President Joe Biden signed the $95 billion foreign aid bill on Wednesday — and then immediately took time out to remind Americans of one thing that did not make it into the final product: border security.
Biden complained about the bipartisan border security bill that was negotiated earlier in the year, saying that it should have been included in the foreign aid package. It was ultimately <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-collapse-of-bipartisan-immigration-reform-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected by Republicans</a> over concerns that it would simply provide amnesty for illegals already in the country while doing little to stem the flow across the southern border.
&#8220;There&#8217;s one thing this bill does not do: Border security. You know, just this year, I proposed and negotiated and agreed to the strongest border security bill this country has ever, ever, ever seen. It was bipartisan. It should have been included in this bill,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m determined to get it done for the American people. I come back to that in another moment, another time.&#8221;
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BIDEN: &quot;There&#39;s one thing this bill does not do: Border security. You know, just this year, I proposed and negotiated and agreed to the strongest border security bill this country has ever, ever, ever seen. It was bipartisan. It should have been included in this bill.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/TpuZIaQHAU">pic.twitter.com/TpuZIaQHAU</a>
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Biden spent the rest of the time touting the foreign aid package that sends billions to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, saying, &#8220;This package is literally an investment not only in Ukraine&#8217;s security but in our own security.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Biden speaks after signing $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
“This package is literally an investment not only in Ukraine’s security but in our own security.” <a href="https://t.co/SzmggC7coF">pic.twitter.com/SzmggC7coF</a>
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Biden&#8217;s comments come as more and more Americans in multiple polls have said that illegal immigration and border security are among their top issues going into the 2024 presidential election — and just days after the Democrat-led Senate killed Republican efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The president has said on a number of occasions that he needs Congress to act to secure the border — but critics often point out the fact that he spent a fair amount of time and energy during his first few days in office <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-border-policy-is-a-political-ad-for-president-trump">undoing the border security measures</a> that were implemented by former President Donald Trump.
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Since Biden took office — and removed the Trump border policies — the United States has seen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december">record numbers of illegal immigrants</a> crossing the border almost every month.

