Category: Immigration
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Every State Is a Border State
by Kerry Dougherty File this under “Illegals Committing Crimes.” I know, I know, the Democratic Party line is that illegals commit fewer crimes than American citizens. Frankly, one violent crime by an illegal alien is too many. Fact is, if the southern border closed, crime rates would drop dramatically. Including in Virginia. Last weekend the…
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How Do Immigrant Children Fare in Virginia Schools?
by James A. Bacon Based on an analysis of 2019 data, the Migration Policy Institute estimates that 250,000 “unauthorized” immigrants reside in Virginia. Two out of five (39%) of these unauthorized residents have children. These children attend Virginia schools. It’s often difficult to measure the impact of illegal immigration on American society, but the Virginia…
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Yes, MSNBC Morons, Virginia IS a Border State.
by Kerry Dougherty Remember back on the night of Super Tuesday when MSNBC’s far-left host Rachel Maddow and former Biden mouthpiece Jen Psaki convulsed in laughter as they reported that the number one issue for Republican voters was the border? “Well Virginia does have a border with West Virginia,” Maddow cackled, sending the panel of…
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Five Far-Left Virginia Democrats Vote Not to Deport Illegals with DUIs
by Kerry Dougherty If you hobnob with prominent Democrats and find yourself in the company of any of the following Virginia Congress members — Bobby Scott of Newport News, Gerald Connolly of Fairfax, Jennifer McClellan of Richmond, Jennifer Wexton of Leesburg or Don Beyer of Alexandria — invite them to take a drive with you…
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From Sanctuary to Stooge
by Jon Baliles Most of us have tried hard to block out Mayor Stoney’s July 4th fiasco, when his then-police chief tried hard to impress the boss and concocted a fake foiled mass shooting plot at Dogwood Dell on July 4, 2022. The Mayor denied he ever knew about it. The chief said he knew…
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Sorry, Senator. Zalenskyy is No George Washington
by Kerry Dougherty Tim Kaine jumped the shark. Get a load of the nonsense this United States Senator – from VIRGINIA – Tweeted on Tuesday: President Zelenskyy spoke to the Senate today about the critical role of American support for Ukrainian democracy. He stood beneath a portrait of George Washington, who helped birth an America…
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UVa’s “Community Crisis Resources” for Israel/Hamas War Tensions on Campus Has Strange Players
by James C. Sherlock The University of Virginia has not lost all sense of perspective. They know exactly what they have been doing. For this they had to try to thread a needle. They missed. From the University of Virginia Division of Student Affairs: “Our Division’s focus remains on supporting and caring for our students…
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Never Again
by James C. Sherlock At 78, I have been all over the world often and for long periods of time. I felt myself reasonably immune to cultural surprises. But I had never seen anything like this. It was the Maghrib prayer time about 5 p.m. on Saturday. On the southeast corner of 12th and Pennsylvania…
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Foreign Student Influence in Students for Justice in Palestine Chapters at Virginia Universities and their “Allies”
by James C. Sherlock The SJP organizations at three Virginia state universities, the University of Virginia, George Mason University, and the University of Mary Washington, have been active since October 7th on the Hamas side. Some attempt to thread two needles simultaneously: to separate Gazans from their elected government, the terrorist organization Hamas, and to…
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Cline, Good, Griffith Outvoted in Bid to Secure Border, Stop CR
by Scott Dreyer The federal government’s fiscal year ended September 30, and in what has become a frequent occurrence, the Congress had failed to present a budget for the president’s signature. In the weeks and days before September 30, many politicians, pundits, and average citizens were debating what would happen and what would be best…
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All Hat, No Cattle
by Dick Hall-Sizemore In Texas, the phrase, “all hat, no cattle” refers to someone who is all talk with little substance. Governor Glenn Youngkin is in the running for one of those hats. The latest “Team Youngkin” fund-raising scare e-mail deals with fentanyl. It starts off by recounting the number of fatal overdoses in Virginia…
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Youngkin at the Border
Yeah, yeah, I know, Governor Glenn Youngkin is angling for a spot on the Republican presidential ticket next year, and he doesn’t do anything without considering the political implications first. But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. Even politicians can do the right thing once in a while. Such is the case with Youngkin’s decision to…
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Population Changes in the Commonwealth Since the 2020 Census
by James C. Sherlock The Bureau of the Census has issued its estimates of the population changes in Virginia and its 133 jurisdictions since the 2020 census. They are always of interest, but perhaps more so since 2020-2022 spanned the COVID years. The categories of change calculated by the Census Bureau are total change, natural…
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FIVE QUESTIONS: Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares
by Shaun Kenney Last week, TRS was able to sit down and talk with Virginia’s Attorney General Jason Miyares (R-VA) about the challenges he is facing from opioid and fentanyl abuse to the FBI Richmond’s targeting of Catholics in the public square. Miyares — a longstanding conservative in the tradition of Ronald Reagan and a…
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Five Questions: An Interview with Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears
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by Shaun Kenney Last week, The Republican Standard had the opportunity to follow Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears as she toured the Richmond Slave Trail — which included not only the site of the notorious Lumpkins Slave Jail but also the site where Gabriel Prosser was executed and presumably buried in 1800. Winsome Earle-Sears brought a…