CRISIS AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER

[libertybele]

I'm really hoping @berdie that other states pitch in and help.  If TX goes, so goes this Republic.

[catfish1957]

DeSantis is doing something about the crisis, while Trump is still waiting for the check from the Mexican Government for that big beautiful wall he built.     

[libertybele]

I don't see how anyone can't possibly believe that we don't have a CRISIS not only at our border but in our own country.

Flesh-Eating ‘Zombie Drug’ Ravaging U.S. Due to Additive in Fentanyl Flooding Across Border

A flesh-eating “zombie drug” has begun ravaging citizens across the U.S. – and, the threat became even greater when Title 42 expired Friday, robbing the U.S. Border Patrol of a crucial tool to protect the border from illegal immigration.

Fentanyl had been flooding into the U.S. across the southwest border, even when Title 42 could be used to oust self-proclaimed illegal alien “asylum seekers,” in order to protect the nation from an influx of infectious diseases, such as COVID.

Fentanyl has now become much more dangerous, as drug suppliers have been lacing it with the horse tranquilizer xylazine, which makes the drug last longer – but, also can have a deadly, flesh-eating effect.

About a quarter (23%) of all fentanyl powder seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) last year contained xylazine.

“Xylazine is making the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram warns. “DEA has seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 States.”

The mixture gives users a “calming sensation” and is used as an additive because it’s cheaper than fentanyl, Gary Yabuta of the DEA’s High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program, told KHNL.

From Los Angeles to New York City, health officials in major cities have seen a surge in cases of the flesh-eating zombie drug – but, since xylazine itself isn’t an opioid, the typical treatments to reverse the effects of a drug like Fentanyl are ineffective.

In Philadelphia, 90% of opioid samples on the street contain xylazine. The city has deployed “mobile medical units staffed with nurses to help those suffering from a ghastly side effect of xylazine: rotting skin at the injection sites,” WSAZ reports............

https://www.mrctv.org/blog/flesh-eating-zombie-drug-ravaging-us-due-additive-fentanyl-flooding-across-border

[Right_in_Virginia]

[libertybele]

ABC, CBS, NBC border coverage focused 'almost exclusively' on 'plight of illegal immigrants' while less than 2% of airtime addressed drug trafficking crisis, watchdog finds

A recent study conducted by the conservative watchdog group Media Research Center found that ABC, CBS, and NBC's coverage of the southern border focused "almost exclusively" on the "plight of illegal immigrants" and dedicated less than 2% of that airtime to reporting on the drug trafficking crisis.

On Monday, MRC released the results of a study that examined the media's coverage of the border between October 1, 2022, and July 20, 2023. The watchdog group reviewed over 254 minutes of southern border coverage from ABC, CBS, and NBC's evening newscasts.

Less than 15% of the border coverage addressed issues related to the influx of illegal immigration under the Biden administration. Additionally, less than 2% of that airtime reported on the illegal drug trafficking crisis.

Instead, the big broadcast networks were more concerned about covering migrants' hardships and the ending of the Trump administration's Title 42, which allowed the United States to expel illegal migrants back to Mexico.

The networks spent more than half of the 254 minutes covering the Trump-era policy, slamming the restriction for making life more difficult for migrants waiting to cross the border into the U.S., MRC reported.

"As is often the case with ABC, CBS, and NBC, the newscasts continued to focus almost exclusively on the plight of illegal immigrants," MRC stated. "Nearly every full-length report included sound bites from migrants desperate to enter the United States. Throughout all 254 minutes of border coverage, they never once used the terms' illegal immigration,' 'illegal immigrant,' or 'illegal alien.' They also failed to report on a single crime committed by an illegal alien who had entered the country during this period." ......................

https://www.conservativereview.com/abc-cbs-nbc-border-coverage-focused-almost-exclusively-on-plight-of-illegal-immigrants-while-less-than-2-of-airtime-addressed-drug-trafficking-crisis-watchdog-finds-2662386402.html

[libertybele]

Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants cross into US from Mexico: Report

The FBI is investigating a dozen Uzbek nationals who have been allowed into the U.S. after they previously sought asylum at the Mexican border. The investigation was sparked after U.S. intelligence officials discovered the migrants had apparently traveled with the help of a smuggler who reportedly has ties to ISIS.

