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Wrong again.

The bill adds no judges. It changes the paradigm and hires "asylum officers" to stand there and check boxes on a clipboard before they're released.

Do you know ANYTHING about this bill?

All of them? Based on what? It plainly states,
You blatantly just make $#!+ up and them claim I'm the one embarrassing myself?

FACT SHEET: Impact of Bipartisan Border Agreement Funding on Border Operations

Today there is funding for 734 immigration judges, the bipartisan Senate bill would provide funding for an additional 100 immigration judges and their associated staff. Combatting Drug Trafficking: We continue our fight against the trafficking of fentanyl and other illicit drugs.

The bill pitting Biden against Trump would allocate more than $20 billion to the border
The legislation rejected by Republicans would provide funding for border patrols, asylum officers, immigration judges and reception facilities

https://english.elpais.com/usa/elec...-more-than-20-billion-to-the-border.html

I appreciate what you're saying. Maybe it should have been you interviewing him, bro. When I look at that interview, Bartiromo obviously had an axe to grind with him, and given her affiliation to Trump and the Republicans who vehemently opposed the legislation, I would have expected her to go harder in the paint on the points you brought up, but she ended up looking foolish, and gave off the impression that he was more in the right than not.

She used the strongest talking points they had and failed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...cartels-rancher-rape-trees-migrants.html

17 dead bodies, rape trees and migrants crawling on his land: Arizona rancher armed with a Glock describes life on the frontlines of the border crisis as Republicans push bill to allow landowners to shoot trespassers

Looks like an article trying to make murdering illegals, legal to me.

Appeals court reverses order blocking Texas immigration law, setting up Supreme Court showdown

If the U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t intervene in the coming days, the law making illegal entry a state crime could go into effect this weekend.

BY URIEL J. GARCÍA
MARCH 4, 2024
2 HOURS AGO
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National Guard members tell migrants that they cannot cross through that area and that they need to walk until the end of the property to turn themselves in Eagle Pass, Texas on July 29, 2023. As there is concertina wire installed along the Urbina’s property, migrants are told to walk to the end of the property. Many make that walk which can be difficult to do through slippery rocks in the water, the current and the inclined river bank, while some find spots through the concertina wire and manage to get through. Some will be sent back after being arrested for trespassing private property without allowing them to go through the immigration process in the U.S.
Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune
National Guard members tell migrants that they cannot cross the concertina wire barrier and must to walk to another area to surrender to authorities in Eagle Pass on July 29, 2023. Credit: Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune
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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Saturday reversed a lower court’s ruling that halted a new state law allowing Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally.

The New Orleans-based appeals court immediately paused its order for seven days to give the federal government time to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. If the higher court doesn’t intervene, the new law could go into effect on Saturday as the legal battle continues.

The appeals court also said that it will schedule oral arguments on its next available date. As of Monday, that date hasn’t been announced.

The 5th Circuit ruling came a day after U.S. District Judge David Ezra in Austin blocked Senate Bill 4 from going into effect, saying the law “threatens the fundamental notion that the United States must regulate immigration with one voice.”

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Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB 4 in December, marking Texas’ latest attempt to try to deter people from crossing the Rio Grande after several years of historic numbers of migrants arriving at the Texas-Mexico border.

SB 4 seeks to make illegally crossing the border a Class B misdemeanor, carrying a punishment of up to six months in jail. Repeat offenders could face a second-degree felony with a punishment of two to 20 years in prison.

The law also requires state judges to order migrants returned to Mexico if they are convicted; local law enforcement would be responsible for transporting migrants to the border. A judge could drop the charges if a migrant agrees to return to Mexico voluntarily.

In December, ​​the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project sued Texas on behalf of El Paso County and two immigrant rights organizations — El Paso-based Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center and Austin-based American Gateways — over the new state law. The following month, the U.S. Department of Justice filed its lawsuit against Texas. The lawsuits have since been combined.

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The court proceedings come during a presidential election year when immigration has been top of mind for many voters. Former President Donald Trump has bashed President Joe Biden for his immigration policies, saying he has incentivized illegal immigration. Biden has created some narrow paths for migrants to enter the U.S. legally with policies that seek to deter migrants from entering the country illegally.


https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/04/texas-sb4-illegal-immigration-law-5th-circuit-court-ruling/

The SCOTUS has already ruled that immigration is under federal authority in the last lawsuit where it ruled Texas was interfering with Border Patrol doing its job. This is simply more political posturing by Abbott.