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President Joe Biden has largely given up on criminally prosecuting illegal immigrants for crossing the border, with the number of prosecutions of serious immigration offenses lower during every year of the Biden administration than any year of the Trump or Obama administrations, a Daily Wire analysis of newly-released data shows.
The prosecutions have screeched to a virtual halt under Biden. In 2018, the Department of Justice charged 84,000 people with illegal entry, a misdemeanor. The total number charged with this misdemeanor during the entire three-year period from 2021 to 2023 was 11,000, according to a Daily Wire analysis of <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao/resources/PICReport">Department Of Justice data</a> — only 4% of the old rate.
Illegals who re-enter the country after they have already been deported once are committing a felony. In 2019, the DOJ charged 27,000 people with that crime. In 2023, the number was about half that, at 14,000. This comes as the number of illegal crossings has skyrocketed, making the decrease even more striking.
The apparent decision to rely on, at best, civil deportation proceedings instead of bringing criminal charges — particularly in more egregious cases such as those who re-enter the country after already having been deported — contradicts Biden’s claim that he needs new authorities from Congress in order to secure the border.
Criminal cases against illegal immigrants essentially ceased in April 2020 when courts closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In March 2020, 4,000 illegals were charged with entry and 2,000 with felony reentry; by April those numbers were only 671 and 960. Criminal cases for illegal entry remained essentially nonexistent during the coronavirus-lockdown period of the rest of 2020, at 13 cases in December, while felony illegal reentry charges were at half their earlier levels.
Joe Biden took office in January 2021, and the coronavirus pandemic receded. Yet criminal enforcement of immigration laws never returned.
In December 2023, the most recent month with data, a mere 708 people were charged with illegal entry and 1,236 with felony reentry. Compare that to December 2018, when those numbers were nearly 7,000 and 2,000, respectively.
The peak of criminal enforcement during the Trump administration came in June 2018, when the numbers were 9,500 and 2,237. Border apprehensions <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/number-migrants-trying-cross-border-down-18-june-n889176">decreased</a>, which the administration argued showed that its efforts were working as a deterrent. By comparison, the current record-low prosecution of illegal border crossing comes as crossings are at all-time highs.
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The change is not simply an expected difference between Republican and Democrat administrations. Rather, Biden has taken a more lenient posture towards illegals than Barack Obama, the Democrat president for whom he served as vice president.
Though detailed data only goes back to 2019, the Executive Office of US Attorneys released <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao/resources/annual-statistical-reports">annual statistics</a> last month that make it possible to track a longer period. That data shows cases prosecuted by the Department of Justice pursuant to a referral by the Department of Homeland Security, though it doesn’t include most misdemeanor illegal-entry charges. They show that the number of illegals charged with serious immigration crimes in each year of the Biden administration was lower than any year since at least 2009.
Neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the Department of Justice responded to requests for comment.
In 2011, the Obama administration brought 37,000 serious cases referred by DHS — almost twice as many as Biden did last year. But after he won re-election to a second term, he lowered that number every year, ending at 27,000 in 2016.
The Trump administration took a few years to get back to the levels of Obama’s first term, reaching 36,607 cases in 2019 but never actually surpassing Obama’s peak, according to the DOJ data covering serious immigration crimes.
But it “smashed records” when it came to misdemeanor charges for illegal first-time entry. Although the criminal charge is less serious, it captures a significantly larger number of people.
“In FY 2018, more than 68,400 defendants were charged with misdemeanor illegal entry. This is the highest number of such defendants charged since EOUSA started to track this category and an almost 86 percent increase from the previous year. This total is also more than 4 percent higher than the previous record of over 65,500 defendants set in FY 2013,” the Trump administration said in a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-smashes-records-violent-crime-gun-crime-illegal-immigration-prosecutions">2018 press release</a>.
Gene Hamilton, who served in the DOJ during the Trump administration and now works as general counsel for America First Legal, which is helmed by Trump immigration czar Stephen Miller, told The Daily Wire that crossing the border illegally is a crime, prosecutable in criminal court, but the Biden administration has chosen to treat it like a “traffic ticket,” causing word to get out in Latin America that there is little reason not to try to come to the United States.
“Given the number of illegal aliens crossing the border, you should be seeing all-time records for prosecutions for crossing the border illegally, but you&#8217;re not,” Hamilton said. “They have removed a deterrent. The ultimate thing that matters to people is whether they make it into the country and are released and they call home and tell their family. If people know they could be criminally prosecuted, it acts as a deterrent and reduces the number of people who come in the first place.”
Debate about immigration has rarely discussed the criminal figures, instead focusing on the number of civil deportation proceedings, which in the Biden administration have stacked up into a record backlog. But criminal charges, with the prospect of punishment instead of merely turning them away, can be filed for illegal entry, illegal reentry, alien smuggling, and immigration fraud.
While the Trump administration sought to create a deterrent by emphasizing prosecutions of misdemeanor, first-time border crossings, Biden has departed from historical norms by rarely prosecuting even those who commit felony re-entry—recidivist criminals who have shown that a gentle approach did not work.
In a report on fiscal year 2022 data, the <a href="https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-publications/quick-facts/Illegal_Reentry_FY22.pdf">United States Sentencing Commission</a> said that illegal reentry prosecutions had decreased by 34% since 2018. It said that 97.6% of illegal reentry offenders were men, their average age was 39, and many had extensive criminal histories. It said 99.3% of convicts are sentenced to prison, for an average of 13 months.

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Only 20 percent of eligible voters think that the United States has control of its own borders, a recent poll found, making it the latest survey find Biden underwater on the critical election-year issue.
The poll of 1,500 eligible voters, performed by Redfield and Wilton Strategies <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-border-control-immigration-poll-1892261">on behalf</a> of Newsweek, found that just 20 percent of respondents said that the United States has control over its border, marking a significant decline over the past several months. The number has plummeted since August, when 34% of respondents said that the country had control over its own borders.
When asked &#8220;Do you believe the United States has control over its borders?&#8221; a full 63 percent said “no,” while another 13 percent said “don’t know.” A plurality of all age groups surveyed in the poll, which was performed on April 11th, agreed that the U.S. does not have control over its borders, including 47 percent of Generation Z, which was defined as those born between 1997 and 2002. A majority of those who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 (53 percent) also said that the U.S. does not have control over its borders.
The survey also asked voters their thoughts on the government&#8217;s current handling of illegal immigration, with 52 percent saying that they were either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied, while only 21 percent said that they were satisfied or very satisfied.
Another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">recent poll</a> found that only 36 percent of voters approve of Biden’s handling of immigration, making it the incumbent Democrat&#8217;s lowest issue-specific approval rating for the fourth month in a row. Even polls from blue states like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer">Colorado</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-massachusetts-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-facing-the-state">Massachusetts</a> found that voters say immigration is the biggest issue facing their respective states.
The polls’ findings come as the country has seen a seismic surge in illegal immigration, with officials recording about 9 million <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters">nationwide encounters</a> and 1.7 million <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report">estimated gotaways</a> since President Joe Biden took office. The figure poses a sharp contrast with the 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.
Former President Donald Trump appears to be gaining on Biden in the polls, no doubt in part due to widespread disapproval of the Democrat’s border policies. One recent poll found that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-leads-biden-in-crucial-midwestern-swing-state-poll">Trump now leads Biden</a> in Wisconsin, one of seven crucial swing states. Previous surveys found that the former president was in the lead in all six of the other seven swing states.

