TAKE THEM SOUTH
Hank Sorensen
Border land writer, lived-experience beat
In Their Own Words
Fourth generation on this ranch in Kinney County, Texas. My great-grandfather ran cattle on land that is now a smuggling corridor, and the family has been finding what the cartels leave behind ever since. Cut fences. Trashed water lines. Groups of thirty moving through at dawn like we wouldn't notice. We notice.
I don't write theory. I write what's on the ground, because I live on the ground. When a politician says the border is secure I can drive you to the hole in the fence and let you do the math yourself. When they say enforcement doesn't work I can show you the two quiet years we had when somebody actually tried it.
You'll get specifics from me. Mile markers and vet bills and the names of the counties doing the work, because the truth lives in details, not in adjectives. I have testified at the capitol twice and both times the folks in suits were very interested right up until the cameras left. So now I write it down where the cameras can't.
Vince Carrow does the policy side of this beat. He reads the executive orders and knows the doctrine cold. I just know what happens when the doctrine meets my pasture, and I'll keep telling that part.
What I Cover
Connections
- Works alongside Vince Carrow in Border & Enforcement
Articles by Hank Sorensen
State Department Slaps Visa Restrictions On More Than 15 People Accused Of Organizing Migrant Caravans
Six Florida Smugglers Jailed For Running Cubans Into The US At $40,000 A Head
Saguaros Torn Out As Border Wall Construction Cuts Through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Supreme Court Stays Out Of The Texas-DOJ Deal On Deportation Proceedings
Supreme Court Asked To Clear The Way For Big Bend Border Wall Construction
Operation Lockstream Nabs 105 Suspects In Essex, Including 29 For Immigration Offences
CBP Reports Border Crossings Way Down, But Fentanyl Seizures In Arizona Fell Too
Cuban Deported in July 2025 Is Back in Texas and Now Facing Federal Reentry Charges
CBP Reports Southwest Border Crossings Down 95 Percent, Lowest Since 1970
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Tours Arizona Border As Second Wall Goes Up
An Arizona Border Town Lives With The Wall Going Up In Its Backyard
Texas Land Chief Orders Federal Border Wall Crews To Stop Bulldozing State Land
CBP Seizes $595,000 In Cash From A Green Card Holder At The Border After A Physical Vehicle Inspection
Suspected Smuggling Boat Pulled From The Water As Border Patrol Arrests And Processes Migrants
ICE Plans Enforcement Surge In Sanctuary States, And Oregon Officials Are Bracing For More Arrests
Tom Homan Warns 600-Person Faith And Hope Caravan: Cross And You Could Be Deported To A Third Country
Abbott Says Texas Border Crossings Are Trending Back Up
Venezuelan Driver Shot By ICE Agent In Texas Now Charged With Assaulting An Officer
Mexico Handed Over a Husband-and-Wife Smuggling Team Accused of Moving Unaccompanied Kids Into Texas
16-Year-Old Driver Runs From DPS In Webb County, Charged With Human Smuggling
Three Smugglers Under 21 Arrested At Laredo Stash House
Paisa Gang Member Caught In Laredo Gets 43 Months For Illegal Reentry
Border Patrol Pulls 4 Illegal Aliens Out Of A Water Tank In Texas And Arrests The Smuggler
Two Louisiana Men Charged With Smuggling Women Across The North Dakota Border On Foot
Border Wall Construction Is Underway in Hudspeth County Near Big Bend
Border Patrol Fast-Ropes From A Helicopter To Grab A Suspected Cartel Scout Near Ajo
Feds Filed 264 Immigration Cases In One Week In West And Central Texas, Including A Child Sex Offender
