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GAO: Additional actions needed to secure northern border

  • By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor

(The Center Square) – At a recent Congressional hearing, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, both said that because the southwest border was secure under the Trump administration, cartel and transnational criminal organizations had recently shifted focus to the northern border. 

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Border Patrol chief retires after historic drop in illegal border crossings

  • By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor

(The Center Square) - Mike Banks, who was the first U.S. Border Patrol chief during President Donald Trump’s second term, has reentered retirement after helping bring illegal border crossings down to record lows and after 37 years in public service. It’s his second retirement in the last few years.