Trump’s top Border Patrol official explains the two crises America faces at the border

Published February 27, 2019 12:36am ET



America is facing a security and humanitarian crisis at the southern border even though apprehensions are down compared to 20 years ago, President Trump’s top border official insisted to Congress Tuesday.

“There is an ongoing debate as to whether this constitutes a border security crisis or a humanitarian crisis. Let me be clear, it is both,” Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost testified in the House Judiciary Committee.

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