CNN reported that the FBI has not yet identified an ISIS plot, but it is still trying to "identify and assess" all the individuals who gained entrance into the country, per national security spokesman Adrienne Watson. The authorities are also carefully tracking a group of migrants as possible criminal threats.

The situation was so pressing that a classified intelligence report made it into the morning briefing books of President Joe Biden's top Cabinet officials. The development seems to reveal how the U.S. border is vulnerable to terrorists who could sneak into the country by hiding within the groups of migrants entering the country to seek asylum.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/smuggler-with-ties-to-isis-helped-migrants-cross-into-us-from-mexico-report

[libertybele]

Drug cartels send surge of migrants to rush southern border to overwhelm and distract officers

Mexican drug cartels are attempting to overwhelm and distract Border Patrol officers by sending mobs of migrants to rush the southern border, the New York Post reported Monday.

Sources told the outlet that cartels have been fueling false online rumors, telling migrants hoping to seek asylum in the United States that they will be allowed into the country. According to law enforcement officials, the alleged falsehoods are meant to distract overworked Border Patrol officers while the cartels attempt to sneak drugs across the southern in less populated areas.

Fox News Digital reported that more than 2,200 migrants illegally rushed across the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday morning. After crossing, the group was processed by Border Patrol agents.

Customs and Border Protection posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday, "Under U.S. immigration laws, most noncitizens coming to our border are not eligible to remain in the United States. Asylum laws do not provide for relief solely for economic reasons or for general violence."................

https://www.theblaze.com/news/drug-cartels-send-surge-of-migrants-to-rush-southern-border-to-overwhelm-and-distract-officers

[libertybele]

DEMS, GOPe, and globalists continued push to turn TX blue!

Dem Texas mayor says city is at 'breaking point' as border crisis rages

A Texas mayor is sounding the alarm amid a dramatic spike in migrants crossing the U.S. border, saying his city has reached a "breaking point."

"The city of El Paso only has so many resources and we have come to... a breaking point right now," El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, said at a news conference Saturday.

Leeser's comments come as El Paso has faced over 2,000 migrants per day crossing the border and seeking asylum in the city, putting a strain on resources and overflowing the available shelter space.

"So, this is something that we've been prepared for, but these numbers have really escalated a lot quicker than we ever anticipated," he added.

The city is just one of several border cities in Texas and California facing a surge in mostly Venezuelan asylum seekers, according to a Reuters report, with many taking dangerous routes on buses and cargo trains to reach the U.S. border.

Leeser said the city plans to open a new shelter, though on Saturday El Paso chartered five buses to move migrants to cities such as New York, Chicago and Denver. The mayor said the migrants were being moved to the city of their choice, with many lacking transportation to get to their preferred destinations while El Paso's shelter capacity currently can only host 400 people and also has to serve the city's homeless population.

Leeser's office did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment..................

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-texas-mayor-city-breaking-point-border-crisis-rages

[libertybele]

[libertybele]

I don't know if there is any truth to this, that the BP wouldn't get paid. I hope he is wrong.

House of Representatives ‘dysfunction’ may make southern border 'worse': Sen. Mark Kelly

The crisis at the U.S. southern border could become "worse" should the "dysfunction" in the House of Representatives block Congress from reaching a deal to prevent a federal shutdown, Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly said Sunday.

Kelly, D-Ariz., appeared on CBS’ "Face the Nation" and blamed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for failing to get conservative Republican hardliners to agree with a conservative spending plan to keep the government funded.

"We've got a crisis at the border. And what the speaker is allowing to happen in the House of Representatives could make this worse," Kelly said.

Migrant encounters at the southern border soared past the 200,000 mark once again in August, hitting a new high for the calendar year and marking the highest August on record.

elly, a former NASA astronaut, said border states, including his home state of Arizona, have been dealing with an immigration crisis for "generations, decades" and could only imagine how a government shutdown would impact the current situation.

