90 Miles From Tyranny : Firsthand Accounts of Illegal Immigration Surge: Observations From Front Lines

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Firsthand Accounts of Illegal Immigration Surge: Observations From Front Lines


The Daily Signal recently traveled to Cochise County, Arizona—which shares 83 miles of border with Mexico—to see firsthand how the illegal immigration crisis is affecting those who work and live on the U.S. side of the southern border.

Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent and president of the National Border Patrol Council, told The Daily Signal that the current “surge is bigger than we’ve ever seen before.”

Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said he is frustrated by the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris, assigned March 24 by President Joe Biden to be his point person on the border crisis, still hasn’t visited the border.

“We haven’t been prioritizing the southwest border. If that was the case, the vice president would be here,” Dannels said.


Dannels added that “every day, we’re dealing with crime connected to the border.”

John Ladd, whose family has had a ranch at the border for more than 120 years, said that the Biden administration’s policy encourages illegal aliens to...




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