The Department of Homeland Security said\xa0two weeks ago that illegal border crossings are on pace to reach their highest level in two decades.\nMeanwhile, President Joe Biden's administration is making claims such as that border crises happen every year and that former President Donald Trump\u2019s policies didn\u2019t reduce illegal crossings.\nLora Ries, senior research fellow for homeland security at The Heritage Foundation, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to discuss those claims.\nWe also cover these stories:\n\nThe director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, warned Americans that a fourth coronavirus surge could be on the way if more precautions aren\u2019t taken.\n\nThe CDC said in a new study that the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccines prevent about 90% of infections.\xa0\n\nIn the opening arguments of the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, prosecutors said that he \u201cbetrayed\u201d his badge by using unnecessary force on George Floyd, who died in police custody last May.\n\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.