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🚨The new Senate border bill is out () and we are evaluating it, but here are TEN things you should know to start with (there are more).

In sum, it appears to be WORSE THAN the current law.

Read this 🧵and decide for yourself.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
1. It does not end catch and release. Instead, it facilitates catch and release for certain populations. This should be a MAJOR red flag for all. Image
2. It exempts UAC from the new "break glass" removal authority. Which means it is worthless, as UAC remain a gaping loophole, and we have seen the largest child smuggling operation in history during the Biden Administration. For context, more than 476,000 UAC have come during the Biden Admin. None of them ever go home.Image
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3. It does nothing to end perpetual settlement agreements like Flores, which have undermined border security for decades. Image
4. The bill effectively codifies the Administration's absurd "asylum officer rule" that dozens of state Attorneys General are currently challenging in court. They might as well call this the "Asylum Officer Empowerment Act," meaning more and more aliens will get asylum based on lax adjudications. And asylum = path to a green card and citizenship.
5. The new "break glass" emergency authority is a disaster. The Secretary "may" use it if there are 4,000 or more aliens encountered each day (28k per week, 121k a month, 1.46 mil a year). But he "must" use it when there are more than 5,000 a day over a week or 8,500 in a single day. Those are insane numbers and totally unacceptable to the American people.Image
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6. And Non-Mexican UAC are NOT counted in the total that triggers the emergency authority. Image
7. But if that wasn't bad enough, there is a provision that allows the Biden team to essentially opt anyone out from the new supposedly expedited proceedings. Image
8. And if that weren't bad enough, it allows Biden to SUSPEND the new authority if he wants to, rendering it meaningless: Image
9. Oh, and the authority is limited in time duration, going down each subsequent year, making it even more worthless: Image
10. The bill wastes a ton of taxpayer money.

Billions here and billions there for more "processing." Including $1.4 BILLION for more FEMA grants that provide shelter and other services to illegal aliens.

There are even nuggets like $36 million to provide attorneys for "incompetent" adult aliens.Image
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Aug 29
🚨BREAKING — AFL just sued the FDA for allegedly COVERING UP Biden-era records on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for children.

The FDA KNEW these drugs increase depression and suicide risks — and STILL pushed them on kids.

It’s been a year.

Parents deserve answers. Image
/2 On August 5, 2024, AFL filed a FOIA request for FDA records on off-label use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for children.

The FDA acknowledged receipt and promised action.

Then, it went silent.
/3 The law gives agencies 20 days — plus an additional 10 days, if needed — to respond.

389 days later: no records, no answers, no transparency.

This isn’t bureaucratic delay — it’s lawlessness.
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Aug 28
🚨BREAKING — AFL has filed a federal lawsuit against Shell USA, Inc. for allegedly orchestrating a racially discriminatory reorganization targeting white employees.

This is a major fight against DEI mandates gone wrong. Image
/2 The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, claims Shell’s radical diversity, equity, and inclusion policies violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Experienced security professionals with top credentials were pushed out to meet “diversity” quotas.
/3 AFL’s clients — loyal, high-performing employees — were forced to reapply for their own jobs, undergo in-person assessments, and compete against less qualified candidates just to “diversify” the workforce.

This isn’t fairness — it’s discrimination.
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Aug 25
⚖️ JUSTICE WINS!

A New York appellate court threw out the $500M fine in Letitia James’s politically motivated civil fraud case against President Trump.

The court found it excessive and a violation of the Eighth Amendment.

AFL’s amicus brief was cited in the dissent. Image
/2 AFL, in partnership with Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC, filed an appellate amicus brief on behalf of the Job Creators Network Foundation.
/3 Our brief argued that the entire case against President Trump should be dismissed, warning that James’s lawsuit was wholly political, undermined the rule of law, and served as yet another example of weaponized lawfare against President Trump.
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Aug 25
🚨🗳️ LITIGATION ALERT — AFL has filed two bombshell motions exposing Maricopa County’s shocking assault on election integrity.

Local officials are SABOTAGING Recorder Heap for protecting Arizona elections.

This is a direct attack on voters — and it threatens future elections. Image
/2 On June 12, 2025, AFL filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County to stop its illegal election power grab.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is actively weaponizing power to undermine Recorder @azjustinheap and hijack his election integrity efforts.
@azjustinheap /3 Shortly before Recorder Heap took office, the Board:

➡️ Seized control of the Recorder’s servers, databases, and websites

➡️ Removed nearly all his election IT staff
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Aug 22
🚨🗳️ BREAKING — The U.S. Election Assistance Commission just opened a public comment period on AFL’s petition to REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP to vote.

Help us STOP noncitizen voting and secure OUR elections!

Submit your comment by October 20 ⬇️

🔗 regulations.gov/commenton/EAC-…Image
/2 The federal voter registration form currently relies on an “honor system.” 

People just check a box saying they’re a citizen. 

No proof required.

No verification required.

This is a LOOPHOLE that undermines trust in our elections.
/3 AFL’s petition calls for Documentary Proof of Citizenship (DPOC).

Voting is a sacred right for American citizens ONLY.

Requiring DPOC ensures fairness, uniformity, and integrity.

This is common sense!
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Aug 21
🚨BREAKING — AFL launched a NEW investigation into the outside influence behind a Biden-era organ transplant policy that PAYS hospitals to INCREASE transplant numbers — tying organ harvesting to financial gain. Image
/2 This investigation targets the role of third-party entities — Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), nonprofits like UNOS and AOPO, and for-profit actors — in shaping the Biden Administration’s IOTA Model.

AFL has filed FOIA requests with HHS, CMS, and HRSA to uncover how these groups influenced its design and whether they steered federal transplant policy to advance an unlawful political agenda.Image
/3 The Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model is a mandatory six-year initiative that took effect on July 1.

It pressures Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) to harvest more organs and urges hospitals to prioritize kidney-transplant recipients based on race. Image
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