It's Thursday, January 4th, 2024.

Global warming and Greg Abbott are to blame for the invasion at the southern border.

Missouri is the latest state to buck China.

And how far will a million dollar retirement go?

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And now on with today's edition.

Yesterday, I told you about that record-breaking December at the nation's southern border

and how Border Patrol agents at and in-between ports of entry apprehended 300,000 illegal aliens.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has taken notice.

Appearing on MSNBC, Majorcas claims he's figured out one of the root causes of the invasion.

You know, I am involved in bilateral and multilateral meetings with my counterparts from foreign

countries in Europe, in Asia, the Indo-Pacific, all over the world.

In migration, the challenge of displaced people is a subject that comes up in every single

conversation.

We have the effects of climate change.

Yeah, global warming is the cause of illegal immigration, not the Biden administration's

policies and no wall.

Okay, man.

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