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A United States Congressman from Texas warned that a violent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venezuelan</a> gang is exploiting America’s open southern border to build its presence and consolidate its power within the United States.
Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) warned that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua will become the most powerful criminal gang in the country after years of taking advantage of America’s border crisis.
&#8220;This gang in several years is going to be the dominant transnational criminal organization throughout the United States. There&#8217;s no doubt in my mind,&#8221; Rep. Gonzales <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-state-lawmaker-sounds-alarm-bloodthirsty-venezuelan-gang-entering-us">explained</a> in an interview with Fox News. &#8220;They&#8217;re very vicious. They have no rules. They gobble up territory almost like a cancer.”
The gang, which engages in kidnapping, sex trafficking, murder, and extortion, may have counted the killer of Laken Riley among its members. Jose Ibarra, the illegal alien charged with the murder of the young nursing student in Georgia, has a number of tattoos <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report">associated</a> with the Venezuelan gang, including a five-pointed crown on his neck.
The gang is also tied to the <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/venezuelan-gang-florida-retired-cops-killing/">strangling</a> of a retired police officer in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, as well as the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/15/us-news/migrants-busted-in-brutal-beating-of-nypd-cops-in-times-square-are-members-of-bloodthirsty-tren-de-aragua-gang-feds/">beating</a> of a New York City Police Officer.
Gonzalez explained that the only way to solve the crisis is to empower Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hunt down and deport criminal illegal immigrants. &#8220;You have to have ICE have the ability to go around and actively hunt these criminal aliens that have committed crimes, hunt them down and deport them,&#8221; Gonzales explained. &#8220;That has to happen, and when it does happen, it can&#8217;t happen in a vacuum. People have to know what&#8217;s happening. And it can&#8217;t just happen in one part of the country. It has to happen throughout the country.&#8221;
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The reported growth of Tren de Aragua within the United States comes as the country has faced an unprecedented border crisis under the Biden administration. Over <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2455010/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration/">10 million</a> people have crossed the border since President Joe Biden took office, with an estimated <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System">1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded</a> since Biden took office in 2021. There were 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration. There have also been over one million illegal immigrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-one-million-illegal-migrants-encountered-at-southern-border-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-year-2024">encounters</a> on the southern border in just the first six months of fiscal year 2024.