This is political posturing by Abbott?

Abbott now controls the 5th District Court of Appeals.

Most certainly. SCOTUS made it clear in their previous ruling that enforcing immigration law was under federal authority and the state shouldn't be interfering. Both sides do things like this all thew time. Don't take this as me saying only Republicans do this.

Both sides pretty much control different courts in different places. Everyone knows this. What they don't control is juries when a jury is called for.

Gotcha.

Seems about right. Dude is in charge of 21,000 people. There is an unmitigated disaster unfolding. Not a single conversation.

I cannot say I'm even surprised by this.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ram-national-security-vulnerability.html

Biden Admin secretly flew 320,000 illegals into the US. Wtf

I say don't let anyone in until they pass a few basic requirements. Have the same requirements that other countries have.

I think people can go to the U.S. Immigration Service website, follow the procedures, then be considered for entry.

Seriously? Why is the rest of the world reporting this and not any media in the US? If true, this is the biggest bombshell in the 3+ years of this failed presidency.

I read the article and I'm confused about 1 thing. Ignoring the part about whether flying that amount of people into the country and turning them loose is a good idea or not... are they actually here illegally if they followed procedure and used the app? I'm asking an honest question (may be a dumb question, but I'm asking sincerely). The article isn't clear whether the program is against the law or not.

IMO, making it so people follow the rules in terms of entering and potentially staying in this country is a key step to finally getting the illegal alien situation under control. We can definitely argue the merits of the how and how many in the situation laid out in the article and I'm not trying to get around that.

The key part of your post. If true


At least you realize that the entire things sounds absurd.

Absurd as it may seem -- it's true.

And in this post you correctly used the term "may 'seem' it's true". Which seems to be all it takes to be believed by millions upon millions of people these days.

Are you daft?

The "may seem" is in relation to how YOU may feel about it.

You said "sounds absurd". That implies sounds absurd to YOU. I merely said "may seem" so as to not imply that that would "sound absurd" to everyone. See just above in Oober's post -- this may not "sound absurd" to him as he's questioning a different aspect.

To sum up something that wouldn't "seem" to need summation...

IT'S TRUE... whether you think it's absurd or not is up to you. I'm not trying to mask language to sell something untrue as beingtrue.

Um........here's the headline: Biden administration ADMITS flying 320,000 migrants secretly into the U.S. to reduce the number of crossings at the border has national security 'vulnerabilities'

I would say it's true.

I'm sure you would. It's not as if we don't see headlines that are misleading or do not match up with the content of the article quite often. It's odd that you're the very same person who refutes things written in books because "They're just trying to sell a book" when you don't like what they say. Now suddenly a headline because it says something you wish to believe. Funny how things work isn't it?

Can you show any actual facts that back up what that headline says besides, "Yeah but the headline says so"?

Joe Biden's administration has admitted transporting migrants on secret flights into the U.S. and lawyers for its immigration agencies claim revealing the locations could create national security 'vulnerabilities'.


You could try reading the article. It's literally the first sentence.

That's the claim they're making. Just because that's the claim they're making doesn't make that claim a fact. No wonder people are so easily misled. All it takes is "Yeah but they said it's true."

I've posted all kinds of articles that show what trump has done with far more details than "someone claimed it" and you claim it's all a bunch of lies.

That's what happenes when you believe what you want to and refuse to believe what you don't want to.

I have no idea if these claims are true or not. But reading someone say "Joe Biden's administration has admitted transporting migrants on secret flights into the U.S. and lawyers for its immigration agencies claim revealing the locations could create national security 'vulnerabilities'." is not evidence that it actually happened.

So youre denying the facts as they exist.

I'm denying that accusations are facts. For some people all they need are is accusation to claim something is a fact. For most people that isn't complicated.

As I said before, based on what was posted I have no idea if this is true or not. Only in your world is that considered a denial.

It would seem that they've created an end around to making it "legal". Amidst the millions crossing the southern border, Biden decided we still weren't harvesting enough new voters.

In short, they've made the CBP One app (meant to request appointments) a "pick me up at baggage" button.


They're just bypassing the entire asylum application process the same way they are at the border.

