Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would deputize some of its senior Border Patrol officers as asylum adjudicators. This is a welcome development and one that could go a long way in ending the ongoing border surge. Border Patrol officers apprehended more than 76,000 illegal border crossers in February. That … Continued
From time to time, our NumbersUSA activists share with us the letters they receive from Members of Congress in response to a message they sent from their Action Board. In recent weeks, lawmakers, especially Democrats, have been telling our activists that the number of border apprehensions is down compared to past years, so there’s no crisis … Continued
By Jeremy Beck
A record number of migrants traveling with children have been apprehended at the border with a month to go in the fiscal year. Alfredo Corchado and Diane Solis of the Dallas Morning News report that the “renewed surge in Central American family migration is overwhelming private shelters and U.S. immigration holding centers.” Eric Olson of … Continued
The House Judiciary Committee hosted a Department of Homeland Security oversight hearing last Wednesday with Secretary Janet Napolitano. As you may recall, the House Homeland Security Committee shares a certain amount of legislative jurisdiction with the House Judiciary Committee regarding the Department of Homeland Security. While the Homeland Security Committee covers border security issues, most … Continued
By Roy Beck
Now, this is what responsive elected officials look like! Last week, Congress and the White House received nearly 200,000 faxes from citizens (through NumbersUSA’s website) demanding that the federal government stop the lawlessness and near-anarchy on our southern border that daily threaten U.S. citizens with the denial of their most basic civil right — LIFE. … Continued
