In February alone, illegal border crossings hit over 100,000 and are projected to increase further. What is really happening at the U.S. border, and what are the causes of this surge?
Today, we sit down with Chad Wolf, former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and now a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, who gives his take on the border crisis: patrol agents being pulled off the line, the surge in unaccompanied minors, and abuse of the asylum process.

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