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Massachusetts residents say that immigration is the top issue facing the state, a recent poll has found.
The poll, performed by the MassINC Polling Group, <a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/by-the-numbers/mass-residents-say-immigration-migrants-top-issue-facing-state/#:~:text=In%20a%20new%20CommonWealth%20Beacon,and%20welfare%20(12%20percent).">asked 1,002 Massachusetts residents</a> what they believe is the most important issue facing the state, leaving the question open-ended.
A plurality of Massachusetts residents, 21%, said that immigration and migrants are the biggest issues facing the Bay State, with housing coming in second at 15%. Taxes, government spending, and welfare came in as the third biggest issue facing the state at 12%. Inflation and the cost of living, meanwhile, tied government spending in third place at 12%.
The vast majority of respondents, 67%, said that the situation was either a crisis (28%) or a major problem (39%), with Democrats showing significant concern over the issue. Among Democrats, 21% called the issue a crisis and 40% called it a major problem. The poll was conducted online between March 21st and 29th, surveyed 1,002 Massachusetts residents, and has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
Immigration broke the top 10 most pressing issues among poll respondents in Massachusetts for the first time in August 2023 when it moved into fourth place with 10% of respondents dubbing it the Bay State’s biggest issue.
Massachusetts is not the only blue state that has become concerned about the effects of Biden’s open border. Another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer">recent poll</a> found that likely voters in Colorado say that immigration is the top issue facing their state as well. The poll found that 14% of likely Colorado voters said immigration is the top issue facing the state, with homelessness coming in second at 12%.
The Massachusetts and Colorado polls correspond with a wider national trend, with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">36% of voters</a> across the country saying that immigration is the top issue facing the country, while inflation came in second place. A recent Harvard-Harris poll also found that Biden’s lowest issue-specific approval rating is on immigration, a trend that has persisted for four consecutive months.
The poll results come as the United States faces an unprecedented crisis on our southern border, with officials recording about 9 million <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters">nationwide encounters</a> and 1.7 million <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report">estimated gotaways</a> since President Joe Biden took office. The figure poses a sharp contrast with the 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the electoral impact of mass illegal immigration during a Wednesday Senate budget hearing, arguing that the influx of illegal immigrants will skew the allocation of congressional districts and electoral votes.
Kennedy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqD2B8RyIlw">asked Mayorkas</a> if he could confirm that “the number of illegal immigrants that you and the president allow into our country counts for congressional district reapportionment?” Mayorkas first responded by saying “I’m not sure I understand your question but I can surely share with you that I disagree with its phrasing.”
“Isn’t it true &#8230; that the number of illegal immigrants that you and President Biden have allowed into our country counts in allocating electoral votes?” Kennedy asserted.
“The notion, Senator, that we intend to allow illegal immigration is nothing short of preposterous,” Mayorkas answered.
“The more people you allow into our country illegally, the more people are counted for reapportionment. And the more people you allow into our country illegally the more people are counted for allocating electoral votes,” Kennedy said. “The only people I know in this country who are better off today than they were four years ago are illegal immigrants, and that’s as a result of your policy.”
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Recent <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2959294/voters-illegal-immigration-biden-secret-permanent-majority/">polling data</a> from Rasmussen found that 57% of likely voters believe that Biden is intentionally allowing illegal immigrants to enter the United States in order to establish a permanent Democratic majority.
Elon Musk has vocally warned against the electoral implications of illegal immigration, writing in one tweet that Biden wants to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” and then “legalize them to create a permanent majority &#8211; a one-party state.”
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Biden’s strategy is very simple:
1. Get as many illegals in the country as possible.
2. Legalize them to create a permanent majority – a one-party state.
That is why they are encouraging so much illegal immigration. Simple, yet effective. <a href="https://t.co/B9M5ypUOQB">pic.twitter.com/B9M5ypUOQB</a>
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Available data shows that Democrats enjoy a significant advantage among foreign-born voters, with one <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/trumps-alienating-immigration-agenda/582265/">2019 analysis</a> in The Atlantic finding that Democrats won 90% of Congressional districts with a higher-than-average foreign-born population.
Even without amnesty, however, illegal immigrants are still <a href="https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/congressional-apportionment/about/faqs.html">counted</a> in official census figures, which are used to apportion congressional districts and electoral college votes.
Over <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2455010/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration/">10 million</a> people have crossed the border since President Joe Biden took office. There have been over one million illegal immigrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-one-million-illegal-migrants-encountered-at-southern-border-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-year-2024">encounters</a> on the southern border in just the first six months of fiscal year 2024. There have also been an estimated <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System">1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded</a> since Biden took office in 2021. There were 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.

