These 8 Graphics Explain How Bad the Illegal Immigration Crisis Really Is

Plus: LGBT Activists Could Be to Blame for Falling LGBT Acceptance

Jul 01, 2019   Good morning from Washington. Tired of liberal denial about the border crisis? Kelsey Bolar has the hard numbers on just how bad – and unprecedented – the border situation is. President Trump has been a vocal advocate of cutting red tape from the beginning of his term. Fred Lucas covers a new White House report that looks at what slashing regulations has done for Americans' wallets. On this day in 1847, the first stamps were released: a five cent one with an image of Ben Franklin, and a ten cent one featuring George Washington.     Analysis These 8 Graphics Explain How Bad the Illegal Immigration Crisis Really Is President Obama's homeland security secretary, Jeh Johnson, used to say it was a "bad day" when 1,000 illegal immigrants were caught. One day this year, over 4,000 were caught. More Commentary LGBT Activists Could Be to Blame for Falling LGBT Acceptance The number of Americans 18 to 34 who are comfortable with LGBT people in various situations slipped from 53% in 2017 down to 45% in 2018. And the 53% figure is down from 63% in 2016. More News Big Media Is Plotting to Take Down Trump. What Can You Do? "There are more people with pet chickens in America than view CNN ... It now reaches two-tenths of 1% of the American people. It's collapsed," says Brent Bozell of Media Research Center. More News Trump Deregulation Will Boost Household Income by $3,100, Report Finds "The ongoing introduction of costly regulations had previously been subtracting an additional 0.2 percent per year from real incomes," the White House report states. More Commentary 'Prosper Africa' Promises Long-Overdue Change in US Approach to Continent China, the U.S.' primary strategic competitor, recognizes Africa's importance and has spent the past two decades building extraordinary influence on the continent. More Commentary The Injustice of Canceling Student Debt Why should kids who weighed the economic tradeoffs, and went to reasonably priced colleges, or community colleges, bankroll the careers of socialists who do not? More Commentary Cartoon: A Lack of Common Census Here's the latest from Michael Ramirez, The Daily Signal's cartoonist. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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