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STATEMENT: Total Border Apprehensions Surpass Last Year’s Record with 3 Months Remaining in the Fiscal Year

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On July 15, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published data revealing that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended 207,416 illegal aliens at the southern border in the month of June. Chad Wolf, former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Executive Director and Chair, Center for…

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Statement on the House Healthy Future Task Force

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) issued the following joint statement from Former Governor Bobby Jindal, AFPI Chair of the Center for a Healthy America, and Newt Gingrich, AFPI Board Member and Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the House Healthy Future Task Force…

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Op-ed: As he heads to Saudi Arabia, Biden should look to Texas and send a special envoy to Midland

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As President Joe Biden embarks on his trip to the Middle East, he is leaving behind obvious domestic challenges as it relates to the ongoing energy crisis our country is facing. The White House is long overdue for a visit with Saudi Arabia. After all, the Kingdom is a strategic…

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The Wartime Harvest

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KEY TAKEAWAYS: Americans were facing higher costs for agricultural goods and food products, well before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and now American farmers must wrestle with the high costs of critical agricultural inputs, like fertilizer. The result is greater strains meeting global demand while ensuring the sustainability of farmers’ livelihoods.…

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President Donald J. Trump to Headline the America First Agenda Summit

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In his first visit to Washington, D.C. since leaving office, former President Donald J. Trump will deliver the closing address during the America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) two-day America First Agenda Summit. The 45th President’s remarks will be delivered on July 26, 2022. “It wasn’t that long ago that America…

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America First Agenda - Program Overview

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Click the attached report to see the full America First Agenda Program Overview. The schedule is subject to change and will be updated accordingly.

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Op-ed: Beware of Energy Isolationism

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Many have undoubtedly seen the headlines of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) being sold overseas, including to China’s Sinopec, a state-owned oil company and a U.S. strategic competitor. Americans are right to be alarmed by such transactions at a time when the price at the pump is…

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Inflation Cracks 9% as Prices Continue to Accelerate Upward

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Key Takeaways: Inflation surpassed the 9% barrier for the first time since 1981 and is showing little sign of abating, with the June Consumer Price Index (CPI) registering a 9.1% year-over-year increase. This spike in the inflation rate over the past 17 months—inflation was only 1.4% in January 2021—represents the…

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TUNE IN: Ukraine and the Crisis of Food Security, A Conversation with Key Humanitarian Partners

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Today’s event at our Washington, D.C., headquarters is part of the America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) commitment to advance the America First approach to resolving foreign policy crises. One of the most urgent consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is its exacerbation of the global food crisis. America must work…

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Biden’s border policies helping cartels, traffickers flourish

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The recent discovery of 53 illegal aliens dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer in the scorching heat of the San Antonio, Texas, summer is the latest example of a failed border security strategy by the Biden administration. Eleven others remain hospitalized. This is the single largest casualty event involving human traffickers…

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