President Trump today declared a national emergency on the border to construct some portion of his promised border fence.
Regardless of what the law ultimately means, no reasonable person can look at the southern border and agree that it rises to the level of a national emergency.
The most common argument in favor of a national emergency is that there is an epidemic of immigration-induced crime and death on the border.
First, the crime rate in the 23 counties along the U.S. border with Mexico is below that of counties in the United States that do not lie along the Mexican border.
If there was a national emergency on the border, we should at least expect that that would be reflected in a murder rate of Border Patrol agents killed in the line of duty.
There will be a long legal battle over the President's declaration of a national emergency along the border to build some of his border fence.
Regardless of the outcome, there is no good reason to declare the border a national emergency.
https://www.cato.org/blog/there-no-national-emergency-border-mr-president
Regardless of what the law ultimately means, no reasonable person can look at the southern border and agree that it rises to the level of a national emergency.
The most common argument in favor of a national emergency is that there is an epidemic of immigration-induced crime and death on the border.
First, the crime rate in the 23 counties along the U.S. border with Mexico is below that of counties in the United States that do not lie along the Mexican border.
If there was a national emergency on the border, we should at least expect that that would be reflected in a murder rate of Border Patrol agents killed in the line of duty.
There will be a long legal battle over the President's declaration of a national emergency along the border to build some of his border fence.
Regardless of the outcome, there is no good reason to declare the border a national emergency.
https://www.cato.org/blog/there-no-national-emergency-border-mr-president
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