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Ilhan Omar Could Soon Be Under Investigation

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Yesterday, Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint to the U.S. House of Representatives Office of Congressional Ethics chairman David Skaggs, asking for a full investigation into potential crimes linked to allegations that Ilhan Omar(D-MN) may have married her brother. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton stated. "The evidence is overwhelming Rep. Omar may have violated the law and House rules. The House of Representatives must urgently investigate and resolve the serious allegations of wrongdoing by Rep. Omar. We encourage Americans to share their views on Rep. Omar's apparent misconduct with their congressmen." Judicial Watch based their complaint on the reporting of David Steinberg. Steinberg's investigation took over three years and took him abroad into the United Kingdom. Throughout the investigation Steinberg and his investigative colleges gathered information from many different sources. Among those sources were: public records, social media posts,

Democrats Jump Aboard the Trump Train on the Border Crisis—President Tightens Asylum Requirements

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This week nine bi-partisan senators have joined together to take action on the border crisis. Senators, Krysten Sinema (D-AZ), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Rob Portman (R - OH), Joe Machin (D-WV), James Lankford (R-OK), Doug Jones (D-AL), Michael Enzo (R-WY), John Barrasso (R-WY), and John Cornyn (R-TX) have become the driving force to implement a pilot program nicknamed “Operation Safe Run”. The pilot program, run by the Department of Homeland Security, is meant to rapidly reduce the time it takes to identify those who are seeking asylum as well as decrease deportation times. The program would give DHS the authority to remove migrant families within 15 days who have been determined not to have met the “credible fear” criteria when seeking asylum. Those migrants with valid “credible fear” of returning to their homes often have asylum cases which lasts for years, but the proposed operation is expected to significantly reduce that time. According to the program, Border Patrol agents will