With an intelligently (dare I say "smartly") built border barrier, aliens don't make it into the United States. They have no due process claims; they don't need to be arrested, or detained, or put into an interminable court queue. They aren't here and therefore can't abscond. Finally, because they never made it in, they don't need to be repatriated at tremendous taxpayer expense (if and when that day ever arrives, years after the fact).
Jessica Vaughan, the Center's Director of Policy Studies, discusses if Congress will fund President Trump's border wall.
Jessica Vaughan, the Center's Director of Policy Studies, discusses the Trump administration's order to place National Guard members on the U.S.-Mexico border.