"Too busy to check, just come on in" means these people flying in are given immediate parole. The parole program allows for two-years of legal status during which adults are eligible for work authorization.


Here's how it works:
CBP One tells them which international airports are available.
Individual (or cartel) is responsible for travel to approved airport.
Upon arrival, you sign into ICE wifi and apply for meeting.
ICE picks you up and escorts you across to America.
Since there is no way to accommodate asylum requests, individual is given automatic two year parole.
Now "legal" immigrant picks any one of the 43 airports in the US to be flown to. (Don't worry, we keep these top secret to keep them safe)

"You know, come to think of it Joe, this will probably be the prefered way to "rescue" the hot chicks (dudes, kids, other+) and sell them directly into trafficking. Genius!"


They just circumvented and turned inside-out the entire immigration process... with a phone app. While brain-dead libs say they need an act of congress to close a border, and a SCOTUS ruling to put up concertina wire.

Correct. We see that quite a bit. Usually from your links. Well, the headline, as well as the article.
Try reading the article. Weird how that works, isn't it?

Oh, and the book reference: Books are written with opinion. Some parts may be facts, some may be partial facts, and some parts may be lies.

Articles written by REAL journalists rely on facts. Period. We don't have much in this country in the way of REAL journalists.

You wouldn't admit a fact if it smacked you in the face.

THIS IS A FACT.

This story came out last September after the Center for Immigration Studies sued the Department of Homeland Security for the documents on the program, up to that point 210,000 had been "processed".



Biden’s DHS let 200,000 illegal immigrants fly directly into 43 cities
By
Paul Bedard
September 21, 2023 12:49 pm

The Biden administration has unleashed a new program to boost illegal immigration that allows immigrants to fly directly from their hometowns into a U.S. city of their choice, according to newly obtained records.

Instead of rushing the Texas border, the program lets immigrants use the administration’s app to pick a destination, buy an airline ticket, and fly in unseen on what amounts to ghost flights.

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, which sued the Department of Homeland Security for the documents on the program, over 210,000 have been processed since January. That is a population the size of Rochester, New York, or Des Moines, Iowa.

“DHS cajoles tens of thousands of intending illegal border-crossers per month to instead go on the CBP One smartphone application, and make an appointment with U.S. officials at land ports of entry instead of crossing illegally. After making an appointment, DHS invites these inadmissible aliens to walk over to the American side at the land ports, where U.S. Customs officials quickly ‘parole’ them in, allowing them to travel to a city of their choice in the nation’s interior,” the report from immigration analyst Todd Bensman said.

He has made a name for himself by reporting on the crisis from both sides of the border. This new report is among his most shocking, as the Biden team is dealing with a new emergency at the border in which tens of thousands are flooding weekly.

While those are seen by news cameras, those flying in directly are not. And the DHS is hiding where they are going. “U.S. Customs officers parole them into the nation, sight unseen, and in numbers publicly unknown,” the CIS said.

Bensman said the documents he received provide the total numbers of immigrants and where they have flown in from but do not identify any of the 43 cities they have touched down in. The department said identifying cities is a security problem.

The report shared with Secrets said some cities are seeing massive numbers of illegal immigrants fly in. One unidentified city, presumably Miami, has received the bulk of the flights, Bensman said.

“Haitians flew into U.S. airports in the greatest numbers from January through mid-September, a total of 76,582. These Haitians favored one redacted airport over all 36 into which they have flown. Some 47,768 flew into that airport,” the report said.

“The program was offered to Venezuelans a few months earlier, in October 2022. Since then, 63,360 flew into 43 airports, some 39,474 of them into one preferred airport. Some 46,794 Cubans flew into 41 airports, the majority of them, 33,355, favoring one in particular,” it added.

Bensman’s report said, “It’s likely that the preferred airport in all these cases was Miami, but we won’t know for sure unless CBP provides the unredacted information.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...-immigrants-fly-directly-into-43-cities/

Yet you claim it's fake news when you don't like the information. You label every journalist that reports what you don't like as fake or liberal because of what they write. So in all of your blathering all you really have is "read the article"? You claim the articles I post are misleading while the articles you agree with are written by "real journalists".

Sometimes I don't think you hear yourself. And BTW these journalists you speak of have every incentive to get internet hits, clicks and popularity to further their careers just like the authors of books do. Just some information it seems you need to hear.

