Democrats are in denial about their border catastrophe
By: Conn Carroll (MSN)
Thanks
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Politicohas a Thursday story admitting that "Biden and his team are being proved wrong" on immigration, but the article never identifies what Biden got wrong exactly.
© Provided by Washington Examiner
Sure, the article quotes tons of open-borders activists who blame the "economic crisis," "natural disasters," "extreme poverty," "malnutrition," "violence," the "impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic," "weather challenges," "crime," and "economic challenges" — but none of these are the right answer. None of these explain why border apprehensions started shooting upward as soon as Biden was sworn into office.
The article does mention that Republicans are "stepping up their attacks against the president," and it does report that Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson "contends that Biden caused the situation at the border because of his rollback of certain Trump-era policies at the start of his presidency."
But the article never says what these policies were. Or how reversing them would cause a border crisis. Instead, we are told that "supporters of the president counter that in recent months, Biden has not made any major substantive policy changes that would explain the new uptick in arrivals."
Oh, so there were no "major substantive policy changes" that occurred "in recent months"? But what about before that? What about when Biden first came into office? Were there any "substantive policy changes" Biden made then that would have caused the border crisis we are seeing today?
Absolutely, there was.
Migrants from around the world are flooding our southern border because they know they can abuse loopholes in our asylum system to gain entrance into the United States. And they know that once they are in the U.S., Biden has pledged not to make any effort to deport them.
President Donald Trump closed the loophole in our asylum system by instituting his Migrant Protection Protocols, more commonly known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy. Instead of just letting migrants claim asylum at the border and then disappear into the country, Trump worked out a deal with Mexico to house migrants claiming asylum in Mexico while their cases were adjudicated in the U.S.
Since migrants were denied access into the U.S. under the "Remain in Mexico" policy, the flood of migrants to the border slowed to a trickle. Trump's policy worked.
But Biden reversed Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy on the first day of his presidency. And the flood of migrants abusing our asylum system to gain entrance into our country has been growing ever since.
Until Democrats come to grips with the fact that the border crisis isn't caused by climate change or violence or poverty, but instead caused by Biden's reopening of the asylum loophole, the crisis will only get worse.
Washington Examiner Videos
Original Author:Conn Carroll
Original Location:Democrats are in denial about their border catastrophe
And there you have it.
What about all the presidents before Biden? Seems there has been a border there for awhile.
Seems to be the only thing some can complain about. Everyday it is the same thing. Border, border, border.
I guess if that's all they got gotta keep it up for the midterms...
They're desperate to find fault with anything Biden or Democrat. They want to use the border issues to claim everything went to hell when Biden was elected and they're now trying to blame the rising Covid rates in Southern States on the migrants and asylum seekers even though it's obvious that few if any of these Trump Republicans who've refused to get vaccinated have ever come anywhere near the migrants, it's not as if they're just welcoming them within their communities and not social distancing from them. Even before Covid most of these bigots were social distancing from anyone with brown skin.
You'll notice this partisan rag provides exactly ZERO proof of actual "abuse" of the system.
" access to protection at the border for those fleeing protection still remains restricted at the border, obscured by the media’s narrative of a “surge” and “crisis.” This narrative ignores the harm caused by expulsions under Title 42 and the pent-up need for asylum processing that has remained at a near total halt as a result of Biden’s unwillingness to date to change some of Trump’s policies."
" Title 42 is an archaic statute that allows the government to immediately expel individuals apprehended at the border if there is a public health concern. After the prior administration implemented this policy at the onset of the pandemic, several public health officials objected, saying that asylum seekers could continue to be processed in a way that protected public health. In February, Public health officials also objected to Biden’s continued use of Title 42 to immediately expel people arriving at the border back to Mexico or to their home countries . These expulsions have disproportionately affected Black immigrants — particularly Haitians — as the Biden administration continues to rapidly expel them, including infants, back to extremely dangerous conditions."
The facts show that under the Biden administration expulsions have actually increased. The numbers that these right wing whiners are complaining about are the numbers asking for asylum or trying to cross illegally and the Biden administration has continued the policies the Trump administration was using except for "Remain in Mexico" policy which barred asylum seekers from even seeking asylum. The claim that there is some flood of migrants coming over the border and being allowed to just stay in the US is total bullshit. Yes, the number of asylum seekers has grown, and so has the number of expulsions. What some bigoted pieces of filth call "loopholes" are just long existing immigration and asylum laws the US has had on the books for decades which aren't "loopholes" at all, they're simply laws that were designed to be empathetic to asylum seekers instead of being inhumane bigoted dick holes who don't care about the plight of those fleeing torture, human trafficking and deadly civil wars in their own countries.
