The witness Democrats invited to testify for Wednesday's House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the border crisis said that racism is the major driver behind legislation and ideas for better security at the southern border.Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway downplayed the overall crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border because his county in Arizona is safe. Nogales, Arizona, which is part of Santa Cruz County, does have a border wall."The vast majority of people coming to the U.S. are coming to work. It is disingenuous to conflate people coming to work with drug dealers or criminals. They come to improve their lives," Hathaway wrote for his testimony."And certain policies smack of racism. For example, a wall was never suggested for the Canadian-U.S. border. Title 42, a COVID policy, was never implemented aggressively at the Northern border to keep foreigners from making claims. And it is odd to me that it has become fashionable to talk of walls, tariffs, and isolationism. Reagan was not a fan of walls. When the Soviet Union suggested that they were embracing freedom in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Reagan told them to prove it by tearing down the Berlin Wall," Hathaway continued.Hathaway's apples-to-oranges comparison about the border wall being constructed along the southwest border was heavily criticized by Republicans on the committee.Rep. Eli Crane, who is from Arizona, asked Hathaway which border experiences more illegal immigration."Probably the southern border," Hathaway reluctantly answered."Yeah, you know it is," Crane shot back."It's not about race with the American people. Matter of fact, most American people support legal immigration. It's the illegal immigration, it has nothing to do with race," Crane also noted.Crane also got Hathaway to admit that while he keeps his doors closed at home, he leaves the door unlocked. — (@) Nogales, Arizona, which is part of Santa Cruz County, does have a border wall that extends beyond the port of entry.Hathaway further said he did not know what Tren de Aragua is despite the Venezuelan gang having a foothold within the country and committing high-profile crimes under the Biden-Harris administration.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Fourteen Republicans voted Wednesday with Democrats of the U.S. House of Representatives to defeat a bill meant to fund the government and avoid a shutdown at the end of the month. The funding measure failed by a vote of 220 to 202. 'The play that we ran tonight was the right play. ... I'm very disappointed that it didn't pass.' Three Democrats crossed the aisle and voted with Republicans in favor of the bill. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana had tied an election integrity bill to the funding legislation in an attempt to pressure Democrats to pass it all at once. "It is members across the conference who share the same concern that we do about this," said Johnson about the SAVE Act earlier in September. "And we believe it’s one of the — perhaps the most urgent issue, the most imminent threat facing the country, is the integrity of this election cycle.”After the bill failed Wednesday, Johnson spoke to reporters. "The play that we ran tonight was the right play. It's the right play for the American people. It's the one they demand and deserve," he said. "We have two very important objectives right now," he continued. "Congress has an obligation to fund the government. Congress has an obligation to ensure that our elections are secure, fair and free. This vote tonight could have accomplished both. I'm very disappointed that it didn't pass."Earlier in the day, former President Donald Trump demanded that Republicans refuse to fund the government without passing the voter integrity bill."If Republicans don’t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form," he wrote on Truth Social. "A Vote must happen BEFORE the Election, not AFTER the Election when it is too late. BE SMART, REPUBLICANS..."The election bill would require proof of citizenship before voting, but Democrats claim election fraud is already illegal and the new law would only prevent legal voters from turning in their ballot. "In reality, the SAVE Act would make it harder for millions of legal citizens to register to vote," read a statement from Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois. "Americans would not be able to use military IDs or Tribal IDs alone when registering to vote. People who have changed their names, including millions of married women, would not be allowed to use their birth certificates when proving their citizenship."The government will shut down in 13 days on Oct. 1 unless legislators can agree on a funding bill. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The print has been confirmed as Albrecht Dürer's Knight, Death and the Devil (1513). Now, this rare find is headed to auction, where it could fetch tens of thousands of dollars. The post An 11-Year-Old Boy Rescued An Engraving From A Dump — And It Turned Out To Be A Rare Renaissance Print appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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In a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday, nine Senate Republicans criticized her performance in leading the Biden administration's efforts to expand broadband access in the country, Politico reported.

Lawmakers rejected a Republican government funding plan Wednesday amid divisions within the party, with former president Donald Trump calling for a forced shutdown unless certain demands are met.With government funding set to expire at the end of September, the bill was...

The Philadelphia District Attorney's office said Wednesday a local teen arrested last year as part of an ongoing terror investigation may have been plotting to bomb the city's Pride parade.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed what many on the conservative side have been warning about when he pinned the cause of the nation's rising unemployment rate on the unprecedented numbers of illegal migrants entering the United States.

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