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[0] Frustration boils over in Chicago about whether to remain a sanctuary city as the migrant crisis continues to grow.
[1] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[2] It's November 11th, Veterans Day, and this is a Saturday edition of Morning Wire.
[3] Amid a spike in anti -Semitism on college campuses, a new report finds a strong link between funding from the Middle East and anti -Israel sentiment among American students.
[4] And pressure mounts on DHS Secretary Majorcus after innocent Americans are killed by a suspected human smuggler.
[5] I don't see how endangering American people in a failure to follow the Constitution of the laws of the United States to secure our country.
[6] How that's not an impeachable offense, it is.
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[10] A heated city council meeting was shut down this week after hundreds of Chicago residents spoke out against the city's sanctuary status amidstead.
[11] the growing migrant crisis.
[12] Here to discuss is Daily Wire Reporter Amanda Presto Giacomo.
[13] So Amanda, Chicago has taken in an estimated 20 ,000 migrants since last year.
[14] It sounds like there's a lot of frustration around that issue.
[15] What happened at the meeting?
[16] Hey, Georgia.
[17] Yeah, as you said, residents do appear to be frustrated over this crisis.
[18] And specifically, it seems they're even more frustrated with the fact that they just don't feel like they're being listened to.
[19] At this latest meeting, city council was deciding if there will be a resolution added to Next Springs ballots on whether the city stays a migrant sanctuary or not.
[20] Residents made clear that they don't want Chicago to remain a sanctuary.
[21] And due to the apparent hostile nature of the meeting, it was cut short after some 30 minutes or so.
[22] Here's some audio from that.
[23] Do you, as a resident of the city of Chicago, believe that we should remain a sanctuary city?
[24] It's a simple question.
[25] I'll note that these sentiments, which run, counter to Mayor Brandon Johnson's early messaging on this, they've been voiced by Chicago residents for a while now.
[26] Here's audio of a recent town hall that was held in the south side of Chicago on this migrant issue.
[27] We shall be margin in Washington.
[28] We should be questioning them.
[29] They shouldn't be allowed in our neighborhood.
[30] And here's Anthony Beale.
[31] He's a member of the Chicago City Council also sounding off on this.
[32] We have to draw the line somewhere.
[33] While we're waiting for the federal government to act, we need to be doing something here at home to protect us.
[34] The people that are coming here, we don't know if they have criminal backgrounds.
[35] We don't know if they're child molesters.
[36] We don't know if they're murderers.
[37] We don't know.
[38] We don't know anything concrete about the people coming here.
[39] We already have enough crime here in the city of Chicago.
[40] So it sounds like even on the city council, there's pushback against this sanctuary city designation.
[41] Where exactly does Mayor Johnson land on this?
[42] So the mayor did say early on in his tenure that Chicago is a sanctuary city and has an incredible history of being, quote, a welcoming space for families across the country and across the world.
[43] Frankly, though, that's sort of an untenable position right now.
[44] So the mayor has shifted a bit.
[45] So, for example, he's asking President Joe Biden for billions of dollars in federal tax money to help with the flow.
[46] of migrants into Chicago.
[47] Currently, there's no place for literally thousands of these migrants.
[48] Some are sleeping at police stations, others at airports, or tents outside.
[49] Johnson did say in September that he's looking to build base camps to house migrants for the upcoming cold winter months by purchasing or repurposing facilities for more space.
[50] It's been estimated that the crisis so far is costing the city some $40 million a month.
[51] Wow.
[52] So slightly tangential, but there was a little more news about chaos at the city councils earlier this week.
[53] The mayor's city council floor leader has resigned over some pretty shocking behavior.
[54] What happened there?
[55] Yeah, that's right.
[56] Carlos Ramirez Rosa resigned earlier this week after he apparently physically blocked a female council member named Emma Mitz from entering council chambers during a special council meeting about migrants last Thursday.
[57] This most recent meeting featured residents who said they felt like they weren't being listened to.
[58] So an extremely fraught issue in Chicago, like a lot of places.
[59] Right.
[60] Now, when will this issue be addressed again?
[61] The next meeting is scheduled for November 16th, and I would expect a pretty big turnout there.
[62] Well, we'll be watching.
[63] Amanda, thanks for reporting.
[64] You're welcome.
[65] Following the terror attacks on Israel last month, anti -Semitism on college campuses has been on shocking display, and it's led many to wonder how academia turned so sharply against Israel in recent years.
[66] Now, one report finds that funding from the Middle East might be contributing to propaganda efforts on American College campuses.
[67] Daily Wire investigative reporter, Marade Allorty, is here with the details.
[68] So, Marade, tell us about this report.
[69] Hi, Georgia.
[70] So this is a report from an organization called the Network Contagion Research Institute in collaboration with researchers from Rutgers University and Johns Hopkins University.
[71] The researchers looked at foreign funding, where that funding came from, as well as measures of anti -Semitism and suppression of speech on campus.
[72] Overall, through a meta -analysis of several studies, they found that there is a correlation between foreign funding and anti -Semitism, anti -American sentiment, and speech suppression on campus.
[73] There was also a more granular correlation between funding from Middle Eastern regimes and anti -Semitism.
[74] Now, it's important to note that this Middle Eastern funding is not necessarily causing the rise in anti -Semitism, behavior, but the allegation is that the correlation exists.
[75] Now, how did they measure anti -Semitism and or the degree of speech suppression?
[76] Well, they looked at things like usage of specific hashtags like hashtag Israeli apartheid, as well as student surveys.
