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View of the US-Mexico border wall in Nogales, Arizona on September 17, 2025. As of 2022, approximately 11 million people lived in the United States illegally, according to government figures. And this figure may have risen since then to as many as 14 million, according to the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute. Undocumented workers paid $97 billion in taxes in 2022 alone, according to Americans for Tax Fairness. Figures from 2024 from the US Labor Department said nearly half of the foreign-born workforce in America is Latino. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

‘MOST SECURE border in American history’: Illegal southern border crossings drop to lowest annual level in over 50 years

The Trump administration ended fiscal year 2025 with the lowest amount of United States Border Patrol apprehensions since 1970. As a testament to the administration’s success, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also reported the lowest total monthly illegal border encounters ever recorded.

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The Wisconsin State Capitol building on December 24, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Wisconsin’s DOJ seeks stay after judge orders U.S. citizenship verification for voter registrations

After a Wisconsin judge mandated an Elections Commission to verify the U.S. citizenship of all registered voters and new registrants by February 2026, the state’s Department of Justice requested a stay on the order — arguing it would require significant changes to the registration system and could disrupt voter rights.

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