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Following his assurance that a wall would be constructed along theMexican border, President Trump spoke over chants of build that wall, saying we have done so well at the border, a lot of people are saying, wow, maybe the president doesnt need the wall. He continued, we need the wall to stop the drugs and human trafficking. We need the wall. In just 100 days, we have taken historic steps to secure our border, imposed needed immigration control like you have never seen before said President Trump.

He continued, [We have] properly screened and vetted those seeking admission into our country. They are going to come in because they love our country. We are not taking them otherwise. We are operating on a very simple principle that our immigration system should put the needs of American workers, American families, American companies, and American citizens first. The crowd cheered as Trump continued, I have appointeda great military general, John Kelly, to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

President Trump then outlined one of his many achievements sincehis election, since my election, we have already achieved an unprecedented 73 percent reduction in illegal crossing on our southern border. The greatest reduction in the history of our country, and we just started. The world is getting the message, if you try to illegally enter the United States, you will be caught, detained, deported, or put in prison, and it will happen.

Trumps comments on the decline in illegal immigration were corroborated by Politifact earlier this month, his statements on the issue receiving a True rating. The website states, Trump said illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is the lowest in 17 years. Border Patrol data support Trumps claim. In March, Border Patrol recorded 12,193 apprehensions at the Southwest border, the lowest in at least 17 years.

As I campaigned across the nation, said Trump, continuing his speech, I met with the grieving mothers and fathers of children who had been killed, viciously killed, violently killed by illegal immigrants, and I made them a promise. We will protect American lives. Your family member will not have died in vain. The crowd erupted into applause and were quieted by Trump, last week, we opened an office to support the victims of immigration crime called VOICE to make sure that no American victim is ever again ignored. Its not going to happen.

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Efrain Yanes-Vasquez, a 35-year-old El Salvadoran national living in the U.S. illegally, pleaded guilty to the RICO conspiracy charges, as well as conspiracy to distribute cocaine after a three-year investigation by federal authorities.

Yanes-Vasquez is a member of MS-13s Eastside Loco Salvatrucha clique in the metro area of Boston. With other members of the gangs Boston clique, Yanes-Vasquez plotted to traffic kilogram-sized quantities of cocaine in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, according to a news release.

Yanes-Vasquez was arrested in September 2016, when federal authorities took him into custody while also finding and seizing a loaded, illegal firearm from the home he was living in at the time.

The illegal immigrant gang member faces no more than 20 years, supervision for three years following his prison sentence and a $250,000 fine for the RICO conspiracy charged. For trafficking cocaine, Yanes-Vasquez could see another 20 years in prison, at the most, three years of supervision and a $1 million fine.

Upon his release from prison, Yanes-Vasquez will be deported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

The investigation into the MS-13 gangs activities in the Boston area saw an indictment of 62 gang members, including Yanes-Vasquez, and leaders of the crime syndicate.

MS-13 is a violent gang that originated in El Salvador and has since crossed into the U.S. Its members are mostly illegal immigrants who are directed to commit acts of violence, including murder, against rival gang members and associates.

Most recently, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump have called out the MS-13 gang as an example of years of amassed illegal immigration into the U.S. with lax enforcement efforts.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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President Donald Trump has decided that America will remain within the NAFTA trade partnership with Canada and Mexico for now, but he wants to renegotiate the terms of the partnership so as to further benefit American trade interests. As we consider trade relations among the NAFTA trade partners, it is appropriate to explore the connection between our trade relations with Mexico and the raging debate about illegal Mexican immigration.

For many years, there has been extensive debate about illegal immigration from Mexico and how American authorities should deal with it. There has also been extensive debate about the economic value and costs that Mexican immigrants here illegally pose to American businesses, labor markets and social institutions.

Yet, there has been little to no public discussion about the economic factors that have led the people of Mexico to flee their homeland to illegally enter the United States in the first place. As the president of the richest nation in the world seeks further trade benefits from its poorest NAFTA trade partner, I would like to better understand why Mexico is in its current economic situation, and what American and Mexican leaders can do about it.

Many Americans have voiced strong opposition to the illegal migration of Mexicans into America, and I bet that many Mexicans, if given the choice, would probably prefer to live, work and prosper in their own country. In this regard, there would be a mutual benefit to both Mexicans and many Americans if we would expand the public discussion from curbing illegal immigration to enacting beneficial policies that allow Mexican citizens to thrive in their homeland and throughout the NAFTA trade region. I dont know the answer to this issue, but I do have the following questions:

1. What kind of trade agreement do we have with Mexico, where thousands of Mexican men, women and children are motivated to risk their lives to illegally enter the United States for low-skilled, low-paying jobs, only to be treated like second-class citizens when they arrive?