Incorrect, yet again. Both sides, in the u.s., are biased.

It's why I prefer to get news from foreign press most of the time.

You: "Sometimes I don't think you hear yourself".

Cool. ALL of the time you twist and turn, and post post post post post post post. So much so, you don't even remember half of what you post.

I'm much better at remembering what I post than the accusations you make of what I posted. So is your answer then that you only consider "foreign journalists" to be REAL journalists?

Once again you seem very focused on me rather than addressing any of the actual topics posted. That says far more about you than it does me. But please, do go on with your personal tirade. It's very telling.

Madness and mayhem in camp cuckoo… GOPers got a plan, don’t worry… famous last words.

No truer words ever spoken about Biden's border catastrophe. 👏

I wonder if folks out there have thought that maybe we are looking at the immigration issue all wrong.

How many times in recent months have you walked into a fast food place and waited forever to get service? For whatever reason, we can't get workers to work. No matter what we pay them. Let's face it, lots of those workers (mostly teens) have found a better way to make a buck. Mostly on the Net.. Tiktoc, instagram etc.

Unlike Trump and his right wing ship of fools, I'm not convinced that all these immigrants are bad people. Most are looking for a better life. So why not find a way to use them.

Ever hear that phrase, if life gives you lemons, make lemonade!

Well, we could put them to work. It will take a huge effort to qualify them, but once completed, we would have an instant workforce. They'll need trained of course.. but why not!

They have flown 100o's to Chattanooga. I wake up early....like 2AM, and have a flight tracker app. I have seen many planes landing at 2-3AM, registered to a contractor known to bring is aliens. You can track the light path from south Texas to Tennessee.

https://oversight.house.gov/release/wrap-up-biden-administrations-policies-have-fueled-worst-border-crisis-in-u-s-history%EF%BF%BC/

Wrap Up: Biden Administration’s Policies Have Fueled Worst Border Crisis in U.S. History
Witness testifies “President Biden is the first President to ever un-secure a border on purpose.”

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “The Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Policymaking Efforts to Undermine U.S. Immigration Law.”Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee Republicans discussed how President Biden and his Administration’s radical policies and regulatory actions sparked the worst border crisis in American history. Immigration policy and law enforcement experts testified how the unilateral decisions by this Administration are fueling unprecedented illegal immigration and jeopardizing border security. Lawmakers concluded that the Biden Administration must prioritize returning to deterrent-focused policies to protect Americans and curtail the unprecedented flow of migrants, narcotics, and crime at the southern border.

Key Takeaways:

The Biden Administration sparked the worst border crisis in American history and placed Americans’ lives at risk by abandoning deterrent-focused immigration policies and proven border enforcement tools.

Mr. Thomas D. Homan, Retired Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): “President Biden is the first President to ever un-secure a border on purpose. The current administration’s failure to enforce and uphold the laws as written by Congress are not just matters of legal debate but have led to unimaginable suffering and death for Americans and migrants alike… For three years, this Administration has directed and overseen the implementation of an open-borders agenda that has resulted in a national security, humanitarian, public health, and public safety catastrophe unlike any we have ever witnessed at America’s borders.”
Mr. Joseph B. Edlow, Former Acting Director and Chief Counsel of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): “The Biden Administration has waged war against the immigration system of the United States. The results speak for themselves. As each memorandum, regulatory action, or policy decision is announced, the crisis at the southwest border grows exponentially. There is a direct correlation between these policies and the exploding number of encounters, the number of known (and unknown) got-aways, and backlogs at both [USCIS] and the immigration courts.”
The Biden Administration continues to double down on failed immigration policies and now seeks to needlessly waste billions of taxpayer dollars on a border crisis their policies created.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer: “President Biden and his Administration have refused to take any responsibility for a catastrophe they created. And now the Biden Administration is doing what it does best—asking taxpayers for more money. But more money isn’t going to solve much on the border. Because what we are seeing isn’t a money problem. It’s a policy problem. A blank check doesn’t mean more detention and removals of illegal aliens, which is what is needed to stem this crisis. A blank check means more Biden Administration policies undermining U.S. immigration law. A blank check means even faster releases of more illegal aliens into the interior of the country. A blank check means more agency memos and rulemaking to undermine the rule of immigration law in this country.”
Witnesses testified how Border Patrol agents are doing their best to stem the flow of illegal immigration but continue to struggle to secure the border.

