#’We might get deported but have to try’

#’We might get deported but have to try’

“‘We might get deported but have to try’” EL PASO, Texas — A trio of Venezuelan migrants who crossed into the US illegally endured a harrowing first few days in Texas — sleeping on rainy streets and trying to scrounge up enough money to head elsewhere for work. Ana Gabriela Garcia, her husband and their…

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#To restore order at the border, Democrats must fund enforcing the law

#To restore order at the border, Democrats must fund enforcing the law

“To restore order at the border, Democrats must fund enforcing the law” President Joe Biden inherited what his first Border Patrol chief called “arguably the most effective border security in” history. Operational control rapidly disintegrated, however, as Biden reversed nearly all of President Donald Trump’s successful border policies without implementing his own promised “guardrails” to prevent a…

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#Gall out in the ‘open’ at the US border

#Gall out in the ‘open’ at the US border

“Gall out in the ‘open’ at the US border” Decades of writing about politicians has taught me that the successful ones generally do not make big decisions on the fly. If you watch and listen, you can usually spot a deliberative process and defensible reasoning behind their positions. But now comes a major exception: the…

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#Judge stays Biden admin’s termination of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

#Judge stays Biden admin’s termination of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

“Judge stays Biden admin’s termination of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy” A district court judge stayed the Biden administration’s cancellation of the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy on Thursday that forced thousands of asylum-seekers to wait for their immigration hearings south of the border.  In the 35-page ruling, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk argued that the Biden administration…

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#Letters to the Editor — Dec. 15, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — Dec. 15, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — Dec. 15, 2022” The Issue: The rising numbers of migrants trying to cross the border ahead of the end of Title 42. President Biden, I think it’s time to secure the United States’ southern border (“Rush hour,” Dec. 13). It has become a crisis, and America has lost its credibility…

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