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Colorado voters say that immigration is the top issue facing the country ahead of the 2024 election, a recent poll has found.
The <a href="https://www.copollinginstitute.org/research/march-2024-statewide-poll-coloradans-deeply-concerned-about-high-cost-of-living-in-the-state">poll</a> of 632 likely voters, reported by the Colorado Polling Institute and conducted by Democratic pollster Aspect Strategic and Republican pollster New Bridge Strategy, found that 14% of voters said that immigration is the top issue that the state government should address. The issue beat homelessness at 12% and the lack of affordable housing at 11%, which respondents also provided as answers to the open-ended question.
“Immigration emerging as a top issue among voters in Colorado follows trends we are seeing in research nationally,” Republican pollster Lori Wiegel <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/04/04/colorado-voters-poll-migrant-crisis-top-issue-immigration/">asserted</a>. President Joe Biden still holds a 10% lead over former President Donald Trump in the state, however, with 49% of respondents saying that they will vote for the Democrat incumbent, with 39% saying they will support Trump in the November presidential election.
The poll comes as Denver has seen a drastic increase in the number of new arrivals, with <a href="https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiNWQ4YjcwZDctODkwNy00YjA4LThlMTktMjM3YjU2NmIwZTRjIiwidCI6IjM5Yzg3YWIzLTY2MTItNDJjMC05NjIwLWE2OTZkMTJkZjgwMyJ9">nearly 41,000 migrants</a> currently being served by the city of <a href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/denvercitycolorado,denvercountycolorado/PST045222">just over 700,000</a>. The city has even asked landlords if they would be willing to house migrants. As many as 4,500 migrants were previously residing in the city’s homeless shelters as of January, though the figure has decreased in recent months.
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The city of Denver begging landlords to house illegals: &quot;But if you know somebody who is a property owner or you yourself are [a property owner] willing to rent to migrants, we&#39;ve got information how you can do that on <a href="https://t.co/XnVoasLyDn">https://t.co/XnVoasLyDn</a>&quot; Continually hitting new lows. <a href="https://t.co/iBDPKCsPS8">pic.twitter.com/iBDPKCsPS8</a>
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The poll of Colorado voters reflects a wider trend throughout the country, with a recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">national poll</a> performed by Harvard Harris and the Center for American Political Studies finding that voters say immigration is the top issue facing the country. The poll also found that Biden has his lowest issue-specific approval rating on immigration, a trend that has persisted for four consecutive months.
Another national poll, <a href="https://apnorc.org/projects/most-favor-hiring-more-border-patrol-agents-and-immigration-judges/">performed</a> by the Associated Press and National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, found that a majority of Americans want to hire more Border Patrol agents and limit the number of migrants who are allowed to seek asylum.
The findings come as the United States faces an unprecedented border crisis with over <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2455010/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration/">10 million</a> crossing the border since Joe Biden took office. There have been over one million illegal immigrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-one-million-illegal-migrants-encountered-at-southern-border-in-first-six-months-of-fiscal-year-2024">encounters</a> on the southern border in just the first six months of fiscal year 2024. There have also been an estimated <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/Blockbuster-House-Report-Reveals-How-Badly-Bidens-Broken-Our-Immigration-System">1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways</a> recorded since Biden took office in 2021. There were 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.

Migrants on border

Poll: Colorado Voters Say Immigration Is The Top Issue As 2024 Election Draws Closer

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A new migrant caravan with thousands of people is headed for El Paso and is expected to arrive any day.
About 2,000 migrants began traveling earlier this month from Tapachula at the southern tip of Mexico near the Guatemala border. Video clips posted on social media show the huge group walking along roads near traffic and carrying a large white cross with red lettering.
One man can be heard telling the crowd through a bullhorn, “A la frontera,” which means, “To the border.”
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🚨BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/Oscarelblue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Oscarelblue</a> captures footage of a CARAVAN OF 3000 Migrants leaving the south of Mexico with direction to the USA! <a href="https://t.co/bDGo8nAYPG">pic.twitter.com/bDGo8nAYPG</a>
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🚨BREAKING NEWS: New criminal alien caravan organized by Catholic Church “Viacrucis Migrante” makes its way to the United States. Each one of them will break into our country and Joe Biden will give them free work permits, free housing, education, healthcare and legal services. <a href="https://t.co/0JpQ3YzxGJ">pic.twitter.com/0JpQ3YzxGJ</a>
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The group is headed to Ciudad Juarez, which shares a border with El Paso, <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/04/01/migrant-caravan-heads-to-u-s--mexico-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Voir Dire International, a group that tracks mass migration.
The caravan has been dubbed the &#8220;Way of the Cross Migrants&#8221; and includes men, women, and children from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and 17 other countries, according to the tracking group.
“Migrants have no other option but to walk as part of a group or hitch a ride in a trailer that could be their death,” organizer Luis Villagran with the Center for Human Dignity in Tapachula <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/new-2000-strong-migrant-caravan-heading-for-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMezP4WlZW4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telemundo</a>.
Churches in El Paso are preparing shelter for the caravan&#8217;s arrival, <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/new-2000-strong-migrant-caravan-heading-for-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Border Report.
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“We continue to marshal all available resources and be aware of the trends,” Bishop Mark Seitz of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/new-2000-strong-migrant-caravan-heading-for-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Border Report on Monday. “El Paso has shown itself to be very able to gear up when the surge comes and provide a safe and orderly way for those who have been permitted to come in to find a secure situation and continue on their path.”
However, shelter space is strained in El Paso, a hot spot for illegal border crossings that has been overwhelmed by migrants over the last two years.
The news of the caravan comes after a large group of migrant men stormed the El Paso border and assaulted National Guard members last month.
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NEW: Texas has arrested 70 more migrants who rioted at the southern border in El Paso, Texas and assaulted National Guard troops. 
Glad to see someone is taking action. 
Texas charged nine of the migrants on Wednesday involved in the riot. 
Knives and shanks were… <a href="https://t.co/LXgME5ivrX">pic.twitter.com/LXgME5ivrX</a>
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More than 70 migrants have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-arrests-70-more-migrants-who-stormed-el-paso-border-report">arrested</a> on misdemeanor rioting charges related to the March 21 incident. In the wake of the violent incident, the Texas National Guard <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/regions/texas/texas-deploys-hundreds-of-specially-trained-troops-to-el-paso-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> 200 members of the Tactical Border Force to El Paso. The force specializes in civil disturbance. Texas also recently installed more border wire in El Paso.
The southern border has been in a state of crisis for years under the Biden administration. Last year, 2.5 million migrants were apprehended crossing or trying to cross the southern border, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-border-mexico-chinese-migrants-60-minutes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The administration has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/02/11/trump-biden-immigration-border-compared/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> more than 2.3 million border crossers into the country since 2021. Meanwhile, more than 96,000 “known gotaways,” migrants who were detected but not caught, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-96000-known-gotaways-at-southern-border-since-october-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> crossed the southern border just between October 1 and January.
The border crisis has resulted also in tens of thousands of migrants descending on major cities like New York City, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. New York City has seen more than 183,000 migrants show up since the spring of 2022. Chicago has seen more than 37,000 migrants. Both cities have spent tens of millions of dollars on food, shelter, and other migrant-related costs.

