An Appeal To Pragmatism
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The White House has cleared a rule to cut duration of status with a 2-4 year limit on foreign students so they can no longer be 'forever students'.

The rule affects F-1, J-1 and I visas — work, study, media and journalism — which would close a long-term legal migration loophole. This hits Chinese students and Indian 'techies' who convert to H-1Bs, reinforcing the Trump admin's approach to curbing legal immigration with a thousand bureaucratic cuts.
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Trump's fraud crackdown has spread to the state of Massachusetts, kicking off with 15 charged and arrested, 11 being confirmed illegal aliens. More arrests, charges and convictions are coming.
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The Trump Admin has pulled AIDS help money from South Africa for its ongoing neglect and harassment of White people in the country. State Dept vows to defend White South Africans, who have been the only refugees taken under Trump so far, and will apply additional pressure.
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This would be more attempts in 1 year than in 20 years combined. 2025, 2026 are already outpacing all admins since the 70s
At the current pace the Trump admin is filing 1 decade of denaturalizations in 1 year; the base target of 250 cases filed by October would put us over 2 decades of denaturalizations tried in 2026 alone.

Small the numbers may be, the normalisation is huge for such a rare process. By the time our legal precedent and representation is more secure, and/or Congress is willing to expand authority for revoking citizenship, we can push even higher totals.
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This visual depicts denaturalization lawsuits in federal district courts; Trump again is on top both terms, low as the totals are for now. As with most things Trump is the builder setting foundation for a much greater project.
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Anyone surprised by recent events or Vice President JD Vance's comments should know first term that Trump was constantly frustrated that Benjamin Netanyahu kept evading plans for peace:

‘[Palestine's president] wanted to make a deal, he's so nice. We talked about many things. But I talk to Bibi, and I ask him, 'you don't eant to make a deal do you?, and he goes 'Well, uh, uh, uh'. I don't think Bibi ever wanted to make a deal.’

Trump has consistently overridden Israel's intentions in order to defend American interests, because Trump wants good business and a useful Middle East more than anything. I support that. At the same time, Israel is the strongest power of the region and the most liked by American Christians, so it pulls more. Walking that balance involves a lot of back and forth diplomatically; at the end of the day what matters is America's dominance and decisions prevailing.
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Jamaica is looking into taking migrants from America to help us offload our excess and unwanted population. They would join over 30 other countries that have signed up or supported this third-country deportation framework.
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President Trump Truths an article that says Trump has power over Netanyahu's reelection chances, and could encourage regime change in Israel.
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In May, 2026 ICE sent out a record high volume of migrant removal flights, with the previous historic high set in April.

Last month saw multiple countries join the list of third-country deportation destinations and this month the War Dept resumed military removal flights, setting deportations on track for higher heights.
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In early June we saw mega hearings in immigration courts begin. This is putting not only increased pressure on migrants to appear, but harsher expectations on illegals without representation, helping us remove and return foreigners faster. This practice has been observed in Texas, California, NY, Minnesota and more.
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Presidents have had the authority to impose fines on illegals since 1996, yet Trump is the only one to use it.

The Trump Admin has been levying fines of $998 a day against illegals, and in May introduced a rule to increase the penalty certain aliens ordered removed will face. The comment period for that rule ends in June. Beyond fees and fines the Trump admin has ramped up first-ever attempts to seize assets and garnish wages from immigrants of various classes.
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Reminder this October the following foreigners will lose Medicaid coverage: asylees, refugees, parolees, even H-1Bs and of course all illegals. ACA subsidies will likewise be restricted by status.
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Multiple leftists were spotted protesting Trump's successful project to clean up the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool; the protestors held up 'Team Algae' signs.

The political purpose of the left is to side with whatever poses a problem in any scenario, whether it's pond scum or Palestine a liberal will fight for it equally.
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On Saturday current Pope Leo honoured America's 'patron saint of immigrants', saying "What could be more relevant today than a missionary charism dedicated to serving migrants?" ... what would a pope like Francis — who, as the son of Italian immigrants, made service to migrants one of the key priorities of his pontificate — ask ... ?"

Pope Leo since his papacy began has strongly signaled a pro-migration stance every month in contention with Trump.
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Migrant arrests in Chicago have been reportedly rising steadily with quiet, sudden arrests and detention around courthouses, other target spaces.
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Trump, father of 5 and grandfather of 11, holds up baby Barron:

"That's Barron. He's strong, he's smart, he's tough, he's vicious, he's violent. All of the ingredients you need..."
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A Trump endorsed candidate has won the presidential election in Colombia, current vote shows. This candidate vows to help America fight cartels and illegal immigration.
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