The Border Crisis Reaches Your Child's Middle School
Think you live too far from the Mexican border to be hurt by the chaos there? Hidalgo County, Texas, Sheriff J.E. Guerra, who operates on the frontlines of the border war, explained that he's not worried drugs will impact his community. The drugs go further north, he said. Drug thugs cross the border disguised as needy migrants or even unaccompanied minors. Once across, they're provided bus and airplane tickets to destinations across the U.S. In some cases, charities -- largely taxpayer-funded -- pay for the tickets, and hand the border crossers cellphones and other items as they start their ...