Migrant caravan heads to the US from Mexico

WATCH: Thousands In New Migrant Caravan Making Way To El Paso

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> has reportedly arrested another 70 of the migrants who stormed the El Paso border and assaulted National Guard members earlier this month.
The 70 migrants have been arrested on misdemeanor rioting charges related to the March 21 incident, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/29/us-news/texas-arrests-70-more-migrants-who-stormed-el-paso-border-source/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Friday.
The violent incident was caught on video, which shows a large group of adult male migrants tearing down fences with razor wire and pushing up against several National Guardsmen, eventually overwhelming them and rushing up to a tall border wall.
Texas had already charged nine migrants on Wednesday who were allegedly involved in the assault. They face charges of inciting a riot, damaging property over $2,500, and assault on members of the National Guard.
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NEW: Texas has arrested 70 more migrants who rioted at the southern border in El Paso, Texas and assaulted National Guard troops. 
Glad to see someone is taking action. 
Texas charged nine of the migrants on Wednesday involved in the riot. 
Knives and shanks were… <a href="https://t.co/LXgME5ivrX">pic.twitter.com/LXgME5ivrX</a>
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Earlier this week, Texas surged soldiers and resources to boost border security operations in El Paso.
We continue to reinforce existing border barriers and repel illegal crossings.
Texas will hold the line.
More: <a href="https://t.co/BmQv9or3HB">https://t.co/BmQv9or3HB</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZYaYm8uttz">pic.twitter.com/ZYaYm8uttz</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1773764728600371313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The first migrant to be charged was Junior Evaristo-Benitez, 21, of Honduras, who allegedly stepped on a National Guard soldier&#8217;s knee “purposefully and with malice.”
About 200 migrants are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Texas reportedly wants to charge them all.
However, federal authorities “are not being as cooperative as Border Patrol,” an official reportedly told the Post.
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The majority of the migrants involved in the border rushing incident were men from Venezuela, <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/operation-lone-star-deploys-200-border-soldiers-to-el-paso-amidst-migrant-incidents-texas-border-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Just before the migrants rushed the border, National Guardsmen reportedly began directing the groups back toward Mexico, at which point they began to rush the soldiers.
One migrant allegedly tried to grab a soldier&#8217;s firearm. Knives and shanks were also later reportedly confiscated from some of the migrants.
In response to the migrants rushing the border, Governor Greg Abbott (R) <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/operation-lone-star-deploys-200-border-soldiers-to-el-paso-amidst-migrant-incidents-texas-border-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deployed</a> 200 tactical border force soldiers to El Paso, who arrived on Tuesday.
Texas also recently installed more border wire in El Paso.
The southern border has been in a state of crisis for years under the Biden administration.
Last year, 2.5 million migrants were apprehended crossing or trying to cross the southern border, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-border-mexico-chinese-migrants-60-minutes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The administration has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/02/11/trump-biden-immigration-border-compared/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> more than 2.3 million border crossers into the country since 2021.
Meanwhile, more than 96,000 “known gotaways,” migrants who were detected but not caught, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-96000-known-gotaways-at-southern-border-since-october-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> crossed the southern border just between October 1 and January.
The border crisis has resulted also in tens of thousands of migrants descending on major cities like New York City, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
New York City has seen more than 183,000 migrants show up since the spring of 2022. Chicago has seen more than 37,000 migrants. Both cities have spent tens of millions of dollars on food, shelter, and other migrant-related costs.

