Migrants line up to be transferred by U.S. Border Patrol after having crossed the Bravo River in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua State, Mexico, on April 18, 2024. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images
Even to those of us living in the Washington swamp, the process of making laws is confusing.
Simon Hankinson
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Simon Hankinson, a former foreign service officer with the State Department, is a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center.