On April 29, approximately 400 migrants from Central America arrived in Tijuana, Mexico after traveling for weeks in a caravan from Honduras. Their goal was to present themselves to U.S. immigration officials and request asylum in the United States at the San Ysidro port of entry. However, that evening, Border Patrol commissioner Kevin McAleenan released […]
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CBP Drone Use Raises Privacy, Effectiveness Questions
After more than a decade of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone use, a May 1 CATO Institute report recommends either discontinuing the program or curbing drone use to ensure Americans’ privacy. “Drones have led to only 0.5 percent of apprehensions at a cost of $32,000 per arrest,” wrote David J. Bier and Matthew Feeney […]
National Debt is Biggest Security Threat to U.S.
Congress recently fired a shot across the bow of the Pentagon. The Defense Department was warned that it better take advantage of the two-year budget boost in defense spending because lean years are coming. The U.S. now has to grapple with a $21 trillion national debt. Budget deficits are returning to the $1 trillion annual […]
Hanson: California Immigration Debate Incoherent
Victor Davis Hanson, historian and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, sat down for “The Classicist” podcast recently and explored the complexities of the ongoing illegal immigration debate. He began by relating a story of one of his best students at Cal State Fresno. The student was in the country illegally and trying desperately to […]
North Korea Nuclear Test Site Collapsed
The South China Morning Post reported April 25 that the mountain site where North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests has collapsed. The Punggye-ri nuclear test site, which includes Mount Mantap, is about 400 miles northeast of Pyongyang. “One group of researchers found that the most recent blast tore open a hole in the mountain, […]