Fox News contributor Joe Concha joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss why the Biden administration is accused of pushing a 'fake' story on the border and John Kerry's confrontation with a reporter when he was pressed on his carbon footprint.

Every nation has a right and a duty to secure its borders. And when democratic nations do this well, it promotes stability, reduces conflict and diminishes opportunities for adversaries to undermine free societies.

This is just one reason congressional Republicans are right to support Ukraine against the threat of Russian aggression while simultaneously demanding that the government secure the U.S. border.

Too often, people view these as separate issues. Securing America’s borders is considered a "domestic issue," while geopolitical threats posed by a country like Russia fall into the "foreign policy" category. Yet the two challenges have always been intertwined.

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Decades back, it was mostly citizens of Mexico looking for work that eluded the U.S. Border Patrol. Today, people from all over the world – from China to Brazil to India to Russia – are slipping through due to our weak enforcement policies.

Illegal immigrants from Venezuela walk towards a U.S. Border Patrol transit center after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States on January 08, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

This wide variety of nationalities reminds us not to overlook the geopolitical aspect. Russia, a top-tier enemy of the United States, has long exploited the generosity of the West by weaponizing refugees and migrants against NATO members. Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton and I (Mike Pompeo) wrote in 2016........

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