GOP senators are allegedly blaming Donald Trump for the border deal impasse in the House. Donald Trump has recommended the House not pass the bill because the bill codifies massive illegal immigration. This is the comment the GOP senators are using to blame Trump: “I do not think we should do a Border Deal‚ at […] The post GOP Senators Insist on the Really Terrible Bad Border Deal appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

EAGLE PASS‚ TX — The effort from Texas authorities to prevent illegal border crossings in Shelby Park in Eagle Pass appears to be effective‚ but border crossings have persisted in surrounding areas. The Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have successfully maintained control of Shelby Park‚ a 47-acre park in Eagle Pass‚ Texas along the Rio Grande‚ despite attempts from Border Patrol to retake control of the park. Members of the Texas National Guard‚ who work alongside DPS to secure the border‚ told The Daily Wire that their strategy can be summarized with the acronym “PDI‚” which stands for “prevent‚ deter‚ interdict.” The Texas authorities have fortified the border with shipping containers‚ triple strand concertina wire‚ and razor wire. Footage gathered by The Daily Wire shows Texas National Guard engineers fortifying existing border barriers with additional razor wire on Thursday night. When illegal aliens do manage to make their way through the wire and scale the shipping containers‚ those who enter the park are apprehended and often charged with trespassing. The Daily Wire obtained video of Texas authorities handcuffing illegal immigrants. WATCH: Footage obtained by The Daily Wire's @SpencerLndqst shows Texas National Guard Soldiers assisting the state's Department of Public Safety apprehend a group of illegal border crossers early this morning. pic.twitter.com/79Qx61UHCg — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 26‚ 2024 While the Texas National Guard told The Daily Wire that illegal border crossings at the park‚ which was previously a major thoroughfare for illegal immigrants‚ have drastically decreased since they took control of the park‚ foreign nationals have still been able to enter the country through other nearby locations under the control of federal authorities. Footage gathered by The Daily Wire on Saturday shows a man who stated that he was from Peru entering the United States from a different location roughly 5 miles from Shelby Park. The single adult male‚ who was wearing a life jacket and had just crossed the Rio Grande‚ boarded a bus‚ which likely took him to the federal processing facility in Eagle Pass. Authorities at the site would not say where the bus was headed. WATCH: An adult male from Peru entered the United States just miles south of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass‚ TX. He walked past National Guard and Border Patrol agents and boarded a bus for processing. Follow along with my on the ground reporting for @realDailyWire : pic.twitter.com/aA2tPTlsGz — Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) January 27‚ 2024 Another video captured by The Daily Wire shows three foreign nationals who stated that they were from Guatemala boarding a similar bus from the same location. The area along the border is lined with piles of trash from illegal immigrants who crossed the Rio Grande into the United States. The endless stream of illegal immigrants into the United States has turned the border into a literal dump‚ with piles of trash lining the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector. Video taken today from reporter @SpencerLndqst: pic.twitter.com/Xwd1IGrCcc — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 28‚ 2024 Shelby Park is the focal point of an ongoing dispute between the state of Texas and the Biden administration‚ with Texas authorities preventing Border Patrol from taking control of the area despite the federal government claiming that they have the right to access the park. While the Texas National Guard and DPS maintain complete control over Shelby Park‚ areas along the border such as the location where migrants were put on buses are staffed largely by federal Border Patrol agents‚ who take foreign nationals to processing centers‚ where many are ultimately released into the interior of the United States. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton denied the Biden administration’s request to be given full access to Shelby Park after the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government is allowed to cut razor wire placed by the Texas National Guard. The dispute over Shelby Park comes as the United States has faced an unprecedented crisis‚ with over 10 million crossing the border since Joe Biden took office.