Mr. Homan: “To put this into context, all one must do is look at CBP’s own data that shows total enforcement actions in FY20 was approximately 646,000. The next full year under Biden we tripled that number to 1.9 million followed the next year with 2.7 million and then in FY23, 3.2 million. When you have those kinds of encounters, it overwhelms the Border Patrol to the point where they have pulled up to 100% of agents off patrol to come in and process these large groups, which leaves hundreds of miles of border with no security and not a single agent on watch.”
The Biden Administration must prioritize deterrent-focused policies and provide the men and women protecting our border and enforcing our immigration laws the necessary tools and resources to combat this ongoing national security and humanitarian crisis.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer: “Fiscal Year 2022 set records for the number of arrests of illegal border crossers, the number of migrants who died making the journey, the number of dangerous narcotics seized, and even the number of suspected terrorists arrested trying to illegally cross the border. This administration must do more to protect our southern border. They must do more to protect the American people.”
Member Highlights:

Chairman James Comer opened the hearing by stating the House Oversight Committee and Homeland Security Committee recently released a joint report containing interviews with CBP agents on the frontlines of the Biden border crisis.

Chairman Comer: “The border crisis has continued to deepen—affecting almost every American. Alongside the Homeland Security Committee, the Oversight Committee has been investigating the border crisis, interviewing Chief Border Patrol agents from every sector along the southwest border. We released a staff report yesterday describing their experiences and detailing the hardships of attempting to protect a border without the support of the Biden Administration.

Chairman Comer also emphasized Oversight Committee Republicans have traveled to the border multiple times to witness the crisis firsthand. He stressed how Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers and Border Patrol agents are actively struggling to secure the border.



Chairman Comer: “Mr. Homan, we’ve traveled to the border, the majority members of this committee, several times. We’ve heard many complaints from our Border Patrol agents, can you describe how the Biden Administration has hampered the ability of ICE officers and ICE prosecutors to enforce immigration laws?”

Mr. Homan: “Yes, I will. The biggest thing about the border, when you cause a crisis this big, when you make promises that you can enter the country illegally, you’ll be released quickly, because this Administration is not enforcing the law, the only thing they have done is send more resources to the border to process quicker and release quicker. Because they care about the optics. When you do that, more are going to come. So, when they overwhelm the border patrol, I can tell you right now, in the last several months there have been times that certain sectors on the southwest border, 100% of border patrol agents were pulled off patrol, to come in and process.”

Representative Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) noted the unprecedented flow of illegal immigration and pointed out that the Biden Administration is releasing illegal aliens into the United States at an alarming rate.



Rep. Grothman: “I want to just clarify some numbers here. We need to understand the size of this issue. As I understand it, in December, over 300,000 people entered this country and were allowed in or were gotaways…and when the last administration left office, that number was depending on the month, 5 to 20,000. So, it’s increased by a factor of about 30 to 1. Is that accurate? 30 times more people coming into the interior of this country compared to two years ago?”

Mr. Homan: “Total encounters are five times as many under this Administration than Trump. And the gentlemen to my left talks about percentages of people removed under Trump versus under Biden, here’s the difference: percentages of 2.3 million is a lot different than the percentage of 646. It’s not about percentages, it’s about how many people are released in the country and there’s zero comparison between the Trump Administration and the Biden Administration.”

Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) exposed how the Biden Administration intentionally stripped successful border enforcement policies and the President’s open border agenda is designed to incentivize illegal immigration.



Rep. Jordan: “So you said earlier, both you and Mr. Edlow, said this is by design. This is intentional and I think I got it right that you said three main things about this Administration: stop building the wall, get rid of ‘remain in Mexico’, and release people when they get here. And that incentivizes people to come from, I believe you said 181 different countries. Because they know there is no wall to get over, there’s no wait in Mexico and they’re going to get released to wherever they want to go, is that right?”

Mr. Homan: “Absolutely, the first few days in office, President Biden signed over 90 executive orders abolishing all the policies that were proven effective based on numbers.”

Representative Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) highlighted how President Biden’s executive orders and regulatory actions enabled illegal aliens to enter the country.



Rep. Foxx: “Mr. Edlow, do you have anything that you would like to add to the comments Mr. Homan has made in conjunction with why we don’t need additional laws and what we can do to make sure the laws that exist are enforced?”