"If there's a government shutdown, Border Patrol agents are not going to get paid," the senator said. "This is going to, I mean, if we think it's bad today, just think about what that looks like."...............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-representatives-dysfunction-may-make-southern-border-worse-sen-mark-kelly

[Cyber Liberty]

If it's Mark Kelly saying it, you can know for sure it's a lie, that will be dutifully reported as fact by the Lamestream Media.

[libertybele]

South Carolina Republican demands mainstream media cover 'open' border crisis that 'nobody can deny'



Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., clashed with CNN host Jim Acosta on Sunday over the border crisis, with the GOP lawmaker arguing that "CNN should report what's going on."

Acosta repeatedly asked Norman how Republicans planned to secure the border if there is a government shutdown and said, "I guess I don't understand that."

"We’re going to have to force — the public is going to have to force this Biden Administration to let the border patrol agents do their job, to get the wall built, have designated points of entry. And this administration is not doing it. They’re doing it intentionally. And whether you agree with it or not, they’re doing it for power. Why are they giving Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses?" the congressman responded.

Acosta pushed back and demanded proof of his argument before saying, "it sounds like you're just throwing rhetoric around."
Jim Acosta and Ralph Norman

"Have you been to the border?" Norman asked Acosta.

Acosta responded, "Of course I have."

"Have you seen what’s going on, the rapes, it’s open. Nobody can deny that," Norman continued.

"I’ll ask the questions, sir. And the border is not open. That is something that is peddled as a talking point, but it’s not true. There are fences. There are walls. There are border patrol agents who work on the border," Acosta said.

Migrant encounters at the southern border soared past the 200,000 mark in August, hitting a new high for the calendar year and marking the highest August on record.

Norman insisted border patrol agents were frustrated, challenging Acosta to ask "anyone down there."

"You have not been able to answer my question as to how you effectively do border enforcement if you’re shutting down the government. But I guess we’re not going to get an answer to that question. Right? I mean, if you shut down the government, Saturday rolls around, you’re going to have border patrol agents who are going to be without pay. How are they going to want to go out there and do border patrol enforcement if they’re not getting paid? It sounds like an effective way of running the government," Acosta said.

The CNN host also said that the former president's border wall was never built.  .................

https://www.foxnews.com/media/south-carolina-republican-demands-media-cover-open-border-crisis-nobody-can-deny

[libertybele]

Thousands of 'special interest aliens' from Middle East countries stopped at southern border since 2021: data

Thousands of "special interest aliens" from numerous countries, including the Middle East, have been arrested by Border Patrol agents while attempting to cross the U.S. southern border illegally over the last two years, according to internal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data leaked to Fox News.

"Special interest aliens" are people from countries identified by the U.S. government as having conditions that promote or protect terrorism or potentially pose some sort of national security threat to the U.S.

That data, confirmed by multiple CBP sources and reflects apprehensions between ports of entry between October 2021 and October 2023, shows that agents encountered 6,386 nationals from Afghanistan in that period as well as 3,153 from Egypt, 659 from Iran and 538 from Syria.........

...........Those numbers do not include encounters by CBP’s Office of Field Operations at ports of entry. It also does not include the numbers who have snuck past agents without detection -- sources say there have been over 1.5 million such "gotaways" during the Biden administration...............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/thousands-special-interest-aliens-middle-east-countries-stopped-southern-border-2021-data

[libertybele]

Hamas terror attack fuels conservative concerns about border security amid migrant crisis

The brutal terror attack that Hamas launched against Israel last week is intensifying Republican concerns about what they see as an unsecured border and a historic migrant crisis that has left Border Patrol agents overwhelmed.

"We are vulnerable when we have all these military-age men coming in. Do you think that our enemies have not been looking at that weakness?" Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on CNN this week.

DeSantis pointed to border encounters of migrants from Iran, Russia, China and the Middle East: "That is not good for the security of this country."

Fox News reported this week that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered thousands of "special interest aliens" since 2021. "Special interest aliens" are people from countries identified by the U.S. government as having conditions that promote or protect terrorism or potentially pose some sort of national security threat to the U.S.

