American swimmer Nic Fink broke a 120-year-old Olympic record on Sunday when he tied British champion Adam Peaty for the silver medal in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke: he competed — and medaled — in the Olympic Games at the age of 31 while also holding down a day job.

In a finish that was almost too close to call, Italian swimmer Nicolo Martinenghi took the gold medal with a time of 59.03 and Fink — a New Jersey native — touched the wall at 59.05 seconds, exactly at the same time as the British defending champion.

“It’s kind of strange splitting a medal, but I’ve actually split a silver medal before in the 100 breast. It’s kind of funny how it’s happened again,” Fink said, referencing a three-way tie in the event that had occurred at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan in 2023.

“With Adam, he’s a legend in the sport, and it’s awesome to see his comeback and his return, and to share the podium with him — let alone the silver medal — is an awesome experience,” Fink added, giving a nod to Peaty’s recent break from competition to focus on his mental health. “To see Nicolo there as well, we’ve been racing together quite a while, so it’s really cool to share the podium with all those guys.”

But what made the event a record-breaker was neither the impressively fast time nor the fact that in a race where hundredths of a second count, there was a tie. It wasn’t even the fact that Fink holds a full-time job in addition to his rigorous training and competition schedules. On Sunday, at the age of 31, Fink became the oldest American swimmer to medal in the Olympic Games since 1904.

“At 31 years old, Fink became the oldest first-time U.S. Olympic swimming medalist in modern history — and the oldest in 120 years if you count 36-year-old Edgar Adams and his silver medal in the ‘plunge for distance’ from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis,” SwimSwam reported.

The Biden-Harris administration proposed a new rule that would allow illegal immigrants to access taxpayer-funded college preparatory programs that were meant to assist low-income American citizens.

The new proposed rule from the Biden-Harris Department of Education would allow illegal immigrants who qualify for the Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) to access federal TRIO programs targeted to serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post-baccalaureate programs.

“The proposed changes would expand eligibility to include students without immigration status,” the proposed rule from the Biden-Harris administration states.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) blasted the proposed rule from the Democratic administration, noting that it would allow illegal immigrants to take the spots of American citizens.

“The Biden-Harris administration’s proposal would take college preparatory aid away from American citizens and give it to illegal aliens,” Banks stated. “Instead of waiting until 2025 for this America Last policy to be reversed, House Republicans should pass my bill to protect working American families’ access to college aid,” he also went on to say, referencing his piece of legislation called the American Students First Act that would prevent the taxpayer-funded program from being used by illegal immigrants.

Virginia Foxx (R-NC), who serves as the Chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, also criticized the proposed rule, contending that the Biden-Harris administration would be “siphoning resources away from low-income American citizens.”

“There’s a laundry list of problems facing students and postsecondary education today: Costs are soaring, the FAFSA rollout has been butchered, anti-semitism is running rampant across college campuses, just to name a few,” Foxx stated. “But what is the Biden administration focused on? Siphoning resources away from low-income American citizens by stretching college-prep programs thin to cover illegal immigrants.”

The attempt to divert taxpayer funds to illegal immigrants comes as the Biden-Harris administration has presided over the largest surge in illegal immigration in American history.  More than 10 million people have unlawfully crossed the border during the administration, with an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded since January 2021.

Public opinion survey has found that an increasing share of Americans are in favor of slashing immigration and ramping up mass deportations, while illegal immigration has become one of the most important issues for voters as we near the November election.