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'Truly Unprecedented': Human Smuggling Attempts Are Escalating in This Unlikely Sector Human smuggling attempts aimed at crossing into the United States have escalated at the northern border along Quebec and New York, according to a report from CBC. Reportedly, the flow of “irregular traffic” has increased at the northern border as tension has grown along the southern border of the United States. Since the beginning of last year, encounters at the northern border have been “rising sharply.” In 2023, border agents recorded 12,000 apprehensions at the northern border, CBC noted. In 2022, this figure was 3,600. In 2021, it was 1,006. This year, there have been 5,600 apprehensions from January to April. Ref: townhall.com

U.S. GDP Growth Disappoints U.S. economic growth for the first quarter fell far short of forecasts. Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 1.6% in the first quarter, according to an initial estimate the Bureau of Economic Analysis released today. That was below the 2.2% growth that economists surveyed by FactSet had expected. The slowdown largely reflected a pullback of growth in consumer spending, as well as exports and outlays by the government. Ref: www.barrons.com

Patriots Owner to Columbia University: Say Goodbye to My Money Robert Kraft, who is paying attention to the antisemitic and pro-terrorist shenanigans happening at Columbia University, his alma mater. The students are taking over, with the campus reverting to an old Ivy League tradition: hating Jewish people. As the faculty have now joined the students, Mr. Kraft said that he’s no longer going to donate to the school. Ref: townhall.com

"We won't support you": Inside Biden's ultimatum to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu President Biden laid out an ultimatum to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their call on Thursday: If Israel doesn't change course in Gaza, "we won't be able to support you," he said, according to three sources with knowledge of the call. Ref: www.axios.com

Fast feud NYC Burger King hit with $15M suit, accused of allowing 'open air drug bazaar' run by 'professional' dealers “There are hours of the night where we no longer feel safe walking our dog. That’s a problem,” one frightened neighbor said of the Burger King crowd. A Burger King blocks from City Hall is so overrun with drug dealers, junkies and unhinged vagrants that an angry neighbor is suing the fast-food operator for $15 million for helping to turn “Fulton Street into an open air drug bazaar.” A group of eight to 10 “professional drug dealers” are allegedly having it their way at the BK at 106 Fulton St., near Dutch Street, which they use as a “base of operation, selling illegal drugs either at the entrance . . . or during inclement weather, selling illegal drugs within the Burger King restaurant itself,” according to the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed by Kevin Kaufman Ref: nypost.com