Meanwhile, the number of encounters with people on the terror screening data set, known as the watchlist, hit a new record in FY 2023. There were 154 encounters at the northern and southern borders among ports of entry — more than the last six years combined, and 505 encountered at the ports of entry.

These watchlist hits are people who were stopped, and it does not mean that those encountered are terrorists, with not only suspected terrorists but family members and associates being included on the list. There have been no publicly reported incidents of Border Patrol agents encountering Hamas operatives. However, it has raised concerns about who might be getting past Border Patrol agents as "gotaways."

House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green said this week that the "open border is the biggest national security threat we face today."

Sen. Ted Cruz said on his podcast this week that "the risk of a serious terrorist attack in the United States is right now greater than it has been any time since September 11.".................

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hamas-terror-attack-fuels-republican-border-security-concerns-migrant-crisis

[libertybele]

Venezuelan migrants attack, injure Texas National Guard member: officials

Two Venezuelan migrants attacked and injured a Texas National Guard member in El Paso, Texas, causing him to fall into razor wire, Texas authorities announced this week.

Texas Department of Public Safety said that the incident took place on Wednesday morning. The soldier said that while he was standing near the wire, a female migrant grabbed him by the neck. Then, a male migrant grabbed his leg, causing him to tumble into the wire, which authorities had set up to prevent illegal migrant crossings.

He was later assisted by troopers and soldiers who came to his aid. The migrants were identified as a 38-year-old Venezuelan woman and a 33-year-old Venezuelan man.

Both were charged with assault, but the woman was charged at large — meaning she was freed — because she was traveling with children. The man, meanwhile received a $3,500 bond.     

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/venezuelan-migrants-attack-injure-texas-national-guard-member

[Right_in_Virginia]

DC Enquirer
@DcEnquirer

EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Immigration At Southern Border Hits New September Record



More:  https://dcenquirer.com/exclusive-illegal-immigration-at-southern-border-hits-new-september-record?utm_source=89384

11:20 AM · Oct 19, 2023

[Right_in_Virginia]

America’s Border today while both sides in the Swamp won’t stfu about the need to ship billions of dollars overseas.

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1715184215149682761

[Right_in_Virginia]

Rep. Mary Miler
@RepMaryMiller

🚨BREAKING: Biden released his so-called “border security” funding request- it includes $850 MILLION for “expansion of migrant pathways” and “refugee resettlement to the US from the Western Hemisphere”

NO! END THE INVASION & SECURE THE BORDER!



12:15 PM · Oct 20, 2023

[libertybele]

High migrant numbers break multiple records in new blow to Biden border strategy

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Saturday announced that migrant numbers at the southern border for the month of September had reached new levels with the highest monthly encounters on record as well as the highest fiscal year total on record, in a significant blow to the Biden administration’s border strategy.

There were 269,735 migrant encounters in September, of which 218,763 were encountered entering illegally by Border Patrol agents. That brings the yearly total for migrants at the southern border for FY 23 to 2.48 million, higher than the 2.38 million in FY 22 and 1.73 million in FY 21. There were just 458,088 encounters in FY 2020.

Of those who entered, 43,000 individuals were processed in through ports of entry via the controversial CBP One app, which allows migrants to schedule an appointment to be paroled into the U.S.

Meanwhile, there were 18 encounters of people on the terror watch list between ports of entry at the southern border, taking the total for FY 23 up to 169 — a new record and more than the last six fiscal years combined.

In a statement, acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said that the agency is surging resources and personnel "in response to high rates of encounters" at the border. The White House this week asked Congress for $14 billion in funding for its border strategy, including more staffing and money for migrant services.

Miller also noted the start this week of deportation flights directly to Venezuela, where a significant part of the migrant population is coming from.

"We are continually engaging with domestic and foreign partners to address historic hemispheric migration, including large migrant groups traveling on freight trains, and to enforce consequences, including by preparing for direct repatriations to Venezuela," Miller said. "CBP will continue to remain vigilant, making operational adjustments as necessary and enforcing consequences under U.S. immigration law."

