In response to the January 6 attack of the U.S. Capitol, acting Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman has called for a permanent wall to surround the U.S. Capitol building. “In light of recent events, I can unequivocally say that vast improvements to …
border security
Freshman Congresswoman Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) introduced the “Protecting Americans from Unnecessary Spread upon Entry (PAUSE) Act,” her first piece of legislation as a member of the House of Representatives. The PAUSE Act would codify former President…
One of Joe Biden’s actions on his very first day in office as the 46th President of the United States was to issue a proclamation ending the previous administration’s national emergency declaration and halting all border wall construction on our border…
When it comes to securing our nation’s borders, almost all the attention is dedicated to our southern boundary with Mexico. That’s for good reason, as more than 99 percent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehensions occur along our Southe…
As the country prepares for the incoming presidential administration, one question Americans should be asking is what President-elect Joe Biden intends to do to stop the rising surge of apprehensions at the Southwest Border. One major project he could …
Illegal migration across America’s southern border isn’t what it used to be. It’s increasingly “extra-continental.” While nationals from Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras remain in the majority, more Afri…
On December 23, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) heralded the efforts of its agents during Fiscal Year 2020 with its annual report. Despite the struggles of the pandemic, forcing many Americans to shift their work from office to home, the…
If there is one book about our broken immigration system – and the solutions necessary to fix it – published this year that is a must-read, Tom Homan’s Defend The Border & Save Lives: Solving Our Most Important Humanitarian and Security Crisis woul…
There’s been a more than a 300 percent surge at the southwest border in the last eight months, rising from just over 17,000 apprehensions in April to 70,000 in November. This phenomenon is causing current and former immigration officials to speak out a…
Is the incoming Biden administration up for the challenge of oncoming waves of migrants? Apprehensions on the southern border have risen for six straight months, and smugglers are using more aggressive tactics to move migrants — including sharply…