is nothing short of amazing — just take a look at folks like Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles. But did you know that there are some Olympic athletes who are able to compete while pregnant? Yaylagul Ramazanova, an archer from Azerbaijan, is one of them. Ramazanova, who is 34 years old, has so many accomplishments to be proud of — for starters, this was her very first time competing in the Olympics. To make the situation even more special, she is only the second archer to represent her country. But despite any pressure she was feeling, she certainly did a fantastic job, all while six months pregnant! Watch a clip of her in action below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Agahan Ramazanov (@agahanramazzotti) “During the training for the Olympics, I didn’t feel uncomfortable with my pregnancy,” Ramazanova shares. “Instead, I felt that I was not fighting alone but fighting together with my baby.” That feeling only intensified during one particularly special moment during the games. During it, Ramazanova got a perfect shot — but that’s not what makes this moment so unforgettable. Pregnant Archer Follows Her Olympic Dreams in Paris and Amazes Us All “I felt my baby kick me before I shot this last arrow,” she explains, “and then I shot a 10.” YouTube Wow! Can you imagine how special that must have been for this athletic mom? So, although Ramazanova didn’t make it past round 16, there’s no doubt she left her mark at the Olympics. I mean, what an incredible story for her child to hear about one day! Plus, it’s clear that her time at the Olympics has made an incredible, lasting impact on people all around the world. “Never doubt a woman’s strengths and abilities,” a fan points out on social media, with another adding, “Woman are so amazing. They don’t let anything stop them. I’m so proud of Olympic moms and pregnant Olympians. You are showing young girls that they can do anything.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Mom Power: Archer Competes In Paris Olympics While Six Months Pregnant appeared first on InspireMore.

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