Posted on 01/25/2025 1:11:20 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Four years ago, I was reporting from the southern U.S. border when construction on the border wall was abruptly halted overnight after former President Joe Biden took office. Now, with President Donald Trump starting a second term, I headed back to the Arizona-Mexico border to report on what’s happening at ground zero under Trump 2.0.
As dark fell, I was with Deputy Dan Brennan of the Criminal Interdiction Team in Cochise County, Arizona, when he spotted a rental car from Oregon with travel history – documented through an elaborate tracking system – that seemed suspicious.
It turned out to be two illegal immigrants from Mexico being transported by an alleged smuggler from California.
Brennan described human smuggling as an “ever-present theme.”
“It kind of rose to the level of epidemic in the more recent years, at levels that shocked everybody that had been around a while,” he said. “But it’s never not been present.”
But now change is coming to the beleaguered southern border – the wheels set in motion by Trump, who declared in his inaugural address that “all illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”
Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels insists the border wall does help, and he says he looks forward to construction resuming.
Along the border in Cochise County, there are huge stacks of metal – actual pieces of border wall — that were paid for and ready to install four years ago, still unused.
Dannels says “there’s no reason not to” go ahead and use those materials now that Trump is back in office. President Trump’s declaration of an emergency along the border, lifted by President Biden, sets the wheels back into motion.
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Too bad their Fake Gov is going to work against any deportations, on her watch.
She’s FAFOing.
They also need a governor like Greg, “Razor-Wire” Abbott to take a few preventative measures
We may see a bit of shoot first, Trump will pardon ya tomorrow
good to see a true journalist, Sharyl Attkisson, securely within the conservative fold. wonderful writing. pleasure to read.
Expect the cartels to have the weapons with which to respond to military intervention. Expect them also to use relatively innocent migrants as human shields.
So, have the authorities shut down the border or not?
Bkmk
What did the plane with illegals do when Mexico refused to let them land?
I hoped Trump would put in a call. Have not heard
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