It’s Time to Hold Our Elected Officials Accountable for Our Border

Mounted Border Patrol officers patrol before U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen inaugurates the first completed section of President Trump's 30-foot border wall in the El Centro Sector, at the US Mexico border in Calexico, Calif. on Oct. 26, 2018. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

On April 1, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a statement detailing a new directive from Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen, which included instructions to “undertake emergency surge operations and immediately increase its temporary reassignment of personnel and resources from across the agency to address the influx of migrants.”