Yup - and when Barry got into office, the border became a wide open door and Joe is busy ensuring his "Mentor's" policies continue unabated by laws and regulations and policies and the Constitution.
March 2020 order from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under Title 42 of US law causes individuals to be expelled
" On March 21, 2020 the President, in accordance with Title 42 of the United States Code Section 265, determined that by reason of existence of COVID-19 in Mexico and Canada, there is a serious danger of the further introduction of COVID-19 into the United States; that prohibition on the introduction of persons or property, in whole or in part, from Mexico and Canada is required in the interest of public health. Under this order, CBP is prohibiting the entry of certain persons who potentially pose a health risk, either by virtue of being subject to previously announced travel restrictions or because they unlawfully entered the country to bypass health screening measures. To help prevent the introduction of COVID-19 into border facilities and into the United States, persons subject to the order will not be held in congregate areas for processing and instead will immediately be expelled to their country of last transit. In the event a person cannot be returned to the country of last transit, CBP works with interagency partners to secure expulsion to the person’s country of origin and hold the person for the shortest time possible. This order does not apply to persons who should be excepted based on considerations of law enforcement, officer and public safety, humanitarian, or public health interests. Expulsions under Title 42 are not based on immigration status and are tracked separately from immigration enforcement actions , such as apprehension or inadmissibility, that are regularly reported by CBP.
Whenever the Surgeon General determines that by reason of the existence of any communicable disease in a foreign country there is serious danger of the introduction of such disease into the United States, and that this danger is so increased by the introduction of persons or property from such country that a suspension of the right to introduce such persons and property is required in the interest of the public health, the Surgeon General , in accordance with regulations approved by the President, shall have the power to prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of persons and property from such countries or places as he shall designate in order to avert such danger, and for such period of time as he may deem necessary for such purpose.
Law was passed 7/1/1944 - don't think Trump had anything to do with it.
Ex. Ord. No. 13295, Apr. 4, 2003 , 68 F.R. 17255, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 13375, §1, Apr. 1, 2005 , 70 F.R. 17299; Ex. Ord. No. 13674, § 1, July 31, 2014 , 79 F.R. 45671, provided: ( Note - none of these EO's are Trumps.)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 361(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 264(b) ), it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. Based upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary"), in consultation with the Surgeon General, and for the purpose of specifying certain communicable diseases for regulations providing for the apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of suspected communicable diseases, the following communicable diseases are hereby specified pursuant to section 361(b) of the Public Health Service Act:
(a) Cholera; Diphtheria; infectious Tuberculosis; Plague; Smallpox; Yellow Fever; and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (Lassa, Marburg, Ebola, Crimean-Congo, South American, and others not yet isolated or named).
(b) Severe acute respiratory syndromes, which are diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infection, are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not properly controlled. This subsection does not apply to influenza.
(c) Influenza caused by novel or reemergent influenza viruses that are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic.
. 2. The Secretary, in the Secretary's discretion, shall determine whether a particular condition constitutes a communicable disease of the type specified in section 1 of this order.
. 3. The functions of the President under sections 362 and 364(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 265 and 267(a) ) are assigned to the Secretary.
. 4. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit enforceable at law or equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees or agents, or any other person.
. 5. Executive Order 12452 of December 22, 1983, is hereby revoked.
If one lives on or near the border, than obviously it will be more important to them as opposed to those who live nowhere near said border.
Axios this week revealed that “about 50,000 migrants who crossed the southern border illegally have now been released in the United States without a court date.”
The report indicates that it is “unprecedented” for border agents to set illegal immigrants free without giving them official notice to appear in court.
Instead, they have been provided with lists of Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices and advised to report to one of them.
Axios reports that it is the Biden administration’s “hope” that the illegal immigrants will show up.
That wishful strategy has been an abject failure so far, as just 13% have presented themselves at an ICE location. There’s no reason to have confidence that the administration has the foggiest notion of where the rest of them are.
Biden’s reckless policy has turned “catch and release” into “catch and misplace.”
The revelation comes amid repeated record-setting in the numbers of people attempting to illegally cross the southern border.
