On April 19, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released data on the number of illegal aliens encountered along the southern border in March. Unsurprisingly, the data indicate the current border crisis is far from over. Last month, CBP officials …
Border Crisis 2021
On April 1, the Biden administration announced its decision to end Title 42 expulsions at the border beginning on May 23. The decision prompted outcry from lawmakers and organizations who noted that ending Title 42 will incentivize even more people to …
In announcing his 2023 budget last month, President Joe Biden declared: “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” Indeed. Biden’s spending plan lays bare for all to see the diminished value he gives to borde…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released the border apprehension numbers for February showing a 110 percent increase between 2021 and 2022. This data confirms what we already knew: The Biden administration has made mass illegal migration the n…
The specter of (yet another) Russian invasion is currently hanging over the nation of Ukraine, which only three decades ago managed to extricate itself from the Soviet “prison of peoples.” Concurrently, our own southwestern border has been in major cri…
President Biden and his administration effectively dismantled the nation’s immigration apparatus in just one year. Southern border arrests rose to levels never seen before. Deportations and arrests of those unlawfully present in the country fell to his…
On December 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released data on the number of unlawful migrants encountered along the Southwest border in November. The data show border authorities encountered 173,620 illegal aliens last month – a 5 percent i…
In George Orwell’s 1984, the Party’s three chief slogans were “war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.” The British author was referring to the manner in which totalitarian regimes (be they communist or fascist) engage in semantic acro…
President Joe Biden’s border crisis still rages on as Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 began last month. On November 15, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced authorities encountered 164,303 illegal aliens along the Southwest border in October. While…
As reported last week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released the number of border encounters in September, bringing the year-end total to 1,734,686 – an all-time record. It is no surprise that border encounters have increased nearly every month …