Editor’s note:Over the past several years, guest columnist Joe McGarrity – economics professor at the University of Central Arkansas who writes a bi-monthly column for the Log Cabin Democrat – submits an Op-Ed by one of his students in his intermediate microeconomics class for publication. This year’s selection was from student Tanner Corley. According to the Pew Research Center, during the Trump administration, the number of apprehensions on the U.S.-Mexico border fell to 16,182 in April of 2020.