Border & Immigration

The cost of California’s ‘sanctuary’ policies — in human lives

California’s “sanctuary” policies restrict the degree to which local law enforcement can work with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It is a policy that has a terrible cost in human lives.

South Dakota: The Great American Comeback

South Dakota shows what pro-growth policy delivers: no state income tax, the Nation’s lowest unemployment rate, an economy that just topped $80 billion for the first time—and now the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation under the Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC), enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025.

The Great American Recovery: The 2026 National Drug Control Strategy’s Historic Reignition of Faith in Our Communities

Over 1.2 million Americans have died from drug overdoses since 1999, a loss felt in nearly every family and community across the nation. As part of the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to end this devastation unleashed by illicit drugs, this May, Drug Czar Sara Carter published the National Drug Control Strategy for 2026. This Strategy outlines a whole-of-government approach to confronting addiction and the ongoing drug crisis. It is built on two equally important fronts: a campaign to disrupt the illicit drug supply, paired with a comprehensive public health effort to reduce demand and consumption.

New Mexico: The Great American Comeback

New Mexico’s economy has never been bigger—and Washington just delivered the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation, the Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC), enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025. Because New Mexico’s incomes and tax bills run below the national average, the new relief stretches further here than in most states.

New York’s Radical Playbook for Stopping Mass Deportation