[77] As for speech suppression, they looked at, quote, campaigns to investigate, censor, demote, suspend, or terminate speakers and scholars.
[78] And I want to note, they counted campaigns that came from both the left and the right.
[79] Just to give you a data point, the study found that campuses receiving undocumented funds exhibited approximately twice as many campaigns to silence academics as those that did not.
[80] Now, how significant was the correlation between funding from the Middle East and anti -Semitism?
[81] It was very significant.
[82] The study found that from 2015 to 2020, institutions that accepted money from Middle Eastern donors had, on average, 300 % more anti -Semitic incidents than those institutions that did not.
[83] Another interesting finding is that Cutter was the top contributor, of this kind of funding.
[84] So how much funding are we actually talking about?
[85] The report found that at least 200 American colleges and universities illegally withheld details about $13 billion in undisclosed contributions from foreign regimes between 2014 and 2019.
[86] Many of those regimes are authoritarian, with much of that funding coming from the Middle East.
[87] Qatar was the top donor at almost $3 billion.
[88] The UK was second and China was third.
[89] Saudi Arabia held the fourth spot at about $1 billion.
[90] Now, we have reported on Chinese money in American schools in the past.
[91] Have there been similar trends identified associated with that funding?
[92] Well, a CCP -funded campus initiative known as the Confucius Institute has gotten a lot of attention.
[93] The organization advertises itself as a harmless language learning program, but certain elements of the curriculum raised flags about foreign propaganda.
[94] An organization called Parents Defending Education coined the term Little Red Classrooms as part of the campaign to shut down the program, which was, ultimately successful.
[95] And in 2018, Congress restricted federal funding to schools that had Confucius institutes, and since then, they almost all shut down operations.
[96] That said, that hasn't stopped American schools from accepting millions in grants from China, particularly elite universities.
[97] As of now, we haven't seen the same kind of mobilization around Middle East funding, but that could change now that it's been revealed how much money it is.
[98] Right.
[99] Hopefully, this will be a wake -up call.
[100] Marade, thanks for reporting.
[101] Thanks, Georgia.
[102] Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green moved to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday.
[103] Green filed the motion after two of her constituents were among eight people who died in a car crash with a suspected human smuggler in Texas.
[104] Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce is here with the details.
[105] So Tim, this isn't the first time Green has filed for impeachment.
[106] Is there a reason to suspect this one will get further than past attempts?
[107] Well, unlike past attempts, Green filed a privileged resolution, which requires a vote within 48 business hours.
[108] None of her past attempts have gone to a vote, so at the very least, it will force lawmakers to go on the record on the matter.
[109] Green has said she expects a vote next week.
[110] Here she is introducing the motion on the House floor.
[111] Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Clause 2A1 of Rule 9, I seek recognition to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House, The form of the resolution is as follows.
[112] Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security for high crimes and misdemeanors.
[113] Now, impeachment resolutions are nothing new for Green.
[114] She's filed five against President Biden alone since last year, and she's filed more against other members of his administration.
[115] None have gone anywhere yet, and this one appears to be on a similar track.
[116] She said she wasn't able to discuss it with Speaker Johnson before filing it.
[117] Well, that said, Majorcas is also getting heat from Republicans in the Senate.
[118] What's going on there?
[119] That's right.
[120] Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has accused Mayorkas of lying under oath.
[121] Holly confronted Mayorkas in an October 31st hearing about a whistleblower tip about DHS's investigative unit.
[122] According to Holly, the whistleblower said, quote, we're being told to shut down investigations to go hand out sandwiches and escort migrants to the shower and sit with them while they're in the hospital and those types of tasks.
[123] Here's some of the back and forth between Holly and Mayorkas last week.
[124] Is she wrong?
[125] This is one of your agents.
[126] Is she wrong?
[127] She says that there are 600 at least special agents pulled off of other cases, sent down to the border to babysit illegal immigrants.
[128] Is she wrong?
[129] Senator, our personnel, we use our personnel to achieve the maximum law enforcement objective possible.
[130] That is what we do.
[131] So you're not going to deny it.
[132] And what's Majoricus's response been?
[133] On Thursday, a DHS spokeswoman said in a statement, quote, The House majority has wasted months trying to score points with baseless attacks.
[134] The statement went on to say that instead of impeachment, Congress should work with us to keep our country safe, build on the progress DHS is making, and deliver desperately needed reforms for our broken immigration system.
[135] Now, is there any appetite among House Republicans for an impeachment resolution?
[136] Essentially, every Republican agrees that Mayorkas has failed horribly, but the conference disagrees on how to handle it.
[137] Conservative members such as Chip Roy are on board with impeachment, depending on how it's handled and how the case is made.
[138] Here's Roy.
[139] Of course we should impeach Alejandro Mayorkas.
[140] I've been calling on it for two years and written out the case.
[141] I believe that my colleague Marjorie Taylor Green put a impeachment resolution, I believe, on the floor today.
[142] I've not had a chance to read it or review it.
[143] You know, it does matter what's in it.
[144] The facts will matter.
[145] The presentation of the case will matter.
[146] But more moderate members have reservations.
[147] They think that pushing too hard against Mayorkas without solid public backing could cost Republican seats in the House next election.
[148] The GOP only has a very slim majority, so losing just a few seats would have big implications for the conference.
[149] Well, we'll see what happens next week, but it sounds like public sentiment is shifting.
[150] Tim, thanks for reporting.
[151] Thanks for having me. That was Daily Wire reporter, Tim Pierce.
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