Jack Harmon

Border Patrol lost 1,900 agents to resignations in 2025. Meanwhile, cartels are recruiting veterans at $50K sign-on bonuses. This is not a recruitment failure. It is a policy signal.

CBP encountered 178,000 illegal crossings in April 2026. That is down from the 250,000 peak but still triple pre-2021 levels. And somehow this is not the lead story on every network.

Border Patrol seized 847 pounds of fentanyl in April alone. Agents in the field tell me the surge is not letting up.

Ohio volunteers are recovering Revolutionary War soldiers who died without official documentation. These men built America with their lives. The irony of calling them undocumented while Congress debates who belongs here is not lost on anyone paying attention.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 142,000 total encounters at the southwest border during April, up 12 percent from March. The surge reflects seasonal migration patterns and family unit arrivals from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

A 34% increase in encounters at the southern border this year outpaces last year's already-record pace. New data from CBP reveals the scale of the enforcement challenge facing the Biden administration.

The volume is down at the line. The intelligence is up at the desk. Anyone telling you the border is fixed has not stood inside a Forward Operating Base lately.

Senator Mike Lee's Constitutional Carry Reciprocity Act would let any law-abiding American carry across state lines without a permit. Twenty-seven states already allow permitless carry, the remaining states are running obstruction, not safety policy.

Former DEA acting administrator Jack Riley, 30 years watching cartel violence, says he's never seen a turf war this intense. When the most experienced man in the room says that, another round of congressional hearings is not the answer.

Trump's new DHS nominee is a career enforcement officer who spent years at the sharp end of border security operations, not in congressional offices or think tanks. That's the right call, and the critics who hate it prove why it was necessary.

Kosovo's coalition government collapsed in early 2026 amid disputed elections and ethnic tensions, putting 700 American troops in KFOR on alert. After 27 years and $6.3 billion spent, the Balkans are demonstrating that managed conflicts don't solve themselves.

Iran fired over 1,400 missiles and drones at neighboring states in the first quarter of 2026, methodically depleting allied interceptor stockpiles at a cost ratio that favors Tehran. Washington has answered with intercepts and briefings. Not with consequences.

Pope Leo's first Easter as pontiff called for hope amid war and division. Some will dismiss it as naive. They're missing the entire argument.

Texas border communities report overwhelming arrivals, exhausting law enforcement capacity and social services. Local officials plead for federal support as processing centers overflow.

A new poll shows Donalds with a commanding lead in the Florida GOP gubernatorial race. The establishment doesn't know what to do with a candidate who actually means what he says.

A president speaking to the nation on a war footing either clarifies the American position or muddies it. There is no neutral option tonight.

FISA Section 702 lets the government spy on Americans without a warrant. Trump just came out in favor of it. His own base should be furious.

Lindsey Graham has been wrong about the Middle East for twenty years. The Republicans finally saying so out loud deserve credit for it.

Elite programs compete for a Final Four berth while elite bureaucrats compete to avoid doing their jobs. At least basketball has a scoreboard.

The enforcement operations got the coverage. The catch-and-release that followed didn't. Here's the part of the story nobody wanted to tell.