Biden Administration asks Congress for $105+ billion to Help Secure Ukraine, Israel, the Border and More

sandiegouniontribune.com/#AssociatedPress The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to bolster Israel and Ukraine in the midst of two wars as well as invest more in domestic defense manufacturing, humanitarian assistance and managing the influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. ::: The total cost of the supplemental funding request was pegged at just over $105 billion. President Joe Biden hopes Congress will move urgently on the legislation, and he made the case for deepening U.S. support for its allies during a rare Oval Office address on Thursday night.

npr.org President Biden told Americans in a rare Oval Office address on Thursday that it was in the national interest of Americans to back democracies that found themselves under attack. ::: On Friday, his budget office put a price tag on that, asking lawmakers for almost $106 billion in funding for Israel, Ukraine, countering China in the Indo-Pacific, and operations on the southern U.S. border.::: Ukraine: $61.4 billion ... Israel: $14.3 billion ... Humanitarian aid: $9.15 billion ... Countering China: $7.4 billion ... Border security: $13.6 billion

Chicago Police Rush Away Alderwoman as Residents Protest Migrant Shelter in Their Neighborhod

thegatewaypundit.com Chicago Alderwoman Julia Ramirez had to be rushed away by police this week when she was confronted by a mob of angry residents who were protesting the site of a new migrant camp. ::: Tensions have been rising in Chicago for months as the city has become overwhelmed with illegal border crossers.

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Texas Governor and Texas Attorney General Cock Hammer for Action to Deal with Colony Ridge - the Community of 50,000 Illegal Aliens in Liberty County

click2houston/#TexasTribune Gov. Greg Abbott named Colony Ridge a top state priority when he placed it on the third special legislative session agenda — heeding calls by right-wing media to crack down on the fast-growing Liberty County subdivision that had become a haven for organized crime and illegal immigrants from Latin America. LINK TO STORY

cis.org On October 5, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a significant surge of Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and criminal investigators to fan out over the 60-square-mile unincorporated Colony Ridge 40 miles northeast of Houston for the first significant policing in the colony's 10 years of nonstop growth. ::: The verdict after two weeks of saturation state police patrols years after population far-outstripped Liberty County Sheriff Office staffing: They love it, a number of people told me during a Saturday night ride-along with Texas Highway Patrol officers.

dailywire.com Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton slammed Colony Ridge on Thursday for enabling illegal alien settlement in the state and bashed public officials who have helped facilitate the development's growth. ::: "The development appears to be attracting and enabling illegal alien settlement in the state of Texas and distressing neighboring cities and school districts" Paxton's letter reads. "This form of real estate development and financing has created an attractive opportunity for noncitizens to cross the border and settle in Texas."

Beyond U.S Borders Migrant Stories - Mexico, U.N. & U.K.

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