As President Biden’s self-inflicted border crisis continues to spiral into chaos, the White House wants you to believe the situation has drastically improved. In fact, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently touted that illegal migration is down a staggering 90%.
You and I both know this is a bald-faced lie.
While the White House quickly claimed these comments were made in regard to the Administration’s deceptive parolee program, no one wants to admit just how disastrous the southern border is due to President Biden’s failed leadership and radical policies. Under his watch, there have been more than 5 million illegal alien encounters and over 1.3 million known gotaways at the southern border. In March alone, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) faced nearly 191,900 illegal alien crossings — marking almost a 24% increase from February. Alarmingly, this crisis expands far beyond the southwest region. Concerns continue to rise with illegal migration at the northern border, as CBP encountered more than 15,700 illegal crossings in March — more than a 100% increase compared to March of last year.
President Biden’s open borders also continue to embolden bad actors. So far this Fiscal Year, CBP has seized over 14,000 pounds of fentanyl — enough to kill more than 3.1 billion people. Unfortunately, cartels still manage to smuggle this deadly drug, which is largely manufactured in China, into our communities. Additionally, Biden’s weak border policies have encouraged dangerous individuals to illegally enter the country. In just the first six months of Fiscal Year 2023, 80 suspected terrorists were apprehended attempting to cross the border, including 11 in March alone.
The harsh reality is these startling statistics are only bound to get worse when Title 42 expires later this week. Successfully issued by President Trump in 2020, Title 42 allows the immediate expulsion of illegal aliens in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the southern border. Yet this beneficial measure is set to end on May 11th, removing a critical tool used to significantly curb the flow of illegal migration.
When Title 42 ends, President Biden’s border crisis will inevitably become a major catastrophe. In fact, Department of Homeland Security officials are warning as many as 700,000 migrants are waiting to cross the southern border when Title 42 ends on Thursday. 700,000! To put that number in perspective, that’s more than 16 times the population of Gainesville, Georgia. President Biden is responsible for this imminent — and intentional — invasion.
Unsurprisingly, the Biden Administration has no plan to address this chaos. But House Republicans do.
Tomorrow, House Republicans will vote on a comprehensive package to secure the border and combat illegal migration. H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, forces the Biden Administration to resume construction of President Trump’s border wall, deploys vital technology to both the southern and northern borders, increases the number of Border Patrol agents, and requires transparency regarding illegal alien crossings from the Department of Homeland Security. Additionally, H.R. 2 strengthens current law to protect unaccompanied minors from human trafficking, ends catch and release, and eliminates the abuse of executive immigration authority.
In our Commitment to America, we promised to deliver a nation that’s safe by tackling the border crisis. And this week, we’ll do just that
