San Francisco is well known for its status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants. But that may change as the city faces a two-fold crisis. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has requested a waiver to the sanctuary city designation so she can arrest two non-citizens suspected of violent crime. The two have fled…

The Department of Homeland Security released a new use of force policy to align itself with an executive order President Biden signed in May. It provides new guidelines on when to use force, deadly force, bans chokeholds and increases training. “Our ability to secure the homeland rests on public trust, which is built by accountability,…

Nearly a thousand immigrant children who were separated from their parents during the Trump administration have not been reunited. The separations took place between Jan. 20, 2017, and Jan 20, 2021, under what was called the “zero-tolerance” policy.  President Biden created a family reunification task force two years ago that identified 3,924 separated children. So…

77 congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Biden denouncing his immigration policy. They wrote the president’s immigrant parole program and other proposed asylum rules break the law and penalize people trying to exercise their right to asylum. “Now anyone who tells you that the only way to secure our border is to punish asylum…

Classified documents were found at the home of former Vice President Mike Pence; President Joe Biden has been sued over his migrant sponsorship plan; and Pope Francis criticized laws criminalizing homosexuality. These stories and more highlight the morning rundown for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Earthquake hits California coast A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the…

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-TX) anti-white supremacy bill aims to “prevent and prosecute white supremacy inspired hate crime.” It would apply to any situation where white supremacy ideology motivated the planning, development, and carrying out of an act that would be considered a hate crime. The controversial bill would also give the Justice Department authority to investigate and…

“Yes, Yes, Yes.” That’s how House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., responded when asked if Republican-controlled congressional committees will look into the classified documents cases of both President Biden and former President Trump. McCarthy said the House has an obligation to oversee the Justice Department and he has expressed concern that President Biden and Trump are…

The Border Patrol is scheduled to begin construction on new sections of the border wall in Southern Arizona this week. The project will fill in four gaps along the Colorado River where Arizona, California and Mexico meet. Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, R, installed shipping containers in this area. In December, he agreed to stop…

Two men are in custody in Washington state. Police think they are the individuals responsible for a series of Christmas Day attacks on power stations that left more than 15,000 people in the Tacoma area without power. 40-year-old Jeremy Crahan and 32-year-old Matthew Greenwood were arrested on New Year’s Eve. The two men made their…

The Border Patrol shut down a highway checkpoint in the El Paso sector as the number of illegal crossings in the area skyrockets. Photos sent to Straight Arrow News by a source in El Paso show a checkpoint in New Mexico blocked off and unstaffed. The Border Patrol El Paso sector denied the shutdown was…