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Oklahoma GOP Sen. James Lankford <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Letter-to-CBP-on-Marijuana-Policy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-sen-security-threat-border-patrols-drug-use-standards&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712678270348000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3h7-emWQ0VGrniIAFAh-UP">wrote a letter</a> warning U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) not to loosen its policy on the use of marijuana by Border Patrol agent recruits before they had applied for the job.
The CPB’s previous policy involved looking back through the prior two years before applying for employment to determine if the recruit had used marijuana; the policy had been changed to only checking the previous 90 days.
“As you are aware, marijuana is currently classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act,” Lankford wrote to Troy A. Miller, a senior official performing the duties of the commissioner for CBP. He noted CBP briefers told his staff that the change had been effected in part “because of confusion between Federal law and state law in states where marijuana has been legalized. However, as a Federal agency, CBP should ensure its personnel comply with Federal law regarding the illicit or otherwise prohibited use of controlled substances.”
“Briefers noted to my staff that recruits who admit to marijuana usage during their polygraph often admit to other disqualifying criminal conduct,” he continued. “In addition to users’ decisions, the marijuana industry and markets in states where marijuana has been legalized often are riddled with corruption.”
“&#8230; marijuana use has been shown to increase schizophrenia and psychosis among users, particularly among young adults — an age range that CBP targets as potential recruits for U.S. Border Patrol agents,” he pointed out, noting that a “rogue or corrupt Border Patrol agent has the ‘potential to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security’ and could produce a ‘substantial or even inestimable amount of harm or serious damage to the public trust.’”
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“In evaluating this policy change, was CBP aware of the effects of marijuana on users, including a higher incidence of psychosis or schizophrenia? If so, how did this factor into CBP’s decision?” he asked.
“According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, legislation to regulate marijuana for non-medical purposes or adult usage has been enacted in 24 states, as well as two territories and Washington, D.C. The NCSL&#8217;s data was updated Nov. 8, 2023,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-sen-security-threat-border-patrols-drug-use-standards">Fox News noted</a>.
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Texas authorities arrested a national guardsman on Sunday after he fled from officers while allegedly attempting to smuggle an illegal immigrant into the U.S.
Law enforcement officers of the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Kinney County Sheriff&#8217;s Department arrested Savion Johnson in Brackettville, Texas, after Johnson led law enforcement on a chase that reached speeds in excess of 100 mph, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/04/us-news/texas-national-guardsman-caught-smuggling-migrant-across-southern-border-in-government-suv-near-eagle-pass-crossing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>. Johnson has been charged with evading arrest, human smuggling, and the unlawful carry of a weapon.
“If the allegations are true, the accused is a traitor and criminal,&#8221; Abbott Press Secretary Andrew Mahaleris, press secretary for Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-dashcam-footage-shows-moment-texas-national-guardsman-arrested-for-allegedly-smuggling-illegal-immigrant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> in a statement.
“We have zero tolerance for Texans who violate laws that directly contradict the mission we are seeking to achieve. The accused&#8217;s illegal smuggling may subject him to a mandatory minimum prison sentence of at least 10 years,” Mahaleris added. “He deserves more.”
Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe identified Johnson as a member of the Texas National Guard who was taking part in Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a Texas initiative to combat illegal immigration into the state from its border with Mexico, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/us/texas-national-guard-migrant-smuggling.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
“It’s not a good thing. But he’s not the first one we’ve picked up that’s associated with the National Guard,” Coe said. “We’ve picked up attorneys. Preachers. Old ones, young ones, juveniles. The money is out there.”
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Johnson was allegedly offered $5,000 to $6,000 to smuggle the alien, who was also arrested, according to the Post. Johnson allegedly sped away from a Border Patrol checkpoint in a government vehicle and led officers on a 15-mile chase. The vehicle was stopped after officers used spike strips to blow its tires.
Johnson is the latest law enforcement officer to be arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle aliens into the U.S. In June, authorities <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/2-soldiers-charged-attempting-smuggle-noncitizens">arrested</a> two soldiers, including a national guardsman, in the same area as Johnson for allegedly smuggling illegal aliens.
Abbott&#8217;s latest efforts to combat illegal immigration into the United States involve the passage of a law that makes unlawful entry a state crime enforceable by local law enforcement. The law, scheduled to go into effect earlier this year, has been placed on hold by a panel of Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judges while the court works through a legal challenge to the law&#8217;s constitutionality. The Biden administration has challenged the Texas law, arguing that immigration enforcement is strictly the domain of the federal government.

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More than 1 million illegal immigrants have been encountered on the southern border in just the first six months of fiscal year 2024, an unpublished Customs and Border Patrol report reveals.
The finding comes from an unpublished Customs and Border Patrol report <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/border/2024/04/02/exclusive-140k-migrants-apprehended-in-march-along-southwest-border/">obtained</a> by Breitbart News, which found that nearly 140,000 migrants were apprehended on the southern border in March 2024. The figure brings the total number of apprehensions for fiscal year 2024, which began on October 1st, 2023, to 1,034,000 in just six months.
