Crisis to catastrophe at the southern border
The president's budget proposes no changes to his disastrous open borders policies
By Rep. Kay Granger - - Friday, April 1, 2022
OPINION:
One million encounters — border security agents have encountered 1 million illegal immigrants in the past six months. Just years ago, we wouldn’t have imagined encounters reaching a level that high in a 12-month period, much less six. Due to the administration’s open border policies, illegal crossings have skyrocketed. We have now topped 2 million since President Biden took office, and many of those have been released into the interior of our country as they await a court date years into the future. This is a self-inflicted crisis, and it will only get worse.
On his first day on the job, the president fulfilled his campaign promise to halt border wall construction, even though walls have proven to be successful in deterring illegal immigration. He then went on to revoke former President Donald Trump’s successful “Remain-in-Mexico” program, which sent asylum seekers back to Mexico and prevented those individuals from being released into our country. Now, the administration plans to stop enforcement of Title 42, a Trump-era, public health policy that restricts illegal entry into the U.S. due to health concerns.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/1/crisis-to-catastrophe-at-the-southern-border/
