US Can Control Immigration, End Tax Breaks for Seniors

The Congressional Budget Office has delivered a striking vindication of strict border enforcement, revealing that illegal immigration can be controlled without sweeping legislative overhauls—all it takes is a president willing to enforce existing federal law.

According to New York Post, Jeffrey H. Anderson at City Journal highlights how dramatically the immigration picture has shifted under President Trump’s return to office. Before Trump took the oath in January, the CBO projected that 1.1 million illegal migrants would be added to the US population in 2025. That estimate has now been revised downward by a staggering 1.5 million people.

The revised CBO projection now anticipates not an increase but a net decrease of 360,000 illegal migrants in the country this year. The reason for this dramatic reversal is straightforward: Trump administration policies, particularly the requirement that asylum seekers leave the United States while their applications are processed.

The previous practice of releasing illegal aliens into the American interior has been ended. This policy shift alone has proven sufficient to reverse what many claimed was an unstoppable tide.

The findings directly contradict claims from figures like Kamala Harris and even the Wall Street Journal editorial board that comprehensive immigration reform legislation was necessary to address the border crisis. The reality, as the CBO data demonstrates, is that enforcing laws already on the books was all that was required.

Property Tax Exemptions for Seniors Draw Fire

A proposal from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to exempt senior citizens from property taxes is being criticized as economically misguided policy that would worsen housing affordability for younger Americans.

Eric Boehm at Reason argues that seniors are already wealthier than average Americans and receive outsized government benefits through Social Security and Medicare, in addition to numerous existing tax breaks. Expanding property tax exemptions would enable seniors to remain in large homes their families have outgrown, artificially constraining housing supply and driving up prices for younger buyers.

Rather than adding new tax breaks for this demographic, existing special provisions should be reconsidered. Seniors should bear the same property tax obligations as all other homeowners.

Democrats Resist Health Care Fraud Crackdown

Vice President JD Vance has prioritized fighting health care fraud as part of the Trump administration’s broader anti-corruption agenda, but Democratic lawmakers are treating enforcement actions as partisan attacks rather than acknowledging the serious threat fraud poses to vulnerable Americans.

The Washington Examiner editorial board notes that health care fraud directly harms elderly, poor and disabled citizens who depend on government programs. Democratic resistance to anti-fraud efforts likely reflects discomfort over their own role in enabling such theft during previous administrations.

Democrats should have particular interest in combating fraud, as its prevalence erodes public support for the very social programs they claim to champion. Insisting on accurate and fair enforcement is reasonable, but treating all anti-fraud work as political persecution is not.

Anti-Israel Activists Harass Helen Mirren on London Street

Acclaimed actress Helen Mirren was publicly harassed on a London street by an anti-Israel activist, captured in viral video that illustrates the increasingly deranged nature of anti-Zionist ideology.

As New York Post reports, Hugo Timms at Spiked condemns the incident as evidence of how low Israel’s opponents will stoop. Mirren, though not Jewish herself, supports Israel’s right to exist, portrayed former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in a 2023 film, and has spoken against boycotts of the Jewish state.

The fact that verbally assaulting an elderly woman and her husband on a public street is viewed by anti-Zionists as noble activism reveals the moral bankruptcy of their movement.

Renewable Energy Push Drives Electricity Costs Higher

Spiking electricity prices and grid instability across America can be traced to decades of misguided federal and state policies that prioritized renewable energy over dependable power generation, according to James B. Meigs writing in the Wall Street Journal.

The problem began with President Jimmy Carter’s push to reduce energy imports by shifting to renewable sources including solar, wind and biomass. Since then, policymakers have systematically encouraged utilities to retire reliable coal, gas and nuclear plants in favor of intermittent wind and solar installations.

The advertised cost of renewable electricity fails to account for the massive infrastructure expenses required to integrate surges of wind and solar power into the existing grid. Battery storage systems needed to make renewables viable represent yet another enormous cost that consumers ultimately bear.

Energy policy must be grounded in engineering and economic reality rather than politically motivated wishful thinking if Americans are to have affordable and reliable electricity.

With information from New York Post