The report found that the Tucson Border Patrol sector had the largest number of apprehensions in March at 42,000, with the sector reporting 342,000 apprehensions since the beginning of October. The sector experienced 50,000 apprehensions in February, an increase of more than 85% when compared to February of the previous year.
The San Diego sector reported the second-highest number of apprehensions for March 2024 at over 33,000, marking a slight increase from the preceding month. The El Paso sector experienced the third-highest number of apprehensions in March 2023 at roughly 30,000.
Many of the immigrants apprehended at the border have been allowed to enter the country on asylum claims, with hundreds of thousands being flown to cities deeper into the interior of the country.
As many as 320,000 foreign nationals have also been flown all across the country by the Biden Administration to at least 43 different American airports. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-senate-dems-vote-against-stopping-taxpayer-money-for-illegal-immigrant-flights-into-u-s">proposed an amendment</a> that would prevent the administration from using taxpayer dollars to fund these flights, but it failed by a vote of 47 to 51 with every single Democrat Senator voting to allow the flights to continue.
The data comes out as the United States faces an unprecedented surge of illegal aliens 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 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.
Biden faces severe disapproval among the public for his handling of the border, with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">recent poll</a> finding that only 36 percent of registered voters saying they approve of his performance on the issue, the lowest of any topic.

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U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Border Patrol</a> Chief Jason Owens said over the weekend that the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who have evaded capture and made it into the U.S. homeland keep him up at night and that the situation is a &#8220;national security threat.&#8221;
Owens made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; while talking about how Mexican drug cartels effectively set the rules of engagement on the southern border.
&#8220;They dictate what the flow is going to look like, and we respond to it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Then we try and get out in front of it and deny them the ability to use these areas, especially ones that we think are going to be dangerous for us and for the migrants. But at the end of the day, there&#8217;s over 1,900 miles of border with Mexico. Now, when you talk about 20,000 border patrol agents, that sounds like a lot. But when you multiply that by 24 hours a day, seven days a week, across the entirety of the year, that number starts to dwindle very fast. And that&#8217;s exactly what they&#8217;ll do. The tactic is, they&#8217;ll push groups across knowing that we&#8217;re going to respond from a humanitarian perspective and make sure that they&#8217;re safe. And while we&#8217;re tied up and occupied doing this, what are they doing a couple miles down the road?&#8221;
He said that the entry of unknown foreign nationals into the U.S. is the top thing that keeps border officials up at night.
&#8220;We&#8217;re closing in on a million entries this fiscal year alone,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That number is a large number, but what&#8217;s keeping me up at night is the 140,000 known gotaways.&#8221;
&#8220;That is a national security threat,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Border security is a big piece of national security. And if we don&#8217;t know who is coming into our country and we don&#8217;t know what their intent is, that is a threat. And they&#8217;re exploiting a vulnerability that&#8217;s on our border right now.&#8221;
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A group that decries the “violent effects of US border policy” and downplays illegal immigration will be bringing an exhibit on migration to over a dozen libraries across America in the coming months as illegal immigrants continue to pour across the southern border. 
Sponsored by the American Library Association, the largest nonprofit trade organization for libraries run by a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marxist-lesbian-president-of-american-library-association-doubles-down-on-agenda-for-a-better-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">self-described</a> “lesbian Marxist,” 15 libraries from California to New Jersey, will be hosting an <a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/programming/world-on-the-move" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exhibition</a> called “World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration.”
The &#8220;Word on the Move&#8221; <a href="https://understandingmigration.org/about-the-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">project</a>, which has the stated goal of shaping public discussions on migration, says that national borders are a new development and promotes resources that aim to dismantle U.S. border policy.
“Popular discussions about modern-day migration often focus on issues of undocumented migration, but the fact is that human migration has been going on for millennia, while the idea that official documentation is required is at most a few hundred years old,” the project <a href="https://archive.ph/5u7Wd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>. “And yet, while national borders are a comparatively recent invention, border policies are real and have real effects on the lives of migrants, as well as the lives of citizens on either side of the border.”
The project also says that people need to be taught to not think like a state and to think more about the anecdotes of people crossing borders. 
“These global perspectives are useful, but anthropologists understand that it is important to also learn how not to think like a state, telling instead the personal stories of people who live near or move across the border and the effects of border policy on their lives,” the project says. 
“Anthropologists have identified double standards in immigration policy by comparing the experience of Ukrainian war refugees to those from the Middle East and Africa, and they have studied objects found in the Sonoran Desert to understand the violent effects of US border policy,” the project adds. “Stories like these tell the human side of government actions.”
The reference to the violence and American border story links to an <a href="https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/the-human-cost-of-border-enforcement-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> that says that policies to deter people from illegally crossing into the United States through urban areas pushes them to attempt to cross in more dangerous rural areas. 
The exhibition will be featured in libraries in California, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin. Several of the hosting libraries, including Calcasieu Parish Public Library, St Mary&#8217;s County Library, K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library, Blount County Public Library, Amarillo Public Library, Weber County Library, and Lester Public Library are located in conservative areas. 
The