More than 1 million arrests have been made involving people trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border since last October. The last time we saw that many stops in one year was 15 years ago, and there are still two months left in the current fiscal year.
Further, the 178,000 arrests made in June alone marked a 20-year high for the month. That follows other, similar monthly records being broken.
All of this puts the lie to Biden’s claims that the surge at the border is something that happens “ every single, solitary year .”
Just as ludicrous was White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s attempt to blame former President Donald Trump for the massive increase in illegal border crossings.
The fact is that Biden campaigned for president promising an array of enticements for people to break our laws to enter this country. He promised amnesty for those already here, taxpayer-provided health care, work permits, support for sanctuary cities, and a cessation of deportations.
Since becoming president, he also paused construction of the border wall and reversed the “ Remain in Mexico ” policy, which delayed entry for those seeking asylum.
If a surge of this nature occurs every year, or is Trump’s fault , as the Biden administration wants us to believe, then why have so many people amassed at the border wearing Biden-themed T-shirts ?
The answer was probably most clearly expressed by one migrant, who told a journalist this month, “Gracias al Presidente Biden por la oportunidad de venir aqui ahora.”
Translated: “Thanks to President Biden for the opportunity to come here now.”
The news about unaccompanied minors arriving at the border is no better.
True, the number of children stopped at the border in June represented a decrease from April and May, but the June figure “remains higher than any other month recorded of any other year,” according to Axios.
Additionally, at a time when Biden’s administration has returned to recommending mask-wearing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, this permissive immigration policy seems especially dangerous to public health.
Fox News reported earlier this month that 30% of illegal immigrants in ICE custody have refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. That, of course, does not even begin to address the vaccination status of those released without court dates or those who have disappeared inside the country.
All of this is laid at the feet of Biden, whose administration infamously refused to call the scene at the border a “ crisis ,” even though it most certainly and obviously is one.
And though they are sometimes forced to cover the raw numbers, some in the media cannot resist offering Biden some protection from this reality. For example, The Associated Press has instructed its staff to avoid using the word “crisis” to describe the situation at the border.
So, the observation holds true: If you were going to envision immigration policy that was exactly wrong, what Biden is doing would be it.
But you don’t have to imagine it, because it’s reality, and it’s no accident. It’s what he promised he would do.
Thanks for proving my point.
I know a good friend of my oldest grandson who was hired by the company that was building the border wall in Naco in SE Arizona. His job is to provide security to the gaping hole where a section of the wall was due to be erected and just stopped cold courtesy sell out Joe and his incompetent border czaress just shut things down. His job entails only guarding the equipment there. He has to just sit and watch people come across from Mexico on a regular basis. He works the night shift has the local Border Patrol station's phone number to call but by the time they get there the illegals are long gone.
Yup we are now paying to not build the wall. They coming through in mass and drugs & covid are coming with them.
The goal is to change the voters and the demographics and damn the American people!
Two Texas mayors are sounding the alarm and calling on the Biden administration for help as migrants, a significant portion of which have tested positive for COVID-19, flood into The Lone Star State.
McAllen, Texas Mayor Major Javier Villalobos said Friday that his town was at a "breaking point" and he ultimately decided to issue an emergency declaration to build a "tent city" for the massive influx of migrants.
With minimal help from the federal government, Catholic charities in the area were utilizing donations to house and assist migrants who had been bussed into McAllen.
"The Catholic charities just couldn’t handle it anymore," Villalobos told "America’s Newsroom." "We get a call, so we have to immediately act because we cannot—we shouldn’t and we cannot let the immigrants roam around our city—especially with a high COVID rate."
Villalobos said that migrant COVID-positivity rate had in the past sat at around four to five percent—but had now reached a staggering 16%.
The McAllen mayor added that his town’s situation was not a result of a border issue or the fault of his local officials, but rather an immigration crisis created by legislation in Washington. He also warned that his city was merely a passing stop for processed migrants who would go on to locations throughout the United States.
"You know with the stroke of a pen this can be taken care of," said Villalobos. "Seven, eight, nine months ago it was totally different, it was under control. I wish things could go back to the way they were."
Just hours earlier, another Texas mayor echoed Villalobos's concerns on "Fox & Friends."
"Something’s terribly wrong here," said Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz. "It’s not orderly, there’s chaos, and obviously it’s creating this crisis that we’re facing here throughout the entire border area."
According to KGNS-TV, more than 28 migrants have been taken to Laredo shelters and more than 75 of them have tested positive for COVID-19.
