<p>Representative <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ayanna-pressley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ayanna Pressley</a> (D-MA) this week claimed repeatedly that the southern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis">border</a> is &#8220;secure,&#8221; leaving CNN anchor Jake Tapper stunned.</p>
<p>&#8220;No doubt about it, our border is secure,&#8221; Pressley <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTymwbjuh_I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Wednesday on CNN. &#8220;And we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, and we have to fix a broken system —&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You think it is secure? You think the border is secure? Or it is not secure?&#8221; Tapper interrupted her.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I believe that we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis and there needs to be federal investment to support those migrant families,&#8221; Pressley said, adding that the crisis is a consequence of &#8220;longstanding broken policies.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t disagree with this being a humanitarian crisis at all, but just to get some clarity on this &#8230; do you think that the border is secure? Is that what you said?&#8221; Tapper asked again.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, the border is secure,&#8221; Pressley said, adding that the border situation is one reason Congress should avoid the impending government <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/government-shutdown-live-updates-rcna117746" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shutdown</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;But if you have millions of undocumented migrants coming into the country, how is the border secure?&#8221; Tapper pressed.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Jake, this is not a new crisis,&#8221; Presley said, adding that the situation requires &#8220;more political will and commitment.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not disagreeing with anything you&#8217;re saying except for the idea that the border is secure. I mean if you have people crossing the border, it&#8217;s just by definition not secure,&#8221; Tapper said.</p>
<p>He added that some critics argue the porous border encourages migrants to put themselves at the mercy of smugglers who prey on them.</p>
<p>&#8220;It just seems like such a refusal to acknowledge reality, to say that the border is secure when we all know millions of people are crossing the border illegally every year,&#8221; Tapper said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Jake, and that is a consequence of a number of things,&#8221; Pressley said, mentioning &#8220;climate refugees,&#8221; as well as people fleeing violence and corruption.</p>
<p>&#8220;Okay, it sounds like in there, you acknowledge that there are millions of people crossing the border illegally, which would mean that the border is not secure,&#8221; Tapper said, adding &#8220;would you grant me the point that the border is not secure?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Jake, that is a conversation for another day,&#8221; Pressley responded.</p>
<p>The migrant crisis at the border has been ramping up in recent weeks.</p>
<p>In August, there were nearly 233,000 migrant encounters at the southern border, the highest August on record, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-numbers-break-another-record-under-biden-southern-border-hit-new-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. That number marks a jump from under 184,000 encounters in July.</p>
<p>Last month’s numbers are also a significant rise from August a year ago, when there were only 204,000 migrant encounters. September’s numbers are already tens of thousands of encounters <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-texas-california-border-asylum-seekers-314698bfb5644be8f8f6085ebe9b9b98" target="_blank" rel="noopener">higher</a> than last year as well.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, several major cities, particularly New York and Chicago, have been struggling with a migrant crisis as tens of thousands of newcomers show up on their doorstep.</p>
<p>New York City is struggling to metabolize <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/house-democrats-migrant-crisis-tour-interrupted-by-protesters-outside-roosevelt-hotel#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than</a> 113,000 migrants who have shown up in the city since last spring, nearly 60,000 of whom are still being housed on the city’s dime. The city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants.</p>
<p>Chicago has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/gop-migrants-blue-cities.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seen</a> an influx of about 13,500 migrants recently and has already spent at least $250 million on the issue.</p>

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