President Donald J. Trump spoke at the UN General Assembly for the first time today, and while he spoke on a great number of subjects, including North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons and the Iran nuclear deal, the president took time to speak in support of strong borders to control mass immigration and in support of housing refugees close to their countries of origin.
Richard Stana, director of homeland security and justice issues at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), said on Thursday that DHS and the Border Patrol can only stop illegal entries along 129 miles of the nearly 2,000-mile-long U.S. - Mexico border.
Two Texas bridges, or "grade control structures" as the International Boundary and Water Commission likes to call them, that cross the Rio Grande are unguarded and allow for easy illegal immigration into the United States
"Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano echoed the warning and called it "very likely that we will see more serious presentations of illness and some deaths as we go through this flu cycle."
"In a normal seasonal influenza cycle, we would anticipate, across the United States, 35,000 deaths," Ms. Napolitano said. "Of course, this is not a seasonal flu, but I think it would not be unexpected that there will be some more severe illness and some deaths as we proceed forward...."
New numbers suggest that individuals are being deterred from crossing into the United States illegally. Chief Patrol Agent Robert Gilbert credits his agency's hard work and wise planning.
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies shows that America's refusal to secure our borders has fueled a marked increase in the level of gang violence.
Recent employment figures show that California's day labor population is dropping due to a decrease in the number of construction jobs caused by America's recent economic downturn and the increased vigilance of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.