Why doesn't the US secure its borders?

Mexico is stopping nearly three times as many migrants now ...

The Mexican government doesn't publicly share its migrant interdiction numbers like the U.S. does. The high numbers of migrants stopped in ...

Why Does the Media Continue to Mislead Americans About the ...

Mark Morgan is a Visiting Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. Venezuelan migrants camp in front ...

This is Texas hold 'em – why Texas is fighting the US government to ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been battling with the Biden administration since 2021 over the state's ability to secure its border with Mexico.

Supreme Court says Texas can't block feds from the border

The high court's order effectively maintains long-running precedent that the federal government — not individual states — has authority to ...

How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders - Council on Foreign Relations

President Donald Trump and Democratic lawmakers battled over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, leading to a government shutdown, a presidential emergency ...

Eight Reasonable Border Security Proposals (That Are Not a Wall)

There are several border security proposals the U.S. government could invest in that would actually making the border more secure.

The Wall: The real costs of a barrier between the United States and ...

In her Brookings Essay, "The Wall," Brookings Senior Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown explains the true costs of building a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Why can't the United States secure its southern border with Mexico?

Two short answers: in 1964 Congress ended the Bracero Treaty with Mexico, the one enacted during WWII to allow Mexican agricultural workers ...

Why Biden's Border Policies Aren't Working - WSJ

Four months after President Biden switched strategies to stem illegal crossings at the southern border, the new plan isn't working.

Ground Truth Briefing | The Consequences of a US-Mexico Border ...

Overview. Over the past week, President Trump has renewed threats to shut down the US-Mexico border. This comes at a ...

Is the Border More Secure Under Biden Than Trump? What We Know

Newsweek analyzed U.S. Customs and Border Protection data to fact check White House claims that Biden is "doing a lot more" than Trump did ...

The Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Border Security

Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, the federal government has spent an estimated $324 billion on the ...

Biden admits border isn't secure. His failure to fix it hurts us all

Officials have told me the northern border is vulnerable because Border Patrol agents have been transferred to handle the southern migration ...

Can the President “Close the Border”? Relevant Laws and ...

Prior to the Trump presidency, there were at least two occasions when past Presidents substantially restricted operations at ports of entry on ...

President Biden says he'll shut the U.S.-Mexico border if given ... - PBS

President Joe Biden has made some strong claims over the past few days about shutting down the US-Mexico border as he tries to salvage a border deal in ...

At the southern U.S. border, there's less security and more lies

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its October 2023 monthly update and they did so earlier than usual. That is likely because this ...

Why the border is such an impossible political issue - Washington Post

Both times, it's been Republicans who have backed away. That includes a restrictive border security bill that Democratic and Republican senators ...

Does President Biden need Congress to shut down border?

House Republicans leaders have dismissed the proposed legislation, saying President Joe Biden does not need Congress to stop the record levels of illegal ...

Biden considering executive action to close southern border ... - CNN

The White House is considering executive action that would allow President Joe Biden to effectively shut down the border to migrants ...

Biden said he'd shut the U.S.-Mexico border. What does that mean?

President Joe Biden has made some strong claims over the past few days about shutting down the US-Mexico border as he tries to salvage a border deal in ...