The message from Border Czar Tom Homan during his Turning Point USA address at UTEP was simple: a secure United States-Mexico border saves lives in both countries.

Homan's controversial visit to the University of Texas at El Paso Thursday, Dec. 4, came by way of an invitation from its Turning Point USA chapter.

Over 500 spectators in two lecture halls on campus heard the President Donald Trump appointee recall some of the worst cases of human trafficking, cartel violence and fentanyl criminal cases as context for why a hardline on immigration is necessary.

"I spent most of my career working trafficking and human smuggling cases," Homan said. "During that time, I was called to a tractor trailer with a 5-year-old child (who) had died along with many others being trafficked. In decades o

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