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Asylum-seekers walk to a U.S. Border Patrol van after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California's border with Mexico, as they await processing. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

‘Free to leave’: Agents in California say some illegal immigrants walk away without arrest

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to enter into El Paso, Texas, May 10, 2023. Senators are racing to release a highly-anticipated bill that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, as part of a long-shot effort to push the package through heavy skepticism from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) **FILE**

Border experts divided on whether Senate deal will end the crisis

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Roberto Marquez, of Dallas, adds a flower a makeshift memorial at the site where officials found dozens of people dead in an abandoned semitrailer containing suspected migrants, June 29, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. Federal authorities on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, announced the arrest of four Mexican nationals in connection to the 2022 human smuggling operation that killed 53 immigrants stuck in a tractor trailer in the Texas summer. Two other people had been arrested in July 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

U.S. charges four Mexicans in death of 53 migrants trapped in sweltering truck

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Celestina Ramirez, a migrant from Honduras, walks the jetway with her son, Yancarlos Amaya, 5, toward a plane in Houston that will take them to Baltimore at George Bush International Airport, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. A few days ago, Yancarlos was walking along a muddy river bank after crossing the Rio Grande and landing on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico. Ramirez said they turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol officers and later spent hours in custody, a night under a bridge and three more days in a detention facility. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Illegal immigrants stream into airports as Biden plans kick in

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A pair of migrant families from Brazil seeking asylum walk through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Republicans preserve $1.9 billion in border wall cash in 2022 spending bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Customs and Border Patrol agent detains a migrant atop Montezuma's Pass in Coronado National Memorial, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Hereford, Ariz. Construction of the border wall, mostly in government owned wildlife refuges and Indigenous territory, has led to environmental damage and the scarring of unique desert and mountain landscapes that conservationists fear could be irreversible. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Catch-and-release at border up more than 430,000% in August

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia) **FILE**

Trump’s new anthem: ‘Paint the wall!’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrant families, mostly from Central American countries, wade through shallow waters after being delivered by smugglers on small inflatable rafts on U.S. soil in Roma, Texas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. As soon as the sun sets, at least 100 migrants crossed through the Rio Grande river by smugglers into the United States. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Team Biden tuned out Trump’s warnings, modeling on migrant surge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on American manufacturing, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden order to halt border wall construction is likely illegal, experts say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants climb on to the back of a freight truck that slowed down to give them an opportunity to jump on in Rio Dulce, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. A new caravan of about 2,000 migrants set out from neighboring Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) **FILE**

DHS warns of new migrant caravan

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Authorities pass a border wall construction site, in Mission, Texas, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. President-elect Joe Biden will face immediate pressure to fulfill his pledge to stop border wall construction. But he will confront a series of tough choices left behind by President Donald Trump, who's ramped up construction in his final weeks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Stopping border wall would waste ‘billions of dollars’: DHS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This July 26, 2018, photo shows people lining up to cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. A court-appointed committee has yet to find the parents of 628 children separated at the border early in the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Illegal immigrant children soaring at the border: DHS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, speaks at The Queen theater, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Illegal border crossings are surging as migrants anticipate Biden changes, DHS says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan, right, with Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, speaks during a news conference to address the situation in Portland, Ore., in relation to protests Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Twitter censors DHS border wall tweet as ‘hateful’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mark Morgan, the acting Customs and Border Protection commissioner, talks about the soon-to-be completed 300th mile of new border wall during a news conference prior to a campaign rally for President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Yuma, Ariz. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP)

Twitter caves, restores border chief’s account; pro-wall tweet still censored

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times