Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Chris Olivarez discusses a surge in smuggling across the southern border.
Republican South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the incoming Senate majority leader, announced that defense and border security will be the Senate’s first order of business when the new Congress convenes in January. Using the reconciliation process, Thune aims to work quickly with the House.
A tax on remittances from illegal aliens should be part of this legislative package.
President Joe Biden’s open border policies resulted in an all-too-predictable wave of illegal immigration, with likely more than 16 million illegal aliens now residing in the U.S. And, for breaking the law, these migrants are treated to some $151 billion in net taxpayer support — about $8,776 per illegal immigrant and their children annually for social services, education, health care and law enforcement.
SOME MIGRANTS ANTICIPATING TRUMP'S POLICIES ARE ALREADY TURNING BACK HOME: REPORT
Growing realization of taxpayer dollars subsidizing this flow of humans trafficked across our borders by criminal cartels has boiled over into the consciousness of the residents of many big cities. People in Chicago or New York are rightfully angry at the mounting cost of services provided to people who aren’t legally in the nation.
Immigrants line up at a remote U.S. Border Patrol processing center after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on December 7, 2023,........