The flood tide of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border cannot and must not continue. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has said of it, “The system is broken and overwhelmed. It is a national emergency.”

The definition of emergency might help focus attention:

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“A sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.”

DHS SECRETARY NIELSEN: TACKLING THE BORDER EMERGENCY AT THE SOURCE

This is an issue that should command immediate congressional action. Graham told The Washington Times that virtually every immigrant entering the country illegally over the last six months has ignored deportation orders and failed to appear at court hearings. Graham said he got his information from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Ron Vitiello.

The Department of Homeland Security issued a press release last month warning that the situation at the border had reached a “breaking point.” DHS reported that illegal immigration just hit a 12-year high, with more than 76,000 immigrants illegally crossing the border in February. Agents are overwhelmed, and no one in Congress seems concerned about the cost to local services and American citizens who are footing the bill.

More migrants are on the way. According to the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph, Mexico’s interior secretary, Olga Sanchez Cordero, has warned “the mother of all migrant caravans” is forming in Honduras. Sanchez Cordero said that the caravan includes about 20,000 migrants, and that another caravan of 2,500 migrants is currently heading north.”

If these were members of a military force it would be called an invasion.

(Read the entire article from Cal Thomas at  Fox News)