4 Key Facts About ICE and What Could Happen If It’s Abolished

Plus: Securing the Border Is the Most Humane Policy

Aug 20, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where President Trump today will honor the agents responsible for catching illegal immigrants inside the country as well as at the border. Some who call for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement probably don't understand what the agency does, Fred Lucas reports. We've also got a Texas congressman's commentary on why it's important to be serious about secure borders. Plus: Lindsey Burke on what a school choice means to a blind football player, John-Michael Seibler and Taylor Chaffetz on the government's milk police, and Anthony Kim on what the president should do to achieve the full benefits of tax reform.     News 4 Key Facts About ICE and What Could Happen If It's Abolished Once illegal immigrants slip past the border, only Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can enforce laws on the interior, arresting and deporting illegal immigrants. More Commentary Securing the Border Is the Most Humane Policy The traffickers and coyotes use our words to prey on the disadvantaged. They encourage families to put their children on top of a freight train from southern Mexico to the Rio Grande, subjecting children to a treacherous journey that often results in traumatic amputations, robberies, sexual assaults, and some even falling to their deaths. More Commentary America Leapfrogged Other Countries in Tax Reform, and Economic Growth Is the Result The new lower tax rate has made the U.S. economy competitive, enabling its growth to outpace other major economies in a meaningful way. More News How School Choice Is Increasing Opportunity for This Blind Teen Who Plays High School Football "Football has been my passion since before I went blind," says Adonis, who became blind at age 6 due to a rare congenital condition. "Being blind is not my personality." More Analysis The Daily Signal Podcast: Monday, Aug. 20 We interview Andrew Pollack, who lost his daughter Meadow in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and then founded the grassroots organization Americans for C.L.A.S.S. and a school safety campaign called #FixIt. More Commentary The Government May Require Almond Milk, Soy Milk to Use Non-Milk Names A bill would make it a federal crime to use the term "milk" on the label of any beverage not derived from "lacteal secretion … obtained by the complete milking of one or more hooved mammals." More Commentary We Hear You: The Left Goes Nuts Over Trump's Second Supreme Court Pick "Kavanaugh's opponents don't want someone on the Supreme Court who will go by the law and the Constitution. They want someone who will decide the question based on social justice, then convolute the law to fit that decision," writes Audrey Theiler. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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