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked about what the U.S. response should be after three U.S. troops were killed and dozens more injured over the weekend by terrorists in league with the despotic theocratic Islamic regime of Iran. Haley appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday morning. Co-host Andrew Sorkin asked‚ “Three troops killed over the weekend and possibly 25 or 30 others injured on the border of Jordan and Syria. What would you be doing right about now in terms of what’s happening in the Middle East? Would we be going to war?” “The goal is always to prevent war‚” Haley replied. “What makes me angry is my husband serving overseas. Military families want to know their loved ones are protected. Biden didn’t protect them and there have been 160 strikes. There shouldn’t have been one. There shouldn’t have been two. And you’ve got 160 and you’ve got dozens injured. We lost three heroes because Biden was scared of his own shadow. That’s the truth.” “What would that mean in practice?” Sorkin pressed. “When you say Biden didn’t do something‚ what was that something that he should have been doing?” “The very first strike that hit‚ you punch and you punch back hard‚” Haley answered. “What they should be doing is going after every ounce of production of those missiles. Wherever those missiles are you take that out. You take out the training sites.” “Does that risk escalating a war?” Sorkin asked‚ followed by co-host Becky Quick asking‚ “Does that mean striking Iran directly?” “It means striking the resources that are allowing them to hurt our troops. That’s what you’re doing‚” Haley explained. “They’re backed by Iran. Iran is not declaring the shots‚ but Iran is training them; providing intelligence‚ they’re providing weapons‚” Quick noted. “There would be no Hamas without Iran; Hezbollah without Iran or Houthis without Iran‚” Haley pointed out. “But striking Iran is a really big escalation‚” Quick protested. Haley stated that it was necessary to target the leaders behind the anti-U.S. attacks‚ citing former President Trump targeting leading Iranian terrorist Qasem General Soleimani for assassination: “You go after wherever those missiles are‚ the production‚ wherever it is‚ in Iraq and Syria‚ you take that out. Wherever it is in Lebanon that they’re doing that‚ you take that out. You go after the leaders making the decisions. It’s not after Iran the country; it’s after the people who are making these decisions. When Soleimani was assassinated‚ it sent a chill up their spine… It took their breath out. You have to be strategic. It’s not starting war; it’s actually preventing war.” "What would you be doing right now in the Middle East. Would we be going to war?" @andrewrsorkin asks @NikkiHaley." "The goal is always to prevent war‚" Haley says. "We lost three heroes because Biden was afraid of his shadow." pic.twitter.com/oFMiBrIHYg — Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) January 29‚ 2024  

TV personality Jay Leno filed to become the conservator of his wife’s estate following her dementia diagnosis. The 73-year-old former host of “The Tonight Show” filed the paperwork in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday‚ per USA Today. The documents said that Leno’s wife‚ Mavis‚ 77‚ “presently lacks the necessary capacity” to make her own decisions.  “Unfortunately‚ Mavis has been progressively losing capacity and orientation to space and time for several years‚” the filing says. Mavis’ doctor added a capacity declaration confirming that Leno’s spouse “suffers from dementia‚ major neurocognitive disorder.” The filing further states that Leno aims to manage Mavis’ half of their shared property and her assets in a trust and would provide for her and her brother‚ the outlet reported. Leno has been married to Mavis since 1980. The couple does not have any children. Mavis kept a relatively low profile compared to her famous husband‚ but she was very devoted to feminist causes and has worked with non-profit organizations‚ including the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan‚ which she’s been involved with since 1997. Leno made headlines last year after sustaining third-degree burns following a mishap while working on a car with a friend. “The fuel line was clogged so I was underneath it‚” Leno said in a Today Show interview in December 2022. “It sounded clogged and I said [to my friend Dave]‚ ‘Blow some air through the line‚’ and so he did.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP He remembers hearing a noise right before tragedy struck. “And suddenly‚ boom‚ I got a face full of gas. And then the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire‚” the comedian continued. “I said to my friend‚ I said‚ ‘Dave‚ I’m on fire.’ And Dave’s like‚ ‘All right.’ I said‚ ‘No‚ Dave‚ I’m on fire.’ And then‚ ‘Oh‚ my God.’ Dave‚ my friend‚ pulled me out and jumped on top of me and kind of smothered the fire‚” Leno said. RELATED: Jay Leno Recalls The Moment His ‘Face Caught On Fire’ In First TV Interview Since Accident  

