Neglected victims and empowered cartels: America’s broken immigration system

Immigration opponents often focus on possible future dangers, such as worrying after Oct. 7 that Hamas militants would walk across our borders and kill innocent people. But for many actual innocent victims of violent, organized gangs, they seem to have much less concern.

Just how true this is sank in when one of us (Agustina) visited the border in McAllen, Texas to hear from border agents and migrants. Among these was Manuel (not his real name), a man from South America who had just crossed the border with his son.