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National Recap: States file lawsuit over POTUS regulation

August 29, 2019

A coalition of 19 states and Washington, D.C., announced a lawsuit Aug. 23 against President Donald Trump’s administration’s proposed regulation that would allow the administration to detain children

National Recap: DoD fortifies US southern border

By Meredith Burke, Opinion Editor • May 1, 2019

Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Davis, a spokesperson for the Pentagon, said the DOD personnel will only be filling a logistically supportive role.

National Recap: Asylum seekers at southwest border increase

By Meredith Burke, Opinion Editor • December 12, 2018

According to the DHS, 92,959 claims of credible fear were made in the 2018 fiscal year by migrants who were attempting to enter the U.S. southwest border.