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ROGER WICKER: President ignores border crisis as Texas overwhelmed by migrants
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President Biden’s decision to continue ignoring our southern border has
allowed an already-chaotic situation to grow worse. This past week, Texas faced
yet another wave of illegal immigration as some 15,000 migrants, mostly from
Haiti, crossed into Del Rio, Texas. Aerial images showed scores of men, women,
and children wading across the river into U.S. territory, where they had set up
a makeshift camp under a highway bridge. U.S. Border Patrol was overwhelmed and
relied on help from Texas law enforcement and National Guard troops, who were
able to create a steel barrier by lining up their vehicles in a row – a move
the Governor described as “unprecedented.”

The Biden Administration knew this wave of migrants was coming, yet failed to
prepare. As early as June, the National Border Patrol Council had warned the
Administration about an influx of migrants headed for Del Rio and offered plans
to respond, which were rejected. Now, those migrants are here. Even as some are
being deported, thousands more are being released into the U.S. and being told
to report to a judge – meaning they will likely never be seen again. This will
only encourage more migrants to make the dangerous trek toward our border.
Indeed, officials in Panama say they expect an additional 80,000 migrants to
pass through their country heading to America by the end of this year. We
cannot afford to let this endless cycle of disorder continue.

Biden Policies Created This Crisis

There is no question that President Biden bears responsibility for the current
crisis. Since Mr. Biden took office, border apprehensions have increased by
nearly 500 percent, suggesting there has been a similar surge in border
crossers who have managed to escape arrest. We are on track for two million
apprehensions this year – four times the annual average since 2010. Border
officials have also seized record amounts of fentanyl, and traffickers are
making $14 million a day smuggling migrants across our border. President Biden
invited these trends by reversing core Trump policies that were working – for
example, by ending asylum agreements with key Central American countries and
halting construction of the border wall. He also made Haitian refugees once
again eligible for asylum, paving the way for the latest border surge. Mr.
Biden prompted this crisis and has a duty to fix it.

States Forced to Secure Our Border

In the absence of presidential leadership, states have had no choice but to
secure the border on their own. Texas is planning to spend an extra $3 billion
on border security next year, and multiple states have sent National Guard
troops to Texas and Arizona. But states are not letting President Biden off the
hook for evading his responsibilities. This past week, 26 governors, including
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, requested a meeting with the President citing
the need for “immediate action” on the border.

Unfortunately, powerful members of President Biden’s party do not seem
interested in solving the problem. In July, House Democrats approved a bill
that would strip $960 million from U.S. Customs and Border Protection while
ending all funding for the border wall. Congressional Democrats even tried to
include a sweeping amnesty measure in their upcoming reckless tax-and-spending
bill, which was ruled out of order in Senate proceedings. These priorities show
a basic unwillingness to protect law and order and our national sovereignty. As
a Senator, Mr. Biden once supported building a border wall, and he needs to
push this debate in a positive direction. Unfortunately, he is listening to the
most unreasonable voices in his party who seem content with a permanent border
crisis.

 

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