{"id":24164,"date":"2021-02-18T03:58:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T08:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24164"},"modified":"2021-02-18T03:58:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T08:58:22","slug":"developing-border-crisis-under-biden-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/02\/18\/developing-border-crisis-under-biden-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"No National Emergency at Border? It\u2019s Just Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By scrapping Donald Trump\u2019s national emergency declaration at the southern border<\/a>, President Joe Biden can claw back Pentagon funds earmarked for wall construction. But any suggestion that the crisis has gone away is countered by swelling numbers of illegal aliens flowing into the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe challenges at our border are compounding by the minute,\u201d Rep. Tony Gonzales<\/a>, R-Texas, said this month. Gonzales\u2019 23rd<\/sup> Congressional District spans 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, more than any congressional district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the president cares to wonder why there\u2019s a problem, a look in\nthe mirror can provide a myriad of answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Those being reprocessed south of our border by international organizations, who will determine their eligibility, will soon be released into U.S. communities as they get added to the 1,000,000+ immigration court backlog,\u201d stated Rep. John Katko<\/a>, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee. \u201cAs more migrants catch wind of the reimplementation of \u2018catch and release,\u2019<\/a> the surge on our border will be unimaginable,\u201d the New York Republican said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though Biden evidently believes that the 47 miles of new border wall<\/a> built during the Trump era was enough \u2013 or too much \u2013 his cancellation of the national emergency opens the way for more illegal crossings. FAIR<\/a> reported last week that 296,259 arrests were made at the southwest border in the first four months of fiscal 2021, more than half of all apprehensions in 2020. With the \u201cbusy season\u201d still ahead, 2021 is on a record pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under the catch-and-release policy, apprehension numbers have little meaning, however. Illegal aliens stopped by Border Patrol agents are merely ticketed and sent on their way. Barely half<\/a> can be expected to show up for immigration court hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is disingenuous, at best, for Biden to unravel border security while urging Mexico and Guatemala<\/a> to maintain enforcement efforts. It is irresponsible to float a sweeping amnesty for nearly 14.5 million<\/a> immigration lawbreakers while waving more across the border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If Trump jumped the gun by proclaiming a national emergency, his successor appears determined to make one come to pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By scrapping Donald Trump\u2019s national emergency declaration at the southern border, President Joe Biden can claw back Pentagon funds earmarked for wall construction. But any suggestion that the crisis has gone away is countered by swelling numbers of illegal aliens flowing into the U.S. \u201cThe challenges at our border are compounding by the minute,\u201d Rep. Tony<\/p>\n