Border Patrol Council VP to Newsmax: 'Crisis is Bigger Than Just Title 42'
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By Nicole Wells | Wednesday, 28 December 2022 11:19 AM EST
National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto told Newsmax Wednesday that while the Supreme Court's decision to keep Title 42 in place for now is "very helpful," it's still a "small victory" in the grand scheme of things.
"The problem is a lot of these individuals that are in charge — the White House and people within the agency, the administration — they need to make the right policies in order to stop this crisis," Del Cueto said during an appearance on Newsmax's "National Report."
"When this administration took over, the average was about 1,000 apprehensions a day," he continued, referring to migrants detained at the southern border. "Then it quickly rose to 5,000. Right now the agency is looking at about 8,000 apprehensions a day, and the even bigger problem is not just the apprehensions — it's what's getting released."
"The crisis is bigger than just Title 42, and people need to start taking it serious," he added.
Del Cueto said that drug cartels are taking advantage of and, in some cases, creating chaos at the southern border in order to move drugs into the United States.
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