Border Security blog

Remain in Mexico and Safe Third Country Rules, How Each Is Supposed to Work The statutes, the 2004 Canada agreement, the 2019 Migrant Protection Protocols and Biden v. Texas explained, with the case for asylum at the first safe country. Sep 3, 2026 Why Unaccompanied Children From Mexico Get a Different Legal Process A 2008 anti-trafficking law gives children from Honduras a hearing and a federal shelter, while children from Mexico can be returned quickly. Here is why. Aug 27, 2026 A Secure Border Is the Humane Border, and Here Is the Moral Case Lax enforcement feeds smugglers and desert deaths. A step-by-step moral case that order protects migrants and citizens, with the cruelty charge answered. Aug 20, 2026 Terrorist Travel and the Visa Lessons the 9/11 Commission Laid Out The 9/11 attackers entered on visas and several broke their terms. The Commission showed immigration enforcement is counterterrorism; the work is unfinished. Jul 4, 2026 How a Smuggling Network Prices a Border Crossing and Who Gets Paid Human smuggling is a tiered business in which many hands take a cut, and every policy that makes entry look possible raises the demand they sell to. Jun 28, 2026 How the Credible Fear Screen Works and Why Its Bar Was Set So Low The credible fear interview decides who gets a full asylum hearing. Its low bar was built on purpose, and the gap it leaves is where reform belongs. Apr 17, 2026 Ranchers on the Line and the Property Rights Fight at the Southern Border Border families bear the cost of a porous line, yet barriers can mean taking their land. Conservatives owe them an answer that honors security and property. Mar 12, 2026 A Satirical Visit to the Gated Estate That Wants Every Other Gate Torn Down A labelled satire about a community with a gate, a guest list and a pool that lectures the country on borders, then the serious point underneath it. Jan 17, 2026 Does Mass Illegal Entry Count as an Invasion Under the Constitution Two clauses use the word invasion, conservatives disagree on whether they reach unlawful migration, and the courts have mostly declined to say. Dec 12, 2025