On Monday‚ the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced that in conjunction with the United Kingdom‚ they are pursuing a network that targeted Iranian dissidents and opposition activists for assassination at the direction of the Iranian regime. “The network is led by Iranian narcotics trafficker Naji Ibrahim Sharifi-Zindashti (Zindashti) and operates at the behest of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)‚” the Treasury Department stated. “Zindashti’s network has carried out numerous acts of transnational repression including assassinations and kidnappings across multiple jurisdictions in an attempt to silence the Iranian regime’s perceived critics. The network has also plotted operations in the United States.” In late January‚ the Department of Justice indicted Zindashti‚ 49‚ Damion Patrick John Ryan‚ 43‚ and Adam Richard Pearson‚ 29‚ for a conspiracy to murder two residents of the state of Maryland‚ using an encrypted messaging service called “SkyECC” to recruit individuals who would travel into the United States to carry out the killings. “The Iranian regime’s continued efforts to target dissidents and activists demonstrate the regime’s deep insecurity and attempt to expand Iran’s domestic repression internationally‚” Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson stated. “The United States‚ alongside our international allies and partners‚ including the United Kingdom‚ will continue to combat the Iranian regime’s transnational repression and will utilize all available tools to stop this threat‚ especially on U.S. soil.” The MOIS has supported multiple terrorist groups‚ including Hezbollah‚ Hamas‚ and Al-Qaeda‚ the Treasury Department noted‚ adding‚ “The MOIS and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have long targeted perceived regime opponents in acts of transnational repression outside of Iran‚ a practice that the regime has accelerated in recent years. A wide range of dissidents‚ journalists‚ activists‚ and former Iranian officials have been targeted for assassination‚ kidnapping‚ and hacking operations across numerous countries in the Middle East‚ Europe‚ and North America.” “The regime increasingly relies on organized criminal groups in furtherance of these plots in an attempt to obscure links to the Government of Iran and maintain plausible deniability‚” the Department pointed out. “In 2021‚ Zindashti’s network recruited Canadian national and British Columbia-based Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Group member Damion Patrick John Ryan (Ryan) to assassinate individuals in the United States who fled Iran. Ryan‚ whose criminal history ranges from firearms trafficking charges to international drug trafficking‚ has ties to criminal elements in Canada‚ the United States‚ and Greece. Zindashti associate Asan worked closely with Ryan to plan the assassinations‚ sending the location and photos of the targets‚ in addition to coordinating payment details. Ryan also recruited Canadian national and Hell’s Angels affiliate Adam Richard Pearson (Pearson) to carry out the murders‚” the Department explained‚ adding‚ “Both Ryan and Pearson are presently incarcerated abroad on unrelated criminal matters.”

Yesterday‚ the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens competed in the AFC Championship for a spot in the Super Bowl. But before the Chiefs went on to win‚ musical performances wowed the excited crowd. One of the most memorable came from the Morgan State University Choir‚ who delivered a stunning rendition of the national anthem. With the game taking place right in Baltimore‚ this local act couldn’t have been a more fitting choice. Although they’re local to Maryland‚ the Morgan State University Choir performs‚ quite literally‚ all around the world. According to their website‚ they’re one of the nation’s most prestigious university choral ensembles and have performed on every continent except Antarctica! @tobbyolumba619 Morgan State University choir performed a fantastic rendition of the National Anthem before the #afcchampionship ♬ original sound – Tobby Olumba They’re known for covering a wide range of musical styles‚ including classical‚ gospel‚ and contemporary pop. It’s no wonder‚ then‚ that their take on the national anthem caused so many people in the stadium to cheer. No matter which team folks were rooting for‚ everyone could agree on one thing: the Morgan State University Choir nailed their performance. In doing so‚ they set the perfect mood for such an important game. Love this recognition for Morgan State University!! What a wonderful platform for their choir. The National Anthem was beautifully done!— Kelsey Nicole Nelson (KNN) (@therealknelson) January 28‚ 2024 Morgan State University Choir Perform Flawless Rendition of the National Anthem Naturally‚ the MSU Choir rooted for the Ravens‚ making this loss a heavy blow. Still‚ it’s clear they had a blast. They even shared a video from after the game where they took a moment for a hilarious interaction with the Raven’s mascot! @morganstatechoir TWIN‚ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! Even though we didnt get the win‚ the MSU Choir is BEYOND grateful for this opportunity!! Thank you @Baltimore Ravens ! You guys are amazing! #morganstateuniversity #morganstatechoir #ravensvscheifs #AFC #nationalanthem #nationaltreasure #MSU #baltimore #madeforme #playoffs ♬ Made For Me – Muni Long “Even though we didn’t get the win‚ the MSU Choir is BEYOND grateful for this opportunity!!” they share. “Thank you Baltimore Ravens ! You guys are amazing!” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Social Media Abuzz Over Morgan State University Choir’s Beautiful Performance Of The National Anthem At The AFC Championship Game. appeared first on InspireMore.