The\ncartels and human smugglers in Mexico are exploiting these policy changes and\nare profiting immensely from transporting migrants across the Rio Grande river\ninto the U.S. This was confirmed after I found dozens of neon yellow bracelets\non the ground that read \u201centregas\u201d in Spanish or roughly translated to\n\u201cdeliveries\u201d in English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It was clear that the vast majority of these migrants were either family units or unaccompanied minors. Some migrants were practically infants who could not walk on their own. This demographic trend is likely in response to the Biden administration not immediately expelling<\/a> family units or unaccompanied minors who enter the country illegally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Because many of the temporary detention facilities in this area were never built to accommodate families and children, these individuals are then crammed into horrific conditions\u2014specifically at the Donna Facility just minutes away from the Rio Grande river\u2014and the Biden administration is doing little to nothing<\/a> to improve these conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The administration\u2019s radical immigration policies and messaging\u2014including introducing legislation<\/a> that provides amnesty for virtually every illegal alien in our country\u2014have encouraged individuals to travel thousands of miles by foot to our border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this same location, I found left-behind travel documents indicating that migrants were traveling to the border from the Northern Triangle countries\u2014especially from El Salvador. This means that they were traveling thousands of miles and putting themselves at serious risk of violence (some 7 in 10<\/a> report facing violence on this trek) because the words and deeds of President Biden clearly indicated to them that coming to our border will be rewarded with admission to the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our country is not seeing much of this horrific situation not because it is far away from them but because the vast majority of the media have been blocked<\/a> from accessing detention facilities and interviews with immigration authorities at the border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nfact, while still in this same location this night, I spoke to a number of\nreporters who all said it was nearly impossible to provide much content to the\nAmerican public because of the restrictions placed on them by the Biden\nadministration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What does President Biden want to\nhide so badly that he won\u2019t let us see it?<\/em> one reporter asked\nme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In\njust one night, I could confirm that there is a raging crisis occurring at our\nsouthern border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Immigration authorities are witnessing illegal migration surges they have never seen on-record<\/a> before and are being overworked. Detention facilities are in horrid conditions and are at above capacity<\/a> amidst a pandemic. The media are not allowed to access these facilities or interview authorities at the border despite President Biden pledging<\/a> to improve transparency in his administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From\nmy short experience in the Rio Grande Valley, I can attest that what is\nhappening at our nation\u2019s southern border is a full-blown border and\nhumanitarian crisis that has been exacerbated by the Biden administration\u2019s\npolicies and messaging and has no end in sight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Biden administration has yet to acknowledge and address the crisis occurring at our southern border\u2014especially in the Rio Grande Valley where apprehensions are soaring more than anywhere else. This week, I traveled to this region to see first-hand the situation at our southern border. Within hours of getting off of my flight, I witnessed<\/p>\n![\"Human](\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mcallen-migrant-smuggler-bracelets-1024x768.jpeg\")
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