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July 23, 2026
AFPI New Mexico Calls for Accountability After CYFD Sends Foster Teen to Abusive Parent in Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — The America First Policy Institute's (AFPI) New Mexico state chapter released the following statement from New Mexico Executive Director Vincent Torres after reports that Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) removed a 15-year-old U.S. citizen from foster care and left him at an El Paso border crossing to meet his estranged mother in Mexico
Fact Sheet
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July 21, 2026
Tennessee: The Great American Comeback
Tennessee shows what pro-growth policy delivers: no state income tax, unemployment far below the national rate, record-breaking investment, and now the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation under the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC)—enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025.
Bill Analysis
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July 20, 2026
Tennessee’s Immigration Package: A Model for the States
HB 1704 was enacted on April 21, 2026. The bill establishes two new crimes. First, the bill creates a misdemeanor crime for aliens who: (1) have been “denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed from the United States or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding,” and (2) intentionally enter the state.
Statement
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July 2, 2026
AFPI on the Walz-Ellison Pardon: Minnesota’s Leaders Handed a Child Rapist a Clean Slate
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today released the following statement after the Minnesota Board of Pardons cleared the record of Tou Lue Vang, an illegal alien convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. The pardon strips away the convictions that made him deportable, just a week before he was set to be removed from the country.
Policy
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July 1, 2026
Saving America Through Growth & Security: Top 5 Reconciliation 3.0 Policies to Build on America First Wins in Congress
The following outlines five must-have elements for Congress to consider in its third reconciliation package to promote an agenda of economic growth and security that will: Keep America safe by fully funding national security, replenishing our munitions, and ending sanctuary cities (while non-reconcilable, reauthorizing FISA is a priority); Secure our elections by requiring a voter ID; Keep our children safe by ending men and boys in girls’ sports, and banning child sex mutilation; Grow our economy, including the exclusion of capital gains for owner-occupied housing; Ending corruption and the abuse of taxpayer money by codifying fraud reforms identified by Vice President Vance and the Fraud Task Force.
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Hispanic Leaders Affirm That the America First Agenda is Restoring Order and Humanity to the Immigration System
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Defining Issues and Strategies: America First in 2026
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Chad Wolf: When Leaders Fail, the President Must Act
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Securing the Border, Restoring the Law: A Conversation with Rep. Jim Jordan
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America First Unfiltered: Criminals Deported, AI in Classrooms, & DEI Dismantled
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America First Unfiltered: Trump Protects Social Security, Lowers Drug Costs & Deports Criminals
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America First Unfiltered: Ending the Great Ripoff, Securing Our Future
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America First Unfiltered: Major Wins from President Trump’s White House – Feb. 28, 2025
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Evaluating the Biden-Harris Policies: Border Security
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Debate Prep: What to Watch For
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Debate Prep: Border
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