A scandal but not a surprise: New report reveals devastating details of Biden-Harris border disaster
By
Byron York
October 4, 2024 5:00 pm
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A SCANDAL BUT NOT A SURPRISE: NEW REPORT REVEALS DEVASTATING DETAILS OF BIDEN-HARRIS BORDER DISASTER. When describing the Biden-Harris administration’s policy of allowing millions of illegal border crossers to stay in the United States, it’s absolutely critical to use the word “unvetted.” What government official would let so many people who entered the country illegally remain in the U.S. without even knowing who they are? That would be crazy. And yet that is exactly what the Biden-Harris administration has done for nearly four years. And by the way, administration officials don’t want you to know how often they have done it.
The details are in a new report from the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security. It has the clunky title “CBP, ICE, and TSA Did Not Fully Assess Risks Associated with Releasing Noncitizens without Identification into the United States and Allowing Them to Travel on Domestic Flights.” (CBP refers to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ICE refers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and TSA is the Transportation Security Administration.) The stated reason for the report is to explore the problem of unvetted migrants being allowed on airliners inside the U.S. But the report also delves into why the unvetted migrants were allowed to stay in the country in the first place. Forgive the long excerpt, but this is the basic story, from the report:
According to CBP enforcement statistics, officers encountered more than 3.2 million noncitizens nationwide in fiscal year 2023, including more than 2.4 million encounters at the Southwest border. When CBP or ICE immigration officers encounter noncitizens who arrive in the United States, these individuals are generally considered applicants for admission and are subject to inspection by immigration officers. Procedures an immigration officer may perform during the inspection process include:
* review noncitizens’ identification and travel documents, if available;
* obtain noncitizens’ biographical and biometric information and enter it into DHS databases;
* interview noncitizens;
* collect DNA samples; and
* query law enforcement and immigration databases for derogatory information using biographical and biometric data obtained.more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3177977/scandal-but-not-surprise-report-devastating-details-biden-harris-border-disaster/
