The open border is wreaking havoc on some of the Democrats’ biggest constituencies. But Joe Biden is only doubling down.
According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon, the Biden White House is responding to the border and migrant crisis by making it easier for illegal aliens to cross the border into the United States.
The Free Beacon spoke with a senior administration official who said the Department of Homeland Security wants to expedite border crossings by sending Customs and Border Protection agents to parts of Mexico that have heavy populations of migrant arrivals. Per documents examined by the Free Beacon, once in Mexico, federal agents would commence the screening process for migrants in order to get them across the border into America sooner.
“What the Department of Homeland Security wants to do is send customs officers to Mexico so we can pre-clear surges of migrants ostensibly in hopes they stop crossing illegally,” said the DHS official who spoke with the outlet. “They would be doing background vetting so migrants can be waved through.”
Staff at the department told the Free Beacon that the afore-described plan would further exhaust the Border Patrol, whose numbers are already spread thin amid an anticipated winter migrant surge. Requiring border agents to process migrants has reportedly left miles of border unguarded.
The Free Beacon further reports of the Biden administration’s handling of the large waves of migration:
There is ample evidence the Biden administration is well aware of large groups of migrants heading to the United States well before they reach the southern border. Since September, the Free Beacon reported, senior Department of Homeland Security officials have been in communication with Mexican immigration authorities over large caravans traveling to the United States but have seemingly done little to prepare.
Biden has implemented measures he says will create a more orderly immigration system, such as a program that would allow migrants to apply for asylum remotely. Biden claimed the program would “make things better but will not fix the border problem completely,” while Republicans say it is illegal.
The program has not led to a decrease in border crossings. The 2023 fiscal year, which ended in October, saw 2.47 million migrant encounters on the southern border—the most in U.S. history.
On Tuesday, Fox News shared shocking images of a remote area of the Arizona border overrun by a large crowd of hundreds of military-age male migrants from around the world, including from Africa and the Middle East.
The Tucson sector of the border has reportedly experienced almost 3,000 migrant encounters in a single day and 17,500 in a single week — marking the highest weekly total of encounters on record.
Arizona Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, who is also a candidate for United States Senate, claimed in a video on his X account this week that the federal government is giving border-crossers cell phones, plane tickets to the location of their choice, and a $5,000 VISA gift card.
“So, while this Christmas season you’re struggling to keep your lights on, while you’re struggling to pay your rent, put Christmas presents under the tree for your kids, we have our government giving people that came into this country illegally $5,000 gift cards,” Lamb said in his video.
One border-crosser who was interviewed by Fox News said he paid a Mauritanian smuggler $10,000 to bring him to the U.S.-Mexico border via Colombia. A man from Guinea said that if he’s released into the U.S., he will be heading to New York City.
Ironically, New York is already filled beyond capacity, and city officials now have a tense relationship with the federal government, which they blame for allowing migrants to travel to New York without providing the city sufficient funds and resources to shelter the huge influx of human traffic.
New York City’s spending on hotels and services for migrants will hit the $4.3 billion mark by the end of this year — 48 percent higher than previous estimates. The city comptroller’s office has already stripped Mayor Eric Adams of emergency migrant contracting powers, meaning the mayor can no longer make deals with contractors related to migrant services without prior approval from the comptroller’s office.
As for the Biden administration, it has promised to ramp up use of the expedited removal authority if it is given the $14 billion it has requested of Congress to tackle border issues.
Republicans in Congress say they will only hand over the money if stricter asylum standards are enacted, while Democrats say they will acquiesce to Republican demands only if there is an amnesty for the millions of illegal aliens currently in the country.
Such an amnesty would be catastrophic in the long run for America, and would only encourage more illegal migration rather than reducing it. For the moment, immigration hawks would be wise to not accept a deal until they prospectively hold the cards in the executive branch after the 2024 election.
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