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United States
Immigration
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has opened a migrant mega-camp on Randall’s Island. The housing project is expected to cost city taxpayers about $20 million monthly. (Breitbart News)
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rolled out a jobs program for border crossers and illegal aliens whereby the New York State Department of Labor will be authorized to connect migrants with employers. This comes as more than 380,000 New Yorkers are unemployed. (Breitbart News)
More than 181,000 Cuban, Haitian, Venezuelan, and Nicaraguan migrants have entered the country under the program through July, according to Customs and Border Protection. (Roll Call)
This Nicaraguan illegal alien was welcomed in by the Biden admin seven months ago and released with a "Notice to Report" via parole. Now, a Virginia police officer is suffering a fractured skull, vertebrae, and "permanent and significant impairment" due to her drunk driving. (13 News Now)
The Department of Homeland Security has announced an additional $77 million in funding for non-governmental organizations and communities at the border and elsewhere dealing with the migrant crisis. Nearly all these NGOs are part of the problem and make a fortune by facilitating migrants coming across the border to the U.S. Giving them more money will only worsen the situation. DHS is spending nearly $800 million on migrant communities, up from $150 million in 2022. (Fox News)
Muhammad Masood, a Pakistani doctor who worked in the U.S. on an H1-B visa, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the terror organization ISIS and conduct "lone wolf" terrorist attacks in the United States. (The Hindu)
Economy
A Maryland district court just rejected a lawsuit parents brought against the Montgomery County School District for removing their option to opt their kids out of LGBT instruction. (National Review)
The Department of Justice is suing Elon Musk’s SpaceX for not hiring enough migrants over American citizens. NPR reported that the department alleges in the lawsuit filed Thursday that between September 2018 and May 2022, SpaceX violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by discouraging refugees and asylum recipients from applying for available positions in their marketing materials, rejecting or refusing to hire them and hiring only U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
Americans must spend as much as 43 percent of their income to afford a home, with mortgage rates surging to their highest levels since 2000. (Business Insider)
Nationwide, dollar stores are signing the most leases again this year, according to The Wall Street Journal. Dollar General alone plans to open about 1,000 stores this year. This is supposed to be a bright spot in the economy, but it shows the weakness that discount stores are the only ones growing.