Article snippet: Posted at 8:00 pm on July 7, 2017 by streiff There are two good pieces of news on border security. One is a policy shift and the second is the Border Patrol data. First the policy change. One of the things John Kelly has going for him in immigration enforcement is that ICE is happy to arrest and deport illegals, but they have had their hand stayed for quite a while. While Obama actively encouraged illegals, no one can call George Bush a hardliner on enforcing immigration law. Most ICE management, the rank and file ICE agents and Border Patrol agents, and they relevant unions are in favor of what Kelly is doing. Many of the policy shifts have happened under the radar and are only now being revealed. When you marry this with the end of the “catch and release” program you have a much more robust enforcement regime. ICE agents don’t have to have an underlying criminal offense detain and illegal and process them for deportation. I’ve posted a couple of times on the steps the administration is taking to deter Central Americans, in particular, from attempting to enter the US illegally. This has resulted in a precipitous drop in arrests at the border which serves as a proxy for how many illegals are making an attempt at crossing the border. While there was a small increase–2000 arrests–over May’s total, May experienced a 63% drop from the previous year and May is also a major month for border crossings. What we are seeing is that trend data is being rewritten as the... Link to the full article to read more