"The supplemental funding request announced yesterday would provide critically needed additional resources, including additional CBP agents and officers to support our essential missions: from border and migration management, to countering fentanyl and keeping dangerous drugs out of our communities," he said...............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/high-migrant-numbers-break-multiple-records-new-blow-biden-border-strategy

[Right_in_Virginia]

Customs and Border Protection is warning of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad fighters exploiting the porous border.

https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1716471971288859125

[Right_in_Virginia]

In FY2023, 169 individuals on the terror watchlist attempted to cross the southern border. That number was zero in 2019.

This is a consequence of Biden's OPEN BORDERS.

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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1716823003575763319

[libertybele]

Ted Cruz demands action from Mayorkas over threats to Border Patrol agents: 'Cartels are emboldened'

 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is urging Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide more information, and take additional action, to combat threats against Border Patrol agents — which he attributed to "emboldened" cartels at the southern border.

"As you are no doubt aware, your primary mission as Secretary is to secure the United States from threats, a task that can only be accomplished through the efforts of dedicated officers and agents who put their safety at risk on a daily basis," Cruz said in a letter to Mayorkas. "While there are numerous threats to our national security, few compare to the danger posed by our open southern border."

Cruz noted House testimony from the DHS chief in July in which he said that agents at the border "perform bravely despite public attacks on their character and service; despite unfair and inadequate pay; and despite, as frontline agents repeatedly tell me, threats made against them and their families."

Cruz then cited reports of text messages in El Paso, Texas, that solicited personal information — including family information — of Border Patrol agents, including a pledge to torture them and post it online.

Fox has not confirmed those reports, but Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told Fox News Digital that it "takes all threats, including those directed towards agents and their families, very seriously."...............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cruz-demands-action-mayorkas-threats-border-patrol-agents-cartels-emboldened

[libertybele]

GOP senators bash Biden's immigration policies after trip to border: 'Increased threat for terrorist attack'


GOP Sens. John Barrasso, John Cornyn, Ted Cruz and Pete Ricketts railed against the Biden administration's border policies as migrants continue to enter the U.S. illegally.

"We have just returned from our southern border, and it is painfully clear that with Joe Biden's open border policy, our country is really at an increased threat for a terrorist attack," said Barrasso, the Senate Republican Conference chairman, during a press conference Tuesday.

Border Patrol agents seized immigrants carrying with them explosive devices "tailored for terrorism," he said.

Following the border trip last Thursday and Friday, Ricketts added that the country is "opening ourselves up for a terrorist attack."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-bash-bidens-policies-trip-border-increased-threat-terrorist-attack

[libertybele]

Shut it down!  Man the border with armed guardsmen.  Put a 5 year moratorium on migration into this country period.

San Diego GOP officials call for closure of southern border amid terror concerns: 'Shut it down'

Officials in California's San Diego County are calling for the closure of the southern border, amid heightened terror concerns and a recent memo warning of the potential for terrorist fighters to attempt to enter the U.S..

"It’s time to close the border to new immigration," San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond said during a recent press conference.

Desmond spoke alongside El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells and other local Republicans who backed calls for increased border restrictions.

He cited directly a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) memo issued last week, a copy of which was obtained by Fox News, which warned that individuals "inspired by, or reacting to, the current Israel-Hamas conflict may attempt travel to or from the area of hostilities in the Middle East via circuitous transit across the Southwest border."

"Foreign fighters motivated by ideology or mercenary soldiers of fortune may attempt to obfuscate travel to or from the U.S. to or from countries in the Middle East through Mexico," the memo, issued by the agency’s San Diego Field Office's intelligence unit, said.

The memo, first reported by the Daily Caller, specifically mentions Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Hezbollah.

It warns of possible indicators, including military-age males, the possession of military gear, single travelers, an undetermined return plan and an association with the region...............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-diego-republican-officials-call-closure-southern-border-amid-terror-concerns

[Right_in_Virginia]

In just 3 years, Biden's made himself the world's most successful travel agent. Business is booming so much that his travel agency is losing track of orders and never has international travel been so easy! You can now make an appointment to break into the country. The app is a big hit- in both Latin America and the Middle East!

Biden's a full-service travel agency too. Free bus tickets, free flights, free hotels, free meals, free laundry and even free college! (Video)

https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1719525485095375210