No, Trump Didn’t Create The Border Crisis. Democrats DidWhether you agree with Trump’s immigration policies or not, Joe Biden and his team own this current border crisis — no one else.The Federalist, Mar 25, 2021, Chad Wolf
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The claim that the Biden administration inherited an immigration system “dismantled in its entirety†is quite dubious. If this was true, why have they turned to a number of Trump policies and programs to try to dig themselves out of the crisis they created?
For example, they’re using Title 42, a Trump-era public heath order, to return to Mexico single adults and families caught illegally entering the United States. Unfortunately, however, they’ve opted not to enforce Title 42 for minors. As such, instead of returning minors to their homes and families, the administration has advertised that any minor showing up at the border will be released into the United States, a dangerous and inhuman policy with tragic consequences.
The Biden administration is also relying on temporary facilities built or acquired during the Trump era. Of course, back then, the media wrongfully labeled them as “cages,†whereas now, such venues are simply branded “reception centers.†Americans are not fooled.
Additionally, the current administration is now leaning on Mexico to do more to enforce border controls. This, too, was a key element of Trump’s approach. It worked, but only in conjunction with other enforcement policies.
Biden is also using hotel rooms to house families that arrive here illegally, just as Trump did. The difference is, under Trump, they were held in hotels until they could be returned to their home countries. Now, they’re put up in hotels then released into American communities.
Biden jettisoned many successful Trump-era policies. Now that the floodgates are open, however, the Biden administration is falling back on some Trump procedures — if only in part. Unfortunately, it isn’t going to be enough to stem the unprecedented tide now rushing to our borders.
Before the pandemic, DHS handled the surge of illegal aliens by processing them in a safe and orderly fashion while protecting those in our custody. The Biden administration, however, appears focused on apprehending aliens and letting them go free in America as fast as possible, a state of affairs that will only lead to more illegal migration. Today, DHS has more than 10,000 migrants in custody. In November 2020, that number was just 800.
Worse, along certain areas of the border, because of the sheer number of children and families and the inability for them to be processed fast enough, the Biden administration now appears to be releasing illegal aliens directly from Border Patrol custody without issuing a Notice to Appear in court.
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