Securing southern border is Trump’s obligation

Protecting the sovereignty and security of the United States are responsibilities of the commander in chief and if those elements are being compromised by an influx of immigrants at the southern border, President Trump must use the tools at his discretion to remedy the matter.

Border Patrol officials have indicated that border apprehensions have skyrocketed and there are more than 12,000 migrants in the custody of federal agencies. Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, said, “Two weeks ago, I briefed the media and testified in Congress that our immigration system was at the breaking point. That breaking point has arrived this week at our border.”

“CBP is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and border security crisis all along our southwest border and nowhere has that crisis manifested more acutely than here in El Paso,” McAleenan added. In addition to the revelation that agencies were out of beds and migrants were being released due to the overflow, he warned that health problems had become numerous in the facilities.

“We are doing everything we can to simply avoid a tragedy in a CBP facility,” McAleenan said. “But with these numbers, with the types of illnesses we’re seeing at the border, I fear that it’s just a matter of time.”

Put directly, our border is being overrun. There is indeed a crisis.