Border Crisis

Chicago Considers Border a Crisis Even If Biden Doesn’t

President Joe Biden has said he wouldn’t call the situation at the southern border a crisis, but officials in Chicago—host to this summer’s Democratic National Convention—appear to differ.  Chicago city officials, as well as Cabinet secretaries and senior staffers for Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, routinely refer to a “crisis” in emails and other […]

House GOP Unveils Impeachment Articles Against DHS Secretary Mayorkas, Will Hold House Vote ‘as Soon as Possible’

Republicans in Congress are finally ready to move against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The House Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday to consider articles of impeachment against Mayorkas for “high crimes and misdemeanors” related to his handling of the crisis at the nation’s southern border. Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee filed […]

Rising Costs of Unchecked Illegal Immigration on Taxpayers

The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ——————————————————— “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” used to […]

How SCOTUS Can Side with TX and Crush Biden’s Plan

On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling that temporarily sided with the Biden administration, allowing federal officers to cut concertina wire placed on the southern border by the state of Texas to block migrants from entering the state illegally. However, former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy argued in a Thursday piece for National Review […]

Trump Rallies Troops to Texas, Declares State ‘Must be Given Full Support to Repel the Invasion’

Support from Republicans around the country for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to continue to deploy concertina wire along the U.S. border with Mexico near Eagle Pass despite a Supreme Court ruling to the contrary. On Thursday, both the Republican Governors Association and former President Donald Trump issued statements encouraging Abbott and the authorities working […]