2. Why does Mexico, which is the biggest trade partner to the most powerful nation in the world, not have the industrial capacity to employ many of its citizens?

3. What are American and Mexican leaders doing to improve economic conditions in Mexico, so that Mexican people dont feel the need to come to the United States illegally?

4. As the United States continues to espouse the virtues of capitalism and free trade, why are skilled Mexican professionals not allowed to work in their fields in America and throughout the NAFTA trade zone? The public perception is that Mexican immigrants here illegally have little education and few skills. Yet, there are highly trained Mexican professionals doctors, educators, lawyers, etc. who are working in America as low-skilled laborers because there are limited work opportunities in Mexico for professionals to earn decent wages, and because the governing bodies of American and Canadian trade groups, such as the American Medical Association or the American Bar Association, do not have parity agreements with Mexico. As a result, Mexican professionals are unable to legally practice their professions in America or throughout the NAFTA trade zone without redundant training.

Rather than remaining in the doldrums of narrow-minded and protectionist rhetoric, expanding the public policy dialogue on Mexico could lead to trade policies that mutually benefit the United States, while helping Mexico to prosper. At the very least, for those Americans who deride Mexican illegal immigration, Ive heard that a strong Mexican economy and job market is a great way to curb such behavior.

James Harris, Oak Park

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The Left is determined to make the whole of the United States into a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a statement (Gail Heriot and Kirsanow dissenting) remonstrating ICE for arresting illegal immigrants at courthouses. The Commissions ostensible rationale is that [c]ourthouses are often the first place individuals interact with local governments...for resolution of civil matters, including family custody issues, housing, public benefits, and numerous other aspects integral to an individuals life. By that standard no illegal immigrant should be arrested at the DMV, health clinic, local housing authority, or police station either.

The Commissions approach would convert illegal immigrants into a protected class treated more favorably than others who are in violation of the law. Police often arrest U.S. citizens at courthouses for violations of laws other than those related to immigration. Mere presence in a courthouse does not confer immunity from arrest to anyone in violation of the law.

The Commission also argues that courthouse arrests of illegal immigrants will cause illegal immigrants to be more reluctant to be witnesses or report crimes. Once again, the same calculus pertains to U.S. citizens who may be in current violation of the law, yet no exemption is available to them.

The law is the law is the law. Except for the Left and their favored groups.

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During an interview with 89.3 KPCC, Chris Newman with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network blasted the mere creation of DHS Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office, which DHS Secretary John Kelly unveiled this week with American victims.

Victims are not more harmed or need greater healing when the perpetrator of those crimes are not citizens, Newman said. This is clearly not an earnest effort. So you do have to ask whats going on here. I think it seems pretty clear that this office is designed to gin up fear as part of President Trumps overall war on non-white immigrants in the United States. I think its about, unfortunately, the racist exploitation of grief and tragedy. I think that the office is despicable.

Newman also said the office was not about illegal immigrant crime victims, but had everything to do with politics.

Its not just for people here illegally. I think its for the entire foreign born population in the United States, Newman said. This is an office thats designed to its a propaganda office. Its politically motivated. It has nothing to do with public safety or restorative justice. It has less to do with providing services to victims it has more to do with spreading fear of the foreign born population in the United States.

Despite Newmans claims that VOICE will not offer much help to Americans who have suffered due to illegal immigration, Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) says the office will finally give voice to marginalized victims.

The creation of this office is aimed at supporting people who in the past have been marginalized and also faced real practical difficulties in getting information out of our immigration bureaucracy about the offenders who victimized them or their families, Vaughn said. Every law enforcement agency practically has an office for victim advocacy.

And I know many of the people who pushed for this office and the struggles they went through trying to get information about what was going to happen to the person who was responsible for their loved ones death or other crimes that occurred, Vaughn continued.

Vaughn says that unlike all other law enforcement agencies, before VOICE, there was no route for illegal immigrant crime victims to take.

ICE had no mechanism to do that. They couldnt get notifications if people were released, which would be customary from a law enforcement agency, Vaughn said. They couldnt find out what the process was for peoples immigration hearings and things that they were entitled to attend, but couldnt get information on. Thats the main purpose of this new office is to help them navigate the immigration bureaucracy and get information that they should be able to get about people who caused harm to their family.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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