The Biden border fiasco

 ABC News:

As U.S. authorities grapple with historically high levels of unauthorized migration from around the world, the border apparatus has been pushed into overdrive, drawing the concern of politicians, advocates and law enforcement alike.

Administration officials say they face an "unprecedented" level of displaced people from across the Western Hemisphere who want to come to the U.S.

Experts have described these "push factors" as primarily driven by poor economic conditions in Central and South America, natural disasters fueled by climate change as well as a general lack of security, according to the Congressional Research Service.

The numbers are record-breaking: The Border Patrol made about 10,500 apprehensions along the southwest border on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the data. Agents made roughly 10,600 migrant apprehensions along the southwest border on Wednesday.

That was only a slight decline from Monday, and still high.

One source said about 1,600 migrants were stopped at ports of entry and about 11,000 were apprehended on Monday.

The numbers this week represent daily highs not seen since at least the early 2000s, according to one source.

Over the past week, Border Patrol agents have made an average of 9,559 apprehensions per day, according to internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.

And while the total number of Border Patrol apprehensions in the southwest decreased slightly from October 2022 to October 2023, it remains high compared to 2019.

Overall, the U.S. immigration system "really isn't even built for half" of the migrants seen crossing the border today, a senior CBP official told ABC News. A law enforcement source said that the holidays play a factor as well.

The system beyond the border is complicated by limited capacity and backlogs with immigration courts and detention centers. U.S. immigration courts recently hit a record-breaking case backlog of 3 million, according to researchers at Syracuse University.

"The cost of this is going to spread out through society, no question," Sam Schultz, a volunteer who works to provide basic necessities to the migrants once they arrive, recently told ABC News. "There's just no way that you can deal with an influx of people like this without being a cost to society."

Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Republican whose district encompasses much of Texas' border with Mexico, told reporters on Wednesday that the system needed a significant boost in funding and resources -- including to ensure national security, limit the spread of drugs and provide more judges to rule on migrants' cases, like those seeking asylum.

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This is happening because the Biden administration signaled that it would not enforce border security that was effective during the Trump administration.  That led to the migration of millions who wanted to get into the US.  This is a direct result of Biden's incompetence.  The Biden policy appears to be based more on his opposition to Trump's policies that worked.

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