By scrapping Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration at the southern border, President Joe Biden can claw back Pentagon funds earmarked for wall construction. But any suggestion that the crisis has gone away is countered by swelling numbers …
Southern Border
President-elect Joe Biden could save $2.6 billion if he keeps his pledge to end construction of the southern border wall, according to an Army Corps of Engineers estimate. But media reports glossed over, or simply ignored, the much bigger costs of such…
As the United States experiences a surge of apprehensions on our Southern border, Americans should be asking what the next presidential administration will do to slow the flow of unlawful migrants into our country. With nearly 70,000 migrants apprehen…
Chinese cartels are rapidly expanding the fentanyl and methamphetamine drug trade in Mexico—a phenomenon that is taking the lives of many Americans and underscores the importance of having a secure southern border. In recent years, the “Los Zheng” cart…
President Donald Trump’s ban on “non-essential” border travel isn’t slowing down traffic coming from Mexico. Since the March 20 order was extended to Sept. 21, volumes have increased and sharply in some areas. San Ysidro, the busiest port of entry in C…
Arrivals at America’s southern border are rising, despite the continued ban on “non-essential” travel. At the rate northbound traffic is increasing, crossings will soon be back to pre-COVID-19 levels. An interactive government database shows pedestrian…
Illegal alien apprehensions along America’s southwest border continue to climb for the second month in a row, with June apprehensions exceeding 32,000, more than double those of April. While this is a concerning trend, these levels are well below those…
Southern border apprehensions increased by roughly 90 percent between April and June totaling to 32,512 last month, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. The increase is a surprise to many as the Trump administration’s …
The suite of immigration control measures taken by the Trump administration – including the Migrant Protection Protocols, the Mexican crackdown on its southern border, interior repatriation of Mexicans and third safe country agreements with several Cen…
Politico, an inside-the-Beltway news site, rarely passes up an opportunity to take potshots at President Donald Trump. Its latest salvo from America’s southern border went even wider left than usual. Clearly miffed at the administration’s efforts to se…