Saenz said that his city's issues have been compounded by their proximity to the Rio Grande Valley and have since been designated as a processing location for migrants entering the U.S.
In order to move migrants out of Laredo, Saenz said that the city has been forced to finance migrants' travel further north into Texas using taxpayer dollars.
"Don’t expect the locals to expend money to help the federal government—we do our part. That’s all we can do."
To you, of course not. You live nowhere near the border or have zero idea what conditions are like here except for what you hear and are spoonfed from CNN, NBC, and other leftist liberal media outlets!
Some sheeople feel that if there are no illegals physically living in their houses, then their first....and last instinct is to deny a crisis exists on the border. They only believe what they are told to believe.
Yep.
Oh, but you did. You just don't realize it!😏
It's amazing when you think about it. It's as if they have written off 2022 and are gunning to change the contry in 2 years.
The House moderates went nuts the other day when they heard Cori Bush double down on defunding the police. The "hard core" left really seems to think the voters are as crazy as they are.
Well, there's no doubt there are some of those crazy left voters. Very good chance some of them reside on here.
Trump policy had the illegal immigration spigot turned down about as low as we could close it.
Biden policy opened that spigot up wide open
Specifically which policy was that. Please cite the EO that put this "policy" into place.
It's called the Constitution - the President, which included Trump, can not establish immigration policy - only Congress can but won't. Obama blew it with his EO on DACA and Dreamers - SCOTUS agreed that his EO was unconstitutional but it would take CONGRESS to fix it - which they can but won't.
Your question has been answered. So now, what was your point ..... specifically please.
Did you read what you linked?
He revoked the state of emergency declaration, that's it. That's a purely technical declaration that opens up additional money to be spent. It didn't change anything.
And stopping construction of a fence that has already been breached multiple times, does not open any spigot either.
Bullshit! Stopping a failed project does not open any kind of [spigot,deleted]
Deflections and denial noted ......
[DELETED]
Yes, I did. The proclamation to end the national emergency at the southern border is a shift in policy toward a more lenient handling of illegal immigration.
A border wall tells migrants that crossing the border here is unacceptable and that migrants won't be welcomed here. There's nothing wrong with an immigration policy that only accepts asylum requests at ports of entry. There's nothing wrong with an immigration policy that migrants crossing the border irregularly will be tossed out and their asylum requests won't be considered. If a migrant has not entered through a port of entry then they will be deported, period. No exceptions.
A lenient immigration policy that accepts asylum requests anywhere along the border is all about convenience for migrants and human traffickers and has nothing to do with humanitarian need. Biden signaled a more lenient immigration policy by rescinding the national emergency and stopping construction of border walls. Biden sent a message to migrants and human traffickers that they can cross the border anywhere, any time, and they will be welcomed.
Lol .... the truth will set you free and you are still a slave ..... funny!
And how has that worked over that last 5 decades? Hmmmm?????? Stopped all illegal crossings where a fence was in place????
[Deleted]
awwww .... don't be that way .... you have wonderful day now Ozzy .... ya hear!
According to your argument we should eliminate financial regulations because those regulations haven't stopped illegal activities. Neo-liberal immigration policy is as bad as neo-liberal policy toward finance.
You're applying TEA Party arguments to immigration policy.
You can't understand a thing I said, can you.
If financial regulations haven't stopped illegal activities, why would you continue to do the same thing? Of course, in your black and white mind, it is either a full stop, or nothing at all. So you will have to prove that financial regulations have not CURTAILED illegal activities. Since if they helped curtail them, then you would keep doing it.
There have already been videos showing that the fence hasn't even slowed them down. A simple reciprocating saw with a metal cutting blade, is all that is required to remove any impediment the fence might cause.
With some people, it is next to impossible to hold a reasonable or polite conversation. That is the reason I keep him on ignore so as not to see or deal with his obnoxious commentary.
Which he doesn't understand and willfully ignores.
So, you are arguing that a stronger deterrence than a wall is needed? The problem with that approach is it begins bumping up against the Geneva Conventions.
Perhaps fencing and walls that couldn't be breached so easily would have been installed if sufficient money had been allocated.
No, I am arguing that a different deterrence than the wall is needed. A wall does nothing to address the issue, or stop it.
Your mind goes in very strange and dangerous direction.
You want to effect the problem, you deal with the cause. Start addressing all the companies that are hiring illegals, most come across the border looking for jobs, and they find them. Yet there are no penalties for those that hire them.
