Former Border security leaders with careers spanning decades have warned President Joe Biden’s “border security” plans will facilitate more illegal immigration, with over two million migrants flooding into the U.S. a year.
“The border will never be ‘shut down’ under this executive action but rather serve to legalize an unjustified level of open borders that will further perpetuate the chaos and lawlessness we’ve experienced during the entirety of the Biden Administration,” former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan told The Center Square.
“The proposed action will, at a minimum, allow more than one million illegal aliens to be released into the county annually, along with another one million inadmissible aliens being allowed to fly into interior airports within the U.S.,” referring to the CBP One app that allows migrants to apply for entry remotely.
Biden said, “Migrants will be restricted from receiving asylum unless they seek it through an established lawful process, making an appointment through a port of entry.”
Multiple attorneys general have sued to stop the app from being used, claiming it bypasses laws established by Congress and creates an “illegal visa” program.
Morgan warned that Biden’s executive action doesn’t secure the border in any way.
“It doesn’t end catch and release; it doesn’t end the unlawful use of parole; it doesn’t increase interior enforcement; it doesn’t end the significant loopholes being exploited by the cartels, and it doesn’t provide additional resources to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to secure, defend and protect our nation’s borders,” he said.
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Morgan has been sounding the alarm about known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) coming through the southwest and northern borders, something Biden’s executive action doesn’t address.
Biden’s action applies only to the southwest border, not the northern border, which is experiencing record illegal entries and the greatest number of KSTs being apprehended in the country, The Center Square reported.
Asylum restrictions kick in when “high levels of encounters at the Southern Border exceed our ability to deliver timely consequences,” Biden’s plan states.
The number of KSTs apprehended at the northern border continues to outpace those apprehended at the southwest border, and record numbers of illegal border crossers continue to be reported entering the northern border, The Center Square reported.
“Cartels are expanding their operations, flying people into Canada, which doesn’t require a visa, presenting an opportunity for terrorist watch-listed individuals to exploit. It’s much easier to get to Canada to come across,” Morgan told The Center Square.
“Data from 39 months shows terrorist watch-listed individuals are coming here every day and they aren’t stopping.”
Tom Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, asked why Biden was taking any action after he had said for years that the border was secure.
“Why is he taking any action?” he told The Center Square.
“He and the DHS Secretary [Alejandro Mayorkas] have claimed for three years the border is secure.”
Meanwhile, Mayorkas testified that his agency had operational control and the border was secure.
However, Homan said if Biden really wanted to be reelected as president, he would open the border and “end this action.”
“They want open borders,” he said.
The cartel and gang crime flooding U.S. cities is all “by design,” Homan said.
“This administration isn’t fooling anyone. Everyone on the Hill knows it but the Democrats play along with the lie. This is a shameful political move just before an election.”
Former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott slammed claims that Biden’s plan reportedly limits illegal entries to 2,500 a day.
“Immigration policies that allow the current lawlessness to continue are not going to discourage foreign nationals from attempting to illegally enter our country,” Scott said.
“If we cannot control who and what enters our national home, any sense of safety is a façade.”
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