Fmr. Border Patrol Chief: ‘Don’t Want to Say That the Border Is Secure’

April 23, 2026
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Jason Owens, the former Border Patrol Chief who helmed the agency from June 2023 until early 2025, dropped a bombshell on NewsNation's Elizabeth Vargas Reports this week: he doesn't want to say that the border is secure. In a candid admission that cuts through years of political spin, Owens highlighted the stark reality of unchecked crossings, fentanyl floods, and operational chaos at our southern flank. This isn't some rogue agent's gripe—it's the guy who was literally in charge, now admitting the emperor has no clothes after the Biden-Harris administration's border policies turned the Rio Grande into a revolving door. For the 2A community, this is more than a policy fail; it's a flashing red warning light on why armed self-reliance isn't optional—it's survival math. We've long argued that porous borders invite not just economic migrants but cartels, gangs like Tren de Aragua, and terror watchlist crossers who don't respect gun-free zones or hollow platitudes about security. Owens' reluctance to call it secure echoes the stats: over 10 million encounters since 2021, record overdose deaths from smuggled fentanyl, and assaults on agents skyrocketing. When feds can't or won't secure the line, law-abiding Americans arm up because the real invaders aren't playing by rules— they're toting AKs and bringing chaos to heartland towns. This validates every pro-2A talking point: the government's first duty is protection, and when it abdicates, the Second Amendment steps in as the ultimate backstop. The implications ripple into 2025 and beyond. With Owens' exit timed suspiciously close to a new administration's potential reset, expect this confession to fuel demands for real enforcement—walls that work, not photo-ops, and maybe even tying border security to 2A protections in policy debates. Gun owners, take note: this isn't hyperbole; it's the intel from the front lines proving why we fight for our rights. If the border chief won't say it's secure, you bet your AR-15 we're not disarming while the wolves circle. Stay vigilant, stay armed.

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Jason Owens, the former Border Patrol Chief who helmed the agency from June 2023 until early 2025, dropped a bombshell on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports this week: he doesn’t want to say that the border is secure. In a candid admission that cuts through years of political spin, Owens highlighted the stark reality of unchecked crossings, fentanyl floods, and operational chaos at our southern flank. This isn’t some rogue agent’s gripe—it’s the guy who was literally in charge, now admitting the emperor has no clothes after the Biden-Harris administration’s border policies turned the Rio Grande into a revolving door.

For the 2A community, this is more than a policy fail; it’s a flashing red warning light on why armed self-reliance isn’t optional—it’s survival math. We’ve long argued that porous borders invite not just economic migrants but cartels, gangs like Tren de Aragua, and terror watchlist crossers who don’t respect gun-free zones or hollow platitudes about security. Owens’ reluctance to call it secure echoes the stats: over 10 million encounters since 2021, record overdose deaths from smuggled fentanyl, and assaults on agents skyrocketing. When feds can’t or won’t secure the line, law-abiding Americans arm up because the real invaders aren’t playing by rules— they’re toting AKs and bringing chaos to heartland towns. This validates every pro-2A talking point: the government’s first duty is protection, and when it abdicates, the Second Amendment steps in as the ultimate backstop.

The implications ripple into 2025 and beyond. With Owens’ exit timed suspiciously close to a new administration’s potential reset, expect this confession to fuel demands for real enforcement—walls that work, not photo-ops, and maybe even tying border security to 2A protections in policy debates. Gun owners, take note: this isn’t hyperbole; it’s the intel from the front lines proving why we fight for our rights. If the border chief won’t say it’s secure, you bet your AR-15 we’re not disarming while the wolves circle. Stay vigilant, stay armed.

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