In Fiscal Year 2021 (October 2020 \u2013 September 2021), 1.7 million\nillegal aliens were encountered along the United States\u2019 southern border, an\nall-time high for unauthorized crossings. President Biden\u2019s border policies\nwere undoubtedly responsible for the record-breaking encounters. Unfortunately,\nour southern neighbor is enduring similar adverse consequences spurred by the\nAmerican president\u2019s immigration policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between January and November of 2021 – less than a full year – \u00a0Mexican immigration authorities\u00a0detained<\/a>\u00a0256,526 illegal aliens, the highest number of apprehensions recorded by Mexico\u2019s National Institute of Migration (INM) since\u00a02005<\/a>, when INM agents detained 240,269 unlawful migrants<\/a>.\u00a0The data also show<\/a> Mexico\u2019s 2021 figures have already surpassed the apprehension totals made in 2017 (93,846), 2018 (131,445), 2019 (182,940), and 2020 (82,369). <\/p>\n\n\n\n While Mexico’s immigration enforcement has helped reduce the\nflow of unlawful migration to the United States, it has come at a cost. The\nincrease in illegal immigration across Mexico has stretched <\/a>INM\u2019s\npersonnel and resources to effectuate deportations. For example, of the 256,526\napprehended migrants, only 40 percent have been deported so far compared to the\n82 percent repatriation rate of the past four years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To supplement the limited number of immigration agents, Mexican\nPresident Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador has activated his nation’s National Guard\nto aid with enforcement duties. However, the reinforcements have not been\nenough to quell the growing number of third-country nationals heading north to\nthe United States, as countless migrants have joined caravans that have overwhelmed<\/a> police\nblockades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, according to the Mexican news outlet\u00a0Milenio,\u00a0<\/em>the influx of U.S.-bound migration has stretched municipal and state budgets<\/a>, prompting these governments to request the Mexican federal government for adequate funds to address the influx of migration in their jurisdictions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n President Biden\u2019s scrapping of sound immigration policies in the United States has turned Mexico into a transit point for migrants across the globe, worsening conditions for a country he claims<\/a> to want to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While our southern neighbor works overtime to curb U.S.-bound illegal immigration from Central American countries, the Biden administration refuses to remove the magnets it created that draw large numbers of illegal aliens across Mexico and eventually into the United States. Rather than relying on foreign governments for immigration enforcement, President Biden should reinstate the directives<\/a> that mitigated unauthorized migration across both our countries throughout the Trump administration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Fiscal Year 2021 (October 2020 \u2013 September 2021), 1.7 million illegal aliens were encountered along the United States\u2019 southern border, an all-time high for unauthorized crossings. President Biden\u2019s border policies were undoubtedly responsible for the record-breaking encounters. Unfortunately, our southern neighbor is enduring similar adverse consequences spurred by the American president\u2019s immigration policy. Between<\/p>\n