u s mexico border

Rep. Elijah Cummings said in a statement said "Congress must exercise its full authority to address this crisis."

By Cody Boteler

Jul 2, 2019

Our ports of entry are increasingly becoming a key battleground in the war against opioids. Congress must act aggressively.

A country has a right to protect its borders. Better?  Our government has an obligation to guard, control and protect the borders.

Today, the largest migration crisis in my lifetime is unfolding on the U.S.-Mexico boundary. There is talk in Washington, D.C., bout a czar to oversee interagency immigration policy. This is an urgent necessity. Here is a suggested "to do" list for the appointee.

More than 50 people took part in a protest Monday afternoon, against President Trump's emergency declaration to build a southern border wall, in Bel Air across the street from Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Harris' district office.

By David Anderson

Feb 18, 2019

Trump's plan to declare a national emergency to build his border wall is patently illegal. Will Republicans let him get away with it?

President Donald Trump in his speech to gather support for a border wall pointed to the beating and stabbing of a 16-year-old girl by MS-13 members in Maryland. His reference was slightly off.

By Sarah Meehan

Jan 9, 2019

No matter what, Congress should not spend a dime on an ineffective border wall.

Instead of building a wall to keep desperate migrants out, how about we help make their communities safe so they'll want to stay. After all, we helped cause their problems.

more immigrants have crossed the border from the U.S. back to Mexico than have moved from Mexico to the U.S.

The border wall that President Trump says he will shut down the government to build would be an environmental disaster that would split closely connected animal communities.

The two teenagers accused of raping a ninth-grader at Rockville High School last week were among tens of thousands of young people who crossed the