A 16th century solution will never work in the 21st century.
Design any wall you want. Given the resources available at any Home Depot, you can breach that wall.
Well, the stated goal is to address the issue or stop it.
Isn't that difficult when a lenient immigration policy welcomes migrants crossing the border anywhere, at any time? I agree that jobs attract migrants and I agree the existing regulations covering the hiring of migrants should be better enforced. And perhaps those existing regulations need strengthened, perhaps not.
IMO it's too late to address the issue after the migrants have crossed the border in an irregular manner. Attempting to address the issue after the migrants have entered the country only provides incentives for the natural evolution of an underground economy that operates in the shadows.
Perhaps a better source of information would be the first World War of 1914-1918. Fences and barriers were effective during that war.
As the COVID pandemic has demonstrated, no barrier will be perfect. But those barriers are supposed to slow the spread to a manageable level.
Keep in mind that a wall is not intended to stop immigration. The wall is a deterrent for border jumpers. And people are jumping the border in both directions.
That's why efforts to address illegal immigration inside the United States is a sticky wicket. We'd need some way to differentiate between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants. We'd need some way to find those who entered legally on a temporary status from those here legally on a permanent status. Uncontrolled illegal immigration establishes a need to curtail all immigration which would not be desirable.
Illegal immigration harms legal migrants by creating a need for scrutiny that can't be perfect either. A lenient policy towards illegal immigration undermines international agreements and protocols for refugees and asylum seekers. Our more open border policy is influencing illegal immigration elsewhere around the world. Why bother with the legalities when jumping the border is faster, easier, and more convenient?
There's also been an uptick in irregular crossings at the northern border, as Canadians call them. Of course, the numbers are miniscule compared to the southern border.
And republicans are in denial as to the reasons so many want to flee their home countries to seek safety and protection in the United States.
You believe that and I've got a bridge in the desert to sell you. Hasn't been used near as much as that flimsy attempt of logic.
If that is the best you got you ain't got much.
More than 800 unaccompanied migrant children were apprehended in a single day this week, as the numbers of migrants coming to the southern border continue to surge with no sign of slowing down despite the heat of the summer months.
Health and Human Services announced that 834 unaccompanied children and teenagers were apprehended on Thursday, significantly higher than the 30-day average of 512.
It means that there are a total 2,784 children in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody, and 14,523 in HHS custody. The Biden administration has focused on transferring children apprehended at the border from CBP to HHS custody and then to sponsors or parents already in the country – often illegally themselves. On Thursday, 612 children were discharged from HHS custody to parents or guardians.
The numbers reflect a continuing surge at the southern border and a sign that the border crisis that has dogged the Biden administration is unlikely to stop any time soon. The extreme heat of the summer months often acts to deter making the journey north in past years, but the numbers have shown no sign of slowing down.
The Biden administration has been expelling single adults and some migrant families via Title 42 public health protections related to the COVID-19 pandemic but has not been expelling unaccompanied children or migrant families with small children.
More than 188,000 migrants were encountered in June, including increases in UACs and migrant family units. The Associated Press reported this week that that number is expected to rise to more than 210,000 for July. That's compared to about 78,000 when President Biden took office in January, and about 33,000 encounters in June 2020.
The number of unaccompanied children encountered in June increased by 8%, with 15,253 encounters in June compared to 14,137 in May.
Republicans have blamed the Biden administration’s rollback of key Trump-era policies for the surge, specifically its refusal to apply Title 42 to UACs, as well as the rolling back of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), ending border wall construction, and significantly narrowing interior enforcement. They have warned of not only of criminals coming into the country but also the potential spread of COVID-19.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration has instead emphasized "root causes" like violence, poverty, and climate change in Central America. It has also touted its ability to quickly shift kids through CBP and HHS custody.
Vice President Kamala Harris, in a visit to El Paso, Texas in June , said the Department of Homeland Security has made "extreme progress" and pointed to the quicker processing of the tens of thousands of migrants arriving each month.
"They have instituted technology that over the last couple of months has expedited, in a very significant way, processing of people who are arriving at our border," she said.
Harris has got to be one of the most delusional and blind people ever when it comes to our Southern border and it's issues and problems!
It's what they wanted. They want that border open. Tomorrow I'll tell you about the funding they want for lawyers to represent the migrants. That's the most underreported story of the year.
