People from around the world are showing up at the California border with Mexico, straining federal resources that have been stretched thin. Former acting ICE Director Tom Homan says that’s taking a toll on morale.
Border Patrol guarding the San Diego sector caught more than 30-thousand people from China this fiscal year. That’s a nearly nine-thousand-percent increase. Some lawmakers have raised concerns about potential espionage by the Chinese Communist Party.
Former acting ICE Director Tom Homan says that agents are frustrated by federal policy that they feel encourages illegal immigration. He also says a revolving door at the border is hurting the morale of agents, who feel the White House is encouraging people to come by quickly releasing them.