TX Appeals Court Puts Stay On SB4 Border Law After Supreme Court Allows It

Texas Arrests 70 More Migrants Who Stormed El Paso Border: Report

Texas Arrests 70 More Migrants Who Stormed El Paso Border

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An international organization working in partnership with the United Nations is hiring a “flight management” position to facilitate travel by migrants into the interior of the United States, according to a job posting.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), an intergovernmental organization classified as a “related organization” in partnership with the UN, is hoping to hire people to function as the “operations focal point” for “flight management” to assist with the flying of foreign nationals throughout the country, the <a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/operations-focal-point-flight-management-international-organization-for-migration-JV_IC1155583_KO0,40_KE41,81.htm?jl=1008940556470">job description</a> states.
The role appears to be to facilitate the entire process of migrating into the United States. Among the responsibilities associated with the role are to “brief arrivals on procedures,” “escort them to the immigration area,” and “assist arrivals through procedures and ensure Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stamps all relevant documents.”
Flight management personnel must also “communicate with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and resolve issues as they arise in coordination with the Senior Operations Assistant” while also ensuring migrants are “escorted to their connecting flights, ground transportation or hotel.” IOM is hiring flight management staff in multiple locations, including <a href="https://fa-evlj-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/requisitions/preview/10585/?locationId=300000000480126">Houston</a>, Texas and <a href="https://fa-evlj-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/requisitions/preview/10482/?locationId=300000000480126">Atlanta</a>, Georgia for year-long terms at $5,500 per month.
The organization <a href="https://www.iom.int/mission">calls itself</a> “the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration and is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society” before adding that it is “part of the United Nations system, as a related organization.” IOM specifically says that part of its mission is to help in “<a href="https://www.iom.int/who-we-are">facilitating migration</a>.”
IOM receives the bulk of its funding from the U.S. government, which gave the organization <a href="https://www.iom.int/donor-relations">$942 million in 2022</a>. More recently the State Department <a href="https://www.state.gov/the-united-states-announces-humanitarian-assistance-for-the-western-hemisphere-regional-migration-program/">granted the organization</a> another $16 million in taxpayer funds. The organization garnered another $241 million from United Nations Organizations. IOM recently requested a whopping $7.9 billion from member states to fund its activities, including migrant resettlement across the globe.
The IOM did not respond to a request for comment.
The Center for Immigration Studies <a href="https://cis.org/Bensman/Government-Admission-Biden-Parole-Flights-Create-Security-Vulnerabilities-US-Airports">discovered</a> through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that 320,000 “inadmissible aliens” flew into the U.S. in 2023, taking advantage of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s One mobile app. While it is unknown where exactly the migrants were sent, Bensman’s report found that they arrived at 43 different airports across the United States.
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) recently proposed an amendment that would prevented federal funds from being used by the Biden administration to fly illegal immigrants into the interior of the United States. The measure was shot down, with every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-senate-dems-vote-against-stopping-taxpayer-money-for-illegal-immigrant-flights-into-u-s">voting against</a> it.
The United States also currently faces an unprecedented immigration crisis on the southern border, with officials recording about 9 million <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters">nationwide encounters</a> and 1.7 million <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report">estimated gotaways</a> since President Joe Biden took office, as well as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/laken-riley">high-profile</a> violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants.

