Further evidence of the necessity of increased border enforcement was provided on Monday with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reporting that border apprehensions in November declined. This represents the sixth straight month of declining apprehensions, which is often an indicator of falling illegal migration. Defying the seasonal increases witnessed in recent years, apprehensions have actually fallen by 70 percent since the border crisis peaked in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The downward trend of apprehensions is not the\nconsequence of dumb luck, but smart policy, including those Trump\nadministration initiatives aimed specifically at deterring the family unit\nmigration that was driving the surge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe message is clear\u2014don\u2019t give away your life savings to the smugglers and risk the lives of your family. You will no longer be allowed to exploit our laws and be allowed into our country,\u201d said acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan at Monday\u2019s press conference<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Morgan told<\/a> Fox News that the 85 percent reduction in Central American families arriving at the border is a consequence of the Remain in Mexico policy, which requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico until their cases are concluded, and renewed cooperation between the U.S., Mexico, and the Northern Triangle nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the Trump administration\u2019s policy initiatives\nand regulatory actions have achieved progress, most lawmakers in Congress have\nnot moved beyond merely recognizing a border crisis exists. And those calling\nthemselves \u201cprogressive\u201d actually are advocating an illogical regression to\nlast summer\u2019s chaos. Not only is the majority party in the House refusing to\nallow any funding for border wall construction in appropriations measures, they\nare doing everything to undermine interior enforcement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, Sen. Bob Menendez\u00a0(D-N.J.) announced in November a bill<\/a> designed to protect illegal aliens \u201cfrom employers who use illegal business practices and threaten workers with deportation\u201d if they file labor claims. Of course, employers who abuse workers, regardless of their immigration status, should be punished severely. But punishing employers should not mean giving a free pass to illegal aliens for having violated the law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Menendez and the bicameral cosponsors completely ignore that the first \u201cillegal business practice\u201d is hiring an illegal immigrant. Not only would the legislation \u201cprotect\u201d them from deportation, it aims to make them eligible to apply for a U-visa, which is set aside for real victims of crimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the House, radical left wing members are employing their own \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy by demanding no funding for ICE<\/a>, a reduction in detention beds, and a cessation of virtually every policy that has led to lower apprehension numbers. Unless their blackmail is agreed to, they are threatening to not vote to fund the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With eyes focused on protecting their own keisters they are blind to what every border and ICE agent knows \u2013 the crisis is far from over. The discovery of 11 Chinese nationals last weekend hidden within pieces of furniture<\/a> in a truck stopped at a San Diego port of entry is reminder of the need for strong, consistent and unrelenting border security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Further evidence of the necessity of increased border enforcement was provided on Monday with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reporting that border apprehensions in November declined. This represents the sixth straight month of declining apprehensions, which is often an indicator of falling illegal migration. Defying the seasonal increases witnessed in recent years, apprehensions have actually<\/p>\n