{"id":20514,"date":"2019-01-08T12:34:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T17:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=20514"},"modified":"2019-01-10T14:31:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T19:31:10","slug":"border-patrol-chief-makes-it-clear-we-need-the-wall-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/01\/08\/border-patrol-chief-makes-it-clear-we-need-the-wall-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol Council President: We Need The Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Judd, the president of the National Border Patrol Council \u2013 which represents the approximately 20,000 Border Patrol agents who protect our nation\u2019s borders \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vlOonpwOS_Q&amp;t=12s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minced no words<\/a> at a recent press conference underscoring the importance of border barriers and the effectiveness of the wall. \u201cWalls actually work,\u201d noted the 21-year Border Patrol veteran, who has spent a significant portion of his career patrolling the Southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Judd pointed out that contrary to claims made by many so-called experts and open border advocates over the efficacy of building a wall, he\u2019s seen first-hand how well border structures deter illegal immigration. \u201cI promise you that if you interview Border Patrol agents, they will tell you that walls work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judd recalled his ten year experience patrolling the border in Naco, Arizona, where there were no real deterrents to illegal entry. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have physical barriers in Naco, and illegal immigration and drug smuggling were absolutely out of control,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe built those walls \u2013 those physical barriers \u2013 and illegal immigration dropped exponentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judd pointed out that anywhere along the border where walls have been built, they have been incredibly effective. \u201cWe need those physical barriers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Judd, the president of the National Border Patrol Council \u2013 which represents the approximately 20,000 Border Patrol agents who protect our nation\u2019s borders \u2013 minced no words at a recent press conference underscoring the importance of border barriers and the effectiveness of the wall. \u201cWalls actually work,\u201d noted the 21-year Border Patrol veteran, who<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/01\/08\/border-patrol-chief-makes-it-clear-we-need-the-wall-immigrationreform-com\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":15843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[1514,1524,614],"yst_prominent_words":[2623,2291,2043,2042,2037,2013,2011,1963,4121,4120,4124,2120,2041,4122,2622,4087,4123,2301,3197,2128],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20516,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20514\/revisions\/20516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20514"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=20514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}