It’s been fun to watch the media discuss the border crisis in real time, improvising their arguments on the fly. Let’s try A, and if that doesn’t work, we’ll try B. First, they said there was no surge at the border — it was a phony crisis manufactured by the Drudge Report. The facts on the […] Continue reading → 
Looking to Congress for urgent help. A top United States general in charge of protecting the southern border says he’s been unable to combat the steady flow of illegal drugs, weapons and people from Central America, and is looking to Congress for urgent help. Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, has asked […] Continue reading → 
Mike Shedlock Logically, one might assume that “foreign” aid is legitimate aid to foreigners. A little digging reveals the true nature of “aid”. For example, please consider the Foreign Policy Journal report Monsanto and Foreign Aid: Forcing El Salvador’s Hand. U.S. foreign aid is expected to promote poverty alleviation and facilitate developmental growth in impoverished […] Continue reading → 
Breitbart- by Brandon Darby MCALLEN, Texas—In one weekend, the U.S. Border Patrol prevented murder suspects, multiple sex offenders, and an MS-13 gang member from entering the interior of Texas after they illegally entered into the U.S. from Mexico. The arrests occurred in the Rio Grande Valley sector, ground zero of the current border crisis. The […] Continue reading → 
The Obama administration unveiled measures to handle a surge of undocumented immigrants entering the U.S. — particularly unaccompanied children — by adding border enforcement personnel and funding repatriation efforts. The U.S. plans to spend $9.6 million to help Central American governments repatriate citizens who’ve crossed into the U.S. illegally. The money is intended to enable […] Continue reading →