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| TRUMP PLAN President Trump outlined a series of proposals to reform the legal immigration system, including eliminating the Diversity Visa Lottery, and increasing the percentage of high-skilled immigrants from 12% to 57%. “Currently, 66% of immigrants come here on the basis of random chance, they are admitted solely because they have a relative in the United States, and it doesn’t really matter who that relative is,” Trump said. “Random selection is contrary to American values and blocks out many potential immigrants from around the world who have much to contribute.” READ |
| CV ON IMMIGRATION PLAN“The plan includes many elements that deserve serious consideration, including greater security and enforcement, while ending the random selection lottery and replacing it with a points-based merit system that accounts for the needs of our economy, but also the importance of integration and assimilation,” said CatholicVote President Brian Burch. READ |
| PRO-LIFE MISSOURI The Missouri Senate passed a bill that would ban most abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. State Senator Andrew Koenig said he crafted the bill designed to win against court challenges. He noted that an unborn child has a 98.5% of surviving after eight weeks. “We believe that the state of Missouri has an interest in protecting that viable pregnancy [after eight weeks],” he said. READ |
| INSURRECTION According to multiple senior administration officials, President Trump is planning on using the Insurrection Act to remove illegal immigrants from the United States. The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president to summon the National Guard and military to combat “unlawful obstruction or rebellion.” At the current pace, the year 2019 will reach the highest levels of illegal immigration in a decade. READ |
| EQUALITY ACT Republican leaders decried the Equality Act, days before an expected House vote. “The Democrats’ latest piece of legislation is another mirage, packaged with a deceiving title, that ultimately chips away at our religious freedoms, would jeopardize Title IX sports programs, and puts our children at risk by eliminating parental consent in life-altering medical procedures,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. READ |
| ABORTION IS NOT HEALTH CARE Rep. Andy Biggs, R-AZ, introduces a bill which would prevent the IRS from accepting abortion costs toward tax-deductible medical expenses. “It’s time for us to be honest with ourselves – health care is primarily a restorative function, one that helps our bodies heal from a disease or ailment. Under no circumstances should health care include the intentional taking of a life,” said Biggs. READ |
| ATTACKING ALABAMA State officials in Colorado and Maryland are telling state employees to avoid travel to Alabama since the state passed a law protecting unborn children. Additionally, Maryland’s chief financial officer wants the state to divest its retirement pension funds from Alabama businesses. READ |
| 2020 Sen. Mike Lee, R-UT, did not vote for Donald Trump for president. But he will in 2020. “I have been pleasantly surprised at what [Trump] has done,” said Lee. “Now, I don’t agree with him on everything … I disagree with him, for example, on trade policy. But I have great respect for the fact that he came to Washington and actually did what he said he was going to do, more so that any president in modern U.S. History.” READ |
| GOVERNMENT WASTE The Trump administration terminated a $928 million contract with California High-Speed Rail Authority. The Federal Railroad Administration said that California “abandoned” the original plan of a high-speed rail service connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles. READ |
| ABORTION AND MEDIA In the wake of new abortion legislation, the media are racing to cover actresses’ positive abortion stories, from Busy Philipps to Jameela Jamil. But there’s another actress telling her story – and it’s going unnoticed. “My soul was empty,” said the 39 year-old actress. READ |
| FERTILITY RATE There’s a direct correlation between secularism and the country’s lowest-ever fertility rate. “If your worldview is primarily formed around personal fulfillment and self-actualization, where is the incentive to have a family? You might have one child for the experience, but not two or three or four,” said author Jonathan Last. READ |
| SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Paschal Baylon was born into the Golden Age of the Church in Spain: the 16th century. He worked as a shepherd where he had ample time for prayer and mortification. He eventually joined the Friars Minor and served as a brother in several capacities. Saint Paschal had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.” (Ps 2:7) READ |
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