Implementation of President Donald Trump's cocktail of policies took time, with U.S. court challenges, trial and error, and planning necessities. But by the fall of 2019, the historic numbers of Central Americans crossing the U.S. border, to the tune of 100,000 a month — 144,000 in May 2019 alone — had plummeted to (still-high) pre-crisis levels. Understanding why is key to blunting future unwanted population transfers. Video Report: How … [Read More...] about Dispatches from America’s Other Southern Border: Guatemala-Mexico
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Securing America’s Borders
Let’s Not Forget That a Whole New “Dreamer” Generation Is Waiting in the Wings Probably a million children soon enough will be seen and heard
No one has noticed the spinning political football heading right for the nation's nose, probably more than a million-strong new "dreamer" generation imported during the 2019 mass migration crisis from Central America. Surely, the parents and guardians of these hundreds of thousands of new dreamer children are watching closely for … [Read more...] about Let’s Not Forget That a Whole New “Dreamer” Generation Is Waiting in the Wings Probably a million children soon enough will be seen and heard
Terrorism and Homeland Security
On Center for Security Policy Webinar Panel: Why the Country Needs a Terrorism Offenders Registry May 20, 2020
Watch Here or click the photo "Nearly two decades have passed since the country was launched into a worldwide struggle against terrorism since 9/11. U.S. law enforcement has investigated, prosecuted, and convicted hundreds of terrorists, both those who planned and executed terrorist attacks, as well as those arrested for engaging … [Read more...] about On Center for Security Policy Webinar Panel: Why the Country Needs a Terrorism Offenders Registry May 20, 2020
What Terrorist Migration Over European Borders Can Teach About American Border Security
The Center for Immigration Studies published the results of a yearlong study of migrants who crossed Europe’s external borders and conducted attacks or who were arrested and killed committing terrorism crimes. This paper quantifies for the first time how many border-crossing migrants attacked in Europe and analyzes consequences for U.S. border security, among them: a moderate, high-consequence … [Read more...] about What Terrorist Migration Over European Borders Can Teach About American Border Security