Joe is dumping thousands of illegals on Texas streets daily and then blaming our govenor for increased covid cases in the state.
A piece of shit move.
AKA, progressive.
Yeah, progressives do tend to be partisan [removed] .... mostly ....
Not just Texas, but Arizona and New Mexico as well!
Border Patrol picks up 834 migrant children illegally sent across border in one day, a record (msn.com)
Unbelievable....I thought Democrats where all about the children.
Not until they're old enough to vote.
Only if it will get them votes!
Former Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller warned that President Biden is proving his opposition to immigration enforcement with his nomination of Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to lead ICE.
Miller told "Kudlow" on Friday that Gonzalez is a radical who seeks to undermine the very institution of U.S. immigration law.
"The choice of Gonzalez to head ICE epitomizes the problem," he said. "He, as sheriff in Texas, terminated an agreement with the federal government known as 287-G; what that means is it's an agreement whose sole purpose, Larry, is to find dangerous criminals and remove them."
Miller said the policy opposed by Gonzalez trains police to identify dangerous criminals who happen to be illegal aliens and has them flagged to ICE, who removes them from the United States.
"So you're talking about a guy that terminated that program and who has advocated for sanctuary cities that shield criminals. What message does that send to the brave men and women of ICE?" he argued.
Miller called Biden an "ICE officer's worst enemy" and explained that the White House's apparent disregard for enforcing federal immigration law proves a "corrupt bargain" was forged with the radical elements of his Democratic Party.
Miller told host Larry Kudlow that while many Biden critics attribute some of his policy proposals to claims he has failing personal faculties, the Gonzalez nomination shows he instead has simply invited the far left to usurp control of the administration's directives.
"They don't want ICE to do anything," Miller argued. "I wish I could say, 'Oh, well, Joe Biden is just mentally unable to do anything, and that's why it's all falling apart.' But it's worse than that. He's made a corrupt bargain with the Marxists in his administration where he is letting them do literally everything they want to do."
"So he gets to sit there in the Oval Office. That, Larry, is worse than incompetence. That's malice."
If confirmed, Gonzalez would succeed acting ICE Director Tae Johnson, who has held that role since the waning days of the Trump administration.
THIS JUST IN:
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., announced Friday that he intends to file articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas , citing the administration’s handling of the crisis at the southern border.
"Secretary Mayorkas is a threat to the sovereignty and security of our nation," Biggs said in a statement. "As a result of his actions and policies, America is more in danger today than when he began serving as Secretary."
Biggs is not the first Republican to criticize the administration, and Mayorkas specifically, for the crisis at the southern border -- which has seen a dramatic surge in migrant encounters that has shown little sign of slowing down. However, introducing articles of impeachment would be an escalation of that criticism.
Republican critics of the administration’s policies have blamed the rollback of Trump-era policies like the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), the ending of border wall construction, limited application of Title 42 public health protections and the narrowing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) priorities for fueling the surge.
The Biden administration, meanwhile, has blamed "root causes" like poverty, violence and climate change in Central America and has unveiled strategies to tackle those root causes. It has also focused on processing migrants into the U.S., although in the last week it has started flying out expelled migrants to Mexico and Central America.
So far the indicators suggest that numbers at the border are increasing and not slowing down. On Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 834 unaccompanied children had reached the border in a single day, while the border city of McAllen, Texas, has set up and expanded shelters to handle COVID-positive migrants released by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Meanwhile, The Associated Press has reported that more than 210,000 migrants have been apprehended in July, according to preliminary CBP data. However, many of those are being removed under Title 42 public health protections that allow for the rapid expulsion of migrants, that the Biden administration extended earlier this month.
In his statement, Biggs accused of "willfully refusing to maintain operational control of the border" and of encouraging migrants to enter the country illegally.
"Under his direction, DHS is systematically releasing COVID-19 positive aliens into our communities, subjecting the American people to unnecessary and avoidable risks," Biggs said.
"Secretary Mayorkas is failing to faithfully uphold his oath of office and is presiding over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, at the expense of the U.S. Constitution and the security of the United States."
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, has also called for the impeachment of both Mayorkas and Biden over the administration’s handling of the border surge.
"Over the past several months, President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have blatantly and consistently refused to do their constitutional duty to take care that the immigration laws be faithfully executed, as required by Article II, endangering countless American and foreign lives in the process," Roy told Fox News Tuesday .
This will be an interesting roll.
You got that right.