Mr. Edlow: “As Mr. Homan said, the previous Administration used everything that was available whether it be remain in Mexico program, whether it be the asylum cooperative agreements with Central American partners, whether it be other programs that allowed the U.S. to quickly intake, process in for expedited removal of individuals from certain countries and make sure they had all due process within just a matter of days and make sure they were in front of an immigration judge within a matter of days. What I find kind of amusing is the circumvention of lawful pathways and notice of proposed rulemaking by the Biden Administration noted that there were no alternatives available to what they were proposing, and they noted that, such as an asylum cooperative agreement and remain in Mexico were not viable options because there was no time to negotiate them. Why I find that amusing is because the Trump Administration did negotiate them, they were working and the Biden Administration pulled them back, ended them, destroyed them, and now they’re saying, ‘well we don’t have any alternative because we can’t do that.’ It’s just not the way.”

Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) emphasized cartels are leveraging the chaos at the border by creating diversions at the expense of human life to traffic dangerous narcotics like fentanyl across the southern border.



Rep. Biggs: “Let’s talk about fentanyl. 90% that we interdict is at a port of entry. If you’ve never been down to the border and literally driven for 30 miles, you don’t even see a CBP agent, why? Because they’re processing people, and you know the number of people that are coming across that don’t want to be caught. You got to understand…that it’s between the port of entry where people are bringing the fentanyl in. Is that not true Mr. Homan?”

Mr. Homan: “I spent three decades investigating criminal cartels who smuggle narcotics into the United States. They will use the route of least resistance. Will they go through a port of entry where every vehicle is stopped, driver spoken to…between the ports of entry when 70 to 90% of agents are off the line, and in several instances, no one is on the line, that’s when the criminal cartel is going to move the fentanyl.”

Representative Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) pointed out the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released many illegal aliens into the United States and reiterated that terrorist and cartel organizations are taking advantage of the Biden Administration’s open border agenda.



Rep. Waltz: “Just look at the numbers and do the math, we’ve got just in two months DHS released 257,000, a quarter million, enough to fill entire stadiums. I’m for legal immigration or orderly immigration, however this Administration is espousing polices that invite people to come however they can and 40% by gangs and cartels and by smugglers. They are forever scarred and abused by these policies.”

Representative Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) described how DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is failing his basic responsibilities by empowering drug cartels and terrorist organizations. DHS is charged by statute with preventing terrorist entry and securing the border.



Rep. Mace: “Can you explain how directives from Secretary Mayorkas have empowered drug cartels?”

Mr. Edlow: “Certainly, the directives starting with the halting of deportation the first day of the Biden Administration then moving on to the enforcement priorities under Secretary Mayorkas have made it so that drug cartels know that the majority of people that they help to come across for one reason or another…are not going to be the subject of deportation or enforcement actions and ultimately it’s going to help the cartels gain a greater foothold in the country.”

Rep. Mace: “Do you believe Secretary Mayorkas actions and directives violate federal law and his oath of office?”

Mr. Edlow: “I believe that the actions in terms of regulations have made the border significantly less secure, they are in violation of the law, and I do believe it is dereliction of duty to have signed off on regulations that have done that.”

Representative Michael Cloud (R-Texas) noted how the Biden Administration’s open border policies are negatively impacting children. The Biden Administration has lost track of over 100,000 migrant children and many are being exploited.



Rep. Cloud: “A lot has been made of family separation, and you have mentioned it but if you could mention again, how many children has the Biden Administration lost and can you speak to the lives lost on the journey as well and the human side?”

Mr. Homan: “Nearly 100,000 children are missing. This Administration released to so-called sponsors, we can’t find them, but we do know we’ve found many working the midnight shift at a meatpacking plants, many of them forced labor. Many are in indentured servitude. We know that we’ve lost right around 1,700 aliens have died making this trip, that’s not counting the Darien Gap which is thousands between Mexico and Central America. When you make promises that you can cross this border illegally, you’ll get released, you’ll get work authorization, you can’t be removed because ICE can’t remove somebody that’s in the country legally for being here illegally, the Secretary said that. When you make those promises…the most vulnerable people in the world are going to put themselves in harm’s way of the cartels.”

READ MORE: Comer Opens Hearing on Biden Administration’s Unilateral Actions Fueling Border Crisis

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