Border Crisis Archives

With a giant chart behind him documenting illegal immigration statistics, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., speaks at a hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024.

EXCLUSIVE: House Subcommittee to Examine Biden Admin’s ‘Failure’ at Southern Border

Virginia Allen / March 20, 2025

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—More than 10 million people entered the country illegally during the four years of the Biden administration, according to Customs and… Read More

Law SecurityCommentary

President Trump speaks in a suit near a large cache of DEA evidence of fentanyl

Here’s Why America Needs the HALT Fentanyl Act, and Why It Won’t Lead to Overcriminalization

John Koufos / March 20, 2025

I worked with President Donald Trump on the First Step Act and am acutely aware of the damage that unnecessarily tough-on-crime laws can do, but… Read More

Commentary

The Left’s Lies Did Terrible Damage to America

Victor Davis Hanson / March 19, 2025

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see… Read More

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Sheriff Bill Waybourn wears a black cowboy hat and uniform while sitting in front of an American flag.

One Texas Jail Tells the Story of America’s Illegal Immigration Crisis

R.E. Wermus / March 19, 2025

Mexican cartel members are “running scared” and fearful of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, according to the sheriff of Tarrant County, Texas. Like… Read More

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Rancher Russell Johnson walks with friends on his ranch in Luna County, New Mexico, along the border with Mexico, on March 12.

They Live and Work on the Border. Here’s What’s Changed Since Trump’s Return.

Virginia Allen / March 18, 2025

It’s “beautiful” to see more Border Patrol agents back on the southern border since President Donald Trump entered the White House, Efrain Sella said. … Read More

SecurityCommentary

A large excavator begins to dig into the ground near where a wall is being built along the southern border.

The Cost of an Open Border? Enormous.

Pat Harrigan / March 18, 2025

Our southern border isn’t a line on a map. It’s a gaping hole in our national security and it’s bleeding us dry. Mexican cartels flood… Read More

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at the daily briefing at the White House on Monday.

Biden-Era App Was Like ‘Fast Pass at Disneyland’ for Illegal Aliens, Trump Press Secretary Says

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell / March 17, 2025

The Biden administration’s CBP One app facilitated the “mass illegal entry” of illegal immigrants, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. “It was like… Read More

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Cash Cows: Gangs Allegedly Smuggling Drugs Across Border Inside Cattle

Virginia Allen / March 17, 2025

The Mexican cartels appear to be smuggling drugs into the U.S. inside cows, according to sources interviewed at the border in Texas and New Mexico… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Alejandro Mayorkas listens and turns his head to his left while sitting down during a briefing.

Using the Border Patrol Home App to Get Illegal Aliens to Self Deport

Lora Ries / March 16, 2025

So far, poetic justice seems the theme of this political year. And there’s nothing more poetically just or ironic than what the Donald Trump administration just did:… Read More

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Rancher Russell Johnson stands in front of border wall panels that are waiting to be used to fill gaps in the border wall in Luna County, N.M.

After Years of Dealing With Illegal Immigration, ‘Maybe This Issue Is Actually Going to Get Tackled,’ Border Rancher Says

Virginia Allen / March 14, 2025

LUNA COUNTY, N.M.—A Border Patrol helicopter flew overhead in a sight Russell Johnson said was a rarity over his ranch until President Donald Trump returned… Read More

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