…and Border Patrol (CBP) apprehended more than 100,000 crossers—the highest monthly total in over a decade. CBP officials have called it a “system-wide emergency.” Yet Democrats, who continue to raise…
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Texas House Advances Legislation to Add Illegal Aliens to Welfare Rolls
…increase in families, or those posing as families, apprehended at the border,” said Nielsen. “Of great concern to me is that the children are being used as pawns to…
Cruz and Cornyn Join Texas Senate Republicans in Demanding Border Security
…(R–Pleasanton), who represents over 400 miles of the southern border and two major ports of entry, said, “The border of today is not the same as the border of my…
Commentary: ‘The System Is On Fire’
In 2014, President Obama declared a “humanitarian crisis” at the border. But in just the first three months of 2019, apprehensions at the border are almost double the rate they…
Abortion Activist Wendy Davis Confirms She is Mulling Another Run
…candidacy statewide by more than 20 percentage points. Davis was only able to win a small number of border counties, in addition to Dallas and Travis counties, outright. Since the…
Democrats Reject Border Security in Partisan Senate Fight
…Congress that the crisis at the border is very real,” said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after the vote. “This past weekend, border officials announced what was obvious to millions of…
Commentary: Speaking Up About the Budget
…Hurricane Harvey relief) is too much, and lasting property tax relief has not fully materialized (yet). Border security funding is maintained, alternatives to abortion received record funding, and public education…
City to Install “Virtual Gate” of Surveillance Cameras
…crime has dropped 23.6 percent since 2017, and he feels the new system could further enhance overall public safety. The virtual border will cost the city’s 15,000 residents $4.5 million….
Beto Tries to Fail Upwards, Announces Presidential Bid
…like to take down the border wall in El Paso, despite evidence that the barrier has curtailed crime in the city dramatically since its installation. The announcement video was, however,…
Commentary: Where Is #MeToo for Women at the Border?
Customs and Border Patrol released statistics last week showing the highest number of apprehensions at the border in 11 years. But along with the numbers of illegal crossers, an equally…