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Eight Tajikistan nationals with suspected ties to the Islamic State were arrested across three U.S. cities in recent days.  All eight men entered the U.S. illegally through the southern border and passed initial background checks, according to federal sources that told Fox News the men were “fully vetted.” But passing a background check often does not mean much, according to Thomas Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under former President Donald Trump. “Thousands of terrorists in the world are not found in any database,” Homan told The Daily Signal. “That is why we need to end catch and release and reestablish the Remain in Mexico [policy].”  Homan said he has been raising concerns about the vulnerability of the southern border for three years because the sheer numbers arriving at the southern border daily are preventing Border Patrol from conducting proper vetting of illegal aliens through deep dive interviews and other means.  “Federal law requires that illegal aliens that enter the U.S. illegally ‘shall be detained,’” Homan said. “The Biden administration needs to stop ignoring the law, stop violating the law and secure our border. You will never have strong national security without strong border security.” Former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott echoed Homan, telling The Daily Signal that border security “has always been fundamentally” about preventing illegal entry.  “The entire purpose is to identify and prevent threats from ever entering our home,” Scott said. “The Biden administration soundly rejected this common sense public safety principle in favor of a reactionary strategy that lets everyone into our home and then tries to sort out the threats afterwards. Now we are seeing the results.”   The White House did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment. ICE worked with the FBI to make the arrests of the Tajikistan nationals in Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia, the New York Post’s Jennie Taer first reported.  ICE arrested six of the men after the FBI flagged their suspected ties to the radical Islamic terrorist groups. The two other men in the group were apprehended following surveillance over the course of several months, according to NBC.  A wiretap was a part of the investigation into the illegal aliens, which revealed one of the now apprehended men reportedly talking about bombs.  The Department of Homeland Security and FBI told The New York Post in a joint statement that the arrests were “carried out in close coordination with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces. The individuals arrested are detained in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.”  Between the beginning of fiscal year 2017 and end of fiscal year 2020, Border Patrol apprehended 11 individuals on America’s terrorist watch list between ports of entry at the southern border. Since the beginning of fiscal year 2021 to present, Border Patrol has apprehended 362 illegal aliens on the terror watch list between ports at the southern border. The post Former Border Officials Slam Biden After Arrests of 8 Illegal Aliens With Suspected Ties to ISIS appeared first on The Daily Signal.

At a recent campaign event, President Joe Biden described key U.S. ally Japan and partner India as “xenophobic” nations and equated them to Russia and China.  Biden appeared to make the comment off the cuff at a fundraising event, at which he claimed that the American economy was thriving and that that was due to immigration. The president said: Why? Because we welcome immigrants. Look, think about it. Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble? Why is Russia? Why is India? Because they’re xenophobic. They don’t want immigrants. Days later, both Japan and India rejected Biden’s description of them as “xenophobic.”   A Japanese government official, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue, said that Biden’s statements were unfortunate and not based on an accurate understanding of Japanese policies. Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar rebutted the comment and defended India as a democracy:  I haven’t seen such an open, pluralistic, and diverse society anywhere in the world. We are actually not just not xenophobic, we are the most open, most pluralistic, and in many ways, the most understanding society in the world. Jaishankar is right, and Biden is wrong. What’s more, Japan and India enjoy two of the largest economies and defense budgets on the planet, integral to any U.S. plan to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific. In April, Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida issued a joint statement and celebrated a new era of U.S.-Japan strategic cooperation and pledged the continuation of “tireless work, together, and with our partners, to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific and world.” Forged after World War II, the U.S.-Japanese alliance was created as the cornerstone of U.S. security interests in Asia. Based on shared interests and values, the U.S. and Japan have worked closely with each other as allies for more than six decades. Japan remains a valuable member of the “Quad,” a multilateral grouping comprising the U.S., Australia, India, and Japan. The four partners have expressed shared interests and shared concerns in the Indo-Pacific, as China has grown increasingly aggressive in the region. Just last year, Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a joint statement declaring the U.S. and India as “among the closest partners in the world” through the U.S.-India Comprehensive Global and Strategic Partnership and the Quad. The partnership is driven by shared democratic values and convergence of strategic interests, with both sides committed to building a “free, open, inclusive, and resilient Indo-Pacific.”  Supporters of Biden—in the media and elsewhere—have repeatedly criticized former President Donald Trump for having been critical of U.S. allies in Europe. In his first foreign policy address, Biden promised to repair America’s alliances from the poor shape he and his administration claimed they were in under the Trump administration, insisting that “diplomacy is back.” If denigrating U.S. allies and partners with ludicrous allegations counts as a return of “diplomacy,” we were better off without it. The post Biden Insults Partner, Ally Critical to US’ Indo-Pacific Strategy appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday that was disappointing news to many in the pro-life movement. The high court ruled unanimously that pro-life doctors do not have legal grounds to challenge the Food and Drug Administration for removing safety restrictions on abortion drugs. Sarah Parshall Perry, Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow, joined “The Daily Signal Podcast” afternoon edition to explain more. Listen to the podcast below or read the lightly edited transcript: Virginia Allen: Sarah, several years ago, the