Border Patrol agents overwhelmingly support Trump’s wall in new survey

The Washington Times reports that “Border Patrol agents say they can’t be much clearer: They want more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border.” A survey conducted by the National Border Patrol Council, the agents’ union, finds that personnel overwhelmingly support adding a “wall system” in strategically important locations, “embracing President Trump’s argument that it will boost their ability to nab or deter would-be illegal immigrants,” Stephen Dinan writes.

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Stephen Moore writes in the New York Post that President Trump’s trade victories are a huge benefit to American workers. The President has a clear message that “unfair trade practices, non-tariff barriers against American products, stealing intellectual property and cheating on existing trade treaties will no longer be acceptable,” Moore says.

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In Real Clear Politics, Rick Manning writes that “Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is bringing responsibility and transparency to his agency – so of course he is under attack by Democrats.” Manning explains that “Mulvaney is trying to make his agency operate in a constitutional fashion by making sure its actions stay within the realm of its authority and its operating costs stay within an appropriate budget.”

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“A Springfield solar company announced Monday it's adding 30 new jobs thanks to a corporate tax rate cut championed by President Donald Trump,” the Springfield News-Leader reports. “According to a press release, Sun Solar employed about 100 people at the start of 2018, 17 percent of whom are U.S. military veterans,” Giacomo Bologna writes.