Immigration Enforcement

Secure borders and enforced immigration law remain unfinished work in 2026. The next Congress must fund detention beds, close asylum loopholes, and punish sanctuary jurisdictions that obstruct federal enforcement.

Border enforcement has collapsed not from lack of resources, but from political will. Elected officials in Washington continue to obstruct the tools that law enforcement needs to secure the country.

Customs and Border Protection logged roughly 42,000 southwest border encounters in May 2026. That total demolishes the claim that the border is sealed, and Congress should fund deportation, not another blank check for bureaucrats who ignore existing law.

Congress should fully fund CBP and ICE rather than cut enforcement during a border crisis. Border Patrol staffing sits around 19,730 agents, far below its 26,000 authorized level, and sanctuary cities shield deportable aliens from ICE.

Local officials who refuse Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers should lose federal law enforcement grants, because every ignored detainer puts a criminal alien back on the street and signals that immigration law is optional.

Congress may pass another border bill by summer, but paper promises mean nothing without deportation capacity, visa enforcement, and a president willing to tell the world that illegal entry has consequences.

Federal courts blocked parts of Texas Senate Bill 4, but the illegal-entry provision took effect May 15 and Operation Lone Star has logged over 531,700 apprehensions. Texas should use every lawful tool to defend its citizens because Washington has failed to secure the border.

An Oregon district court has restricted how federal agents can respond to violent crowds outside an ICE facility. The ruling is a legal gift to people who specialize in making enforcement impossible.