NEWS AND OPINION:

A group of outspoken Republican governors — 25 of them — have contacted the White House to express their dismay and concern over immigration issues. Here’s a portion of the four-page letter the group sent on Tuesday:

“Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris: As governors representing millions of Americans, we write to express our strong concern over the lack of coordination and sharing of information from the Biden-Harris administration regarding its ongoing Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) asylum program directly affecting our states and local communities. We believe the merits of the CHNV program are misguided and administration of the program has been abused,” the governors said.

“The impact of this ’parole’ process has been a sudden influx of foreign nationals throughout our states and communities. The unexplainable lack of any communication from your administration over arrival times, duration of residency, legal status, and location of these ’parolees’ has created considerable confusion and alarm among local officials and the general public,” the letter said.

---

---

“The apparent dumping of migrants into our cities and small towns with no advance notice has not only sowed mistrust and fear among the public, but it has also placed the migrants themselves at potential of physical harm. After being met with understandable skepticism from the communities in which they are now living, migrants have become fearful to interact with the public. This isolation has created a ripe environment for their exploitation and abuse,” the letter said.

“We request your administration furnish our states complete information about the location and status of migrants being directed to our communities. Thanking you in advance for your timely response to this urgent request,” the letter later concluded.

The Republican governors who signed it are Kay Ivey of Alabama, Mike Dunleavy of Alaska, Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, Ron DeSantis of Florida, Brian Kemp of Georgia, Brad Little of Idaho, Eric Holcomb of Indiana, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Jeff Landry of Louisiana, Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Mike Parson of Missouri, Greg Gianforte of Montana, Jim Pillen of Nebraska, Joe Lombardo of Nevada, Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, Doug Burgum of North Dakota, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Bill Lee of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Spencer Cox of Utah, Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, Jim Justice of West Virginia and Mark Gordon of Wyoming.

WHERE’S TRUMP?

He’s on the campaign trail, of course. Former President Donald Trump is off to Pennsylvania on Wednesday for an afternoon event in Scranton — President Biden’s birthplace — followed by an evening appearance in Reading, more than 100 miles away.

Pennsylvania is a popular place right now. “Former President Barack Obama is coming to Pittsburgh on Thursday on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris, although the campaign has yet to release any details of the visit,” the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Tuesday.

Other campaign proxies are in the Keystone State.

“Elon Musk plans more campaigning for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, a source familiar with the effort said,” Reuters news agency reported.

Meanwhile, former Rep. Liz Cheney — a Wyoming Republican who has endorsed Ms. Harris — is headlining a “fireside chat” in support of the vice president at an event in Montgomery County. She’ll have company — Cassidy Hutchinson, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sarah Matthews will also be on the stage. All three were at one time or another aides to Mr. Trump.

AWARDS OF NOTE

Homeland Security Today — a news and information resource for the homeland security community — is ready to take nominations for its annual Holiday Hero Awards. This year’s event to honor those heroes will take place on Dec. 5.

“We at Homeland Security Today are preparing to honor the heroes that made America safer, stronger, and more resilient in 2024,” the organization said in its notice for the event.

“We’ll gather to celebrate the people from across the country who are carrying the mission day-in and day-out. Each year, the awardees show us extraordinary courage, innovation, perseverance, patience. And we find them because of your nominations,” the notice said.

Nominations will be accepted until midnight on Oct. 15. Find details at HStodayawards.org.

FOXIFIED

Fox Business Network’s Charles Payne will present a one-hour town hall meeting on Thursday with an intriguing title: “Unbreakable Investor: Preserving Our Animal Spirits.”

Mr. Payne will address investment tactics and offer ways to use “instinct and intuition to create a chaos-proof portfolio.” The program airs at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

Meanwhile, Fox News itself continues to draw the largest audiences in cable news. In the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6, the network drew a daily average of 3.1 million prime-time viewers and 1.7 million during the day, according to Nielsen Media Research. One event stood out, however.

“Fox News Media’s simulcast of the CBS vice presidential debate between Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance outpaced linear television, digital and streaming, averaging 10,684,000 viewers,” the network said in a written statement.

In addition, pre-debate coverage with anchors Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Jesse Watters, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity from 8:20 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern had a hefty audience of 4.9 million viewers, which also bested the competition.

POLL DU JOUR

• 66% of likely U.S. voters say they are “almost certain” they will vote in the presidential election. 69% of Democrats, 68% of Republicans and 62% of independents agree.

• 28% say it is “very likely” they will vote in the election. 27% of Democrats, 29% of Republicans and 29% of independents agree.

• 3% say it is “somewhat likely” they will vote. 3% of Democrats, 1% of Republicans and 5% of independents agree.

• 1% say it is “not very likely” they will vote. 1% of Democrats, 1% of Republicans and 1% of independents agree.

• 1% say it is “not at all likely” they will vote. 1% of Democrats, 1% of Republicans and 2% of independents agree.

• 1% don’t know whether they will vote. 1% of Democrats, 1% of Republicans and 1% of independents agree.

SOURCE: A New York Times/Siena College poll of 3,385 likely voters conducted by telephone Sept. 29-Oct. 6.

• Follow Jennifer Harper on X @HarperBulleitn, on Facebook @HarperUniverse.