Tag: Border

Inside the Beltway: GOP encounters the encounters in border crisis

NEWS AND OPINION: The Republican National Committee continues to track the ongoing arrival of unauthorized visitors to the U.S. The committee tells Inside the Beltway that 189,372 illegal immigrants were encountered attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in March alone, marking the 37th straight month of President Biden‘s tenure in office that such encounters have […]

Mayorkas Stumbles on Question About Border Enforcement Power

Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, left Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stumbling during a Wednesday hearing by rhetorically asking him what powers Congress had stripped him of to enforce the border. Mayorkas testified during a hearing of the House Appropriations’ homeland security subcommittee titled “Budget Hearing: Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Department of Homeland Security.” Cloud […]

Epidemiologist Warns About What’s NOT Happening at the Border

Some years ago, my family and I visited Ellis Island. From 1892 to 1954, it served as the nation’s busiest immigrant inspection station, processing over 12 million immigrants seeking entry into the United States. Part of the tour included a display of some frightening-looking tools that were used for the careful health check immigrants were […]