Migrant Flights

United Nations-Tied Organization Hiring Coordinator To Facilitate Migrant Flights Into United States

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The Biden administration&#8217;s census projections for how many immigrants are living in the U.S. are already &#8220;obsolete&#8221; due to the massive influx of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border, a new report has found.
The total immigrant population — both legal and illegal — currently sits at a record high of 51.4 million, or 15.5% of the population, as of February, <a href="https://cis.org/Report/ForeignBorn-Share-and-Number-Record-Highs-February-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the report from the Center for Immigration Studies, which analyzed the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.
This is an increase of 6.4 million since President Biden took office, the report says.
More than half of that increase is likely due to illegal immigration, although legal immigrants still make up about three-fourths of the total foreign-born population, the report notes.
Back in November, the Census Bureau predicted that the foreign-born share of the population would not reach 15.5% until 2039.
&#8220;The scale of immigration is so high that it appears to have made the Census Bureau population projections, published in November of last year, obsolete,&#8221; the report says.
Most of the increase is due to immigration from Latin America, which has jumped 4.2 million since Biden took office, according to the report. Immigration from the Indian subcontinent has also spiked 819,000, and immigration from the Middle East is up 654,000.
About 172,000 foreign-born people currently enter the country each month, about four times the monthly increase under the Trump administration.
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Meanwhile, the education level of new migrants has declined, due in part to the influx of illegal migrants. About 44% of adults who arrived in the last two years have no education beyond high school, up from 29% in 2018.
Also, the number of immigrant workers is climbing, while the number of American-born workers is dropping. A total of 31 million immigrant workers, more than three million more than in February, 2020, now make up a record 19% of all workers.
Since 1970, the foreign-born share of the population has tripled. It has risen 40% since just 2000.
&#8220;The enormous scale of immigration over the past three years has implications for nearly every aspect of American society, including public coffers, the labor market, schools, hospitals, and the balance of political power, to say nothing of whether we can assimilate this many people,&#8221; the report says.
The crisis at the southern border has resulted in tens of thousands of migrants descending on major cities like New York City, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
New York City has seen more than 183,000 migrants show up since the spring of 2022. Chicago has seen more than 37,000 migrants. Both cities have spent tens of millions of dollars on food, shelter, and other migrant-related costs.

Pandemic Era Border Policy Title 42 Expires

Biden Admin’s Census Projections For Immigrants Living In U.S. By 2039 Already ‘Obsolete,’ Report Says

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Voters say that immigration is the single biggest issue facing the country, with President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> facing his lowest approval rating over his handling of immigration, a new poll has found.
The new Harvard Harris <a href="https://harvardharrispoll.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> in conjunction with the Center for American Political Studies found that immigration is not only the top issue facing the country, but that Biden has the lowest approval rating on his handling of immigration compared to other issues.
When asked what the most important issues facing the country are, 36% of respondents said that immigration is the biggest issue, while 33% said inflation and price increases are the top issues facing the United States. Economy and jobs came in third with 23%, while crime and drugs was fourth place at 18%.
Immigration and inflation switched spots when respondents were asked which issues affected them the most on a personal level. A full 38% of respondents said that inflation is the most important issue to them on a personal level, with immigration coming in second at 21%. While inflation is still 17 points higher than immigration among respondents who were asked about the personal importance of these issues, inflation dropped by 3 points since last month, with immigration rising by 4 points.
Respondents were also asked whether or not they approved of Biden’s handling of various issues, with the Democrat incumbent president receiving the lowest rating for his handling of immigration for the fourth month in a row. Just 36% of respondents said that they approve of Biden’s handling of immigration.
Biden enjoyed his greatest approval ratings on his reaction to coronavirus at 52% and stimulating jobs at 50%, with less than 50% of respondents approving of his handling of all other issues, including violence and crime, the Israeli-Hamas conflict, and the economy.
A majority of respondents, 55%, said that they approved of former President Donald Trump’s job as president, while just 45% of respondents say they approve of the job that Biden is doing as president overall.
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A slim majority of respondents said that they would vote for Trump over Biden if the election was held today, with 51% saying they would vote for Trump and 49% opting for the Democrat incumbent.
The abysmal polling numbers that Biden faces on immigration come as the United States faces an unprecedented crisis on our southern border, with officials recording about 9 million <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters">nationwide encounters</a> and 1.7 million <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report">estimated gotaways</a> since President Joe Biden took office. The figure poses a sharp contrast with the 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.
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This is the moment when TX National Guard became overrun by migrants rioting to get across the border here in El Paso today
We were there and saw it all happen. Absolute chaos here. <a href="https://t.co/VN6Kf663ie">pic.twitter.com/VN6Kf663ie</a>
&mdash; Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/1770886341879885952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The poll was conducted online on March 20th and 21st among over 2,100 registered voters, with results weighted by demographic group to represent the proportions of the United States population.

Migrants Rushing Border

Voters Say Immigration Is Top Issue Facing Country, Biden Faces Widespread Disapproval On Immigration

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