Immigrants Sent $140 Billion From U.S. Back To Homelands in 2016
Legal and illegal immigrants wired almost $140 billion from the United States back to their home countries and foreign relatives in 2016.
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Mexico Sends Top Official to California Help Illegal Aliens Avoid Deportation
Mexico is sending a top cabinet-level diplomat to illegal alien-friendly California to help Mexican citizens living in the US illegally avoid deportation in a post-DACA environment.
Donald Trump’s Tuesday Night DACA Tweet Is a Rare Negotiating Blunder
Whatever caused Tuesday evening’s DACA tweet — perhaps a loss of nerve in a Bannon-less West Wing — it was an error from which Trump must extricate himself, and soon.
DHS: Border Wall Construction Will ‘Move Forward’
The construction of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico Border is pushing ahead, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly said.
Woodson: Trump Should Block China from Buying U.S. Money Transfer Company
A recently-announced purchase of an American financial services corporation by a Chinese owned company may weaken President Trump’s efforts to make America great again and could set back Trump’s trade reform efforts.
GOP Leaders Dropping Border Wall Funds, Says Report
Federal funding for one of President Donald Trump’s premier policy proposals may be excluded from the House GOP’s budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018.
Congress Mulls Illegal Immigrant Tax to Fund Border Wall
A bill to tax illegal immigrants to fund the construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall was introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL).
Reuters: Remittances to Mexico Rose 25 Percent After Trump’s Election
Mexicans sent billions of dollars back to Mexico in November after President-elect Donald Trump’s election win, Reuters reports.
John Bolton: Nothing Wrong with Trump’s Remittance Proposal as a ‘Bargaining Position’
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton joined Breitbart News Daily host Stephen K. Bannon to discuss Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposal to block a portion of the roughly $25 billion annual money transfers, known as remittances, sent to Mexico by Mexicans living outside the country until the Mexican government agrees to “a one-time payment of $5-10 billion” to pay for the border wall.
Senior Trump Adviser Stephen Miller: Remittances from Illegal Immigration Finance ‘Corruption and Cartels in Mexico’
Stephen Miller, a senior policy advisor for Donald Trump, told Breitbart News Daily host Stephen K. Bannon he was shocked at President Obama’s response to Trump’s proposal to end remittances from illegal aliens back to Mexico as a means of curtailing
GAO: U.S. Sent $54 Billion In Remittances Overseas; Mexico, China Receive Most U.S. Money
The United States is the largest source of remittances — or funds sent overseas by foreign-born residents — in the world, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Bitcoin is Killer App for $1 Trillion Remittance Market
Bitcoin’s open-source digital currency was designed to disrupt and cut out the manipulative architecture of central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve. Originally, Bitcoin transactions went through a third party. But the virtual currency has evolved to eliminate all of