Food and Drug Administration relaxed its regulatory requirements for the abortion pill known as mifepristone. And in response, a group of pro-life doctors and organizations sued the Food and Drug Administration. What grounds did those pro-life doctors and organizations sue the FDA on? Sarah Parshall Perry: So, they brought, essentially, a challenge saying that the FDA had exceeded its statutory authority under something called the Administrative Procedure Act. And the APA guides every executive agency in the federal government when it makes determinations on law, when it acts within the capacity of sort of its own authority, but kind of gets over its skis issues, a determination that could be arbitrary, capricious, or not financially sound, or not supported by underlying law. And what the doctors and the pro-life medical organization here had argued was that specifically when they removed safety protocols on this particular drug in 2016 and 2019, they exceeded their statutory authority. The science demonstrated that the abortion pill is dangerous, results and complications 25% of the time. And then when they expanded the use of the abortion pill from seven weeks, which was the original approval, all the way up to 10 weeks, they said that is an exceeding amount of change that you didn’t follow the appropriate resolution for. It’s not supported by the science and it’s not supported by the law. Allen: So, the case rose all the way to the Supreme Court. And what did we hear from the Supreme Court today? Parshall Perry: Well, the Supreme Court didn’t even address the merits of the FDA’s decisions in 2016 and 2019. It didn’t make any comment on abortion itself. It simply made a procedural determination. And in fact, the entirety of the case opinion, both the concurrence from Justice [Clarence] Thomas and the majority opinion—and this was a 9-to-0 unanimous ruling—was no more than 38 pages long. So, for people who I think were hoping for a real strong statement about the nature of the dangerous chemicals, the dangerous use of the abortion pill, the Supreme Court didn’t address that in the least. It only addressed the issue of standing. And basically, that is a doctrine, a legal doctrine that’s been recognized for decades, that requires an individual plaintiff or an organization to demonstrate an actual injury that is traceable to the defendant that can be addressed by a court. And here, both sets of petitioners lacked the first element, which is necessary for the rest of standing. They could not trace the FDA’s decisions to any particular injury that either the doctors or the pro-life organization had suffered. Allen: So, then what does this mean for the case? Is it dead in the water or is there going to be future legal action, do you think? Parshall Perry: I would anticipate we see future legal action. In fact, one of the statements that came out during oral arguments was essentially from the conservative justices. It can’t be that the FDA is above the law. There has to be a party withstanding to bring these particular claims to challenge its regulatory authority. And what they did, I believe, is open up the door now to states, for example, who may want to sue when their citizens are injured by the abortion pill, or to individual women who suffer injuries on the abortion pill. But in the end, the Supreme Court made sure that these particular doctors and the pro-life medical organization could not actually bring those cases in the first place. I think what we’re going to see going forward is essentially more litigation, fleshing out some of the standing theories, but still challenging the abortion pill regulation. The post Supreme Court Rules Abortion Pill Case Does Not Have Standing. What Happens Now? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Joe Biden can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to people making fun of his goof ups. Sara Gonzales certainly isn’t going to give him a break, especially after seeing his painful conduct at the White House’s Juneteenth event. “Joe Biden was looking rather vigorous last night at his Juneteenth celebration,” she says sarcastically. In the footage from the event, Biden has what Sara calls “a Mitch McConnell reboot moment” where he seemed totally frozen while guests danced happily around him. Later, as guests were clapping along in sync to a song, poor Joe tried to keep up, but his clapping was always off beat. Biden “doesn't just [lack] rhythm; he doesn't have memory,” sighs BlazeTV contributor Jaco Booyens. “He does have poop in his diaper probably,” laughs Sara, hinting at the recent rumor that Biden pooped his pants at the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy. All jokes aside, the reality is Joe Biden — a man in serious cognitive decline — is running for another four-year term. “Worst case scenario he wins, there's no way he's going through those four years,” says Rippaverse Comics founder Eric July — a valid point considering Biden could barely get through his Juneteenth speech, during which he slurred his words incoherently. “[Playing] a vinyl backwards” is how Booyens describes Biden’s muddled words. See for yourself in the clip below. Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Former President Donald Trump floated the idea of nixing income taxes and instead relying on tariffs, GOP Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia indicated in posts on X."Most intriguing policy idea from the GOP meeting at the Capitol Hill Club this morning: Trump briefly floated the concept of eliminating the income tax and replacing it with tariffs," Massie wrote.'This will really help struggling Americans get back on their feet after 4 bad years of Bidenomics.'Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, met with House Republicans at the Capitol Hill Club on Thursday and later met with Senate Republicans at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters."I was thrilled to hear President Trump suggest we raise tariffs and reduce the income tax for Americans to zero as a new tax policy after the tax plan expires this year. This will really help struggling Americans get back on their feet after 4 bad years of Bidenomics," Greene tweeted.Massie and Greene unsuccessfully advocated to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson from the speakership earlier this year. But Johnson indicated after the meeting on Thursday that Trump had said that he is doing a good job."We had a great meeting with President Trump and Senate Republicans. President Trump had good energy, and he was very positive and gracious," GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina stated in a tweet. "In the meeting, President Trump stressed that the problems we face today are enormous, but they can be fixed. He said Republicans can work together to turn this country around quickly and make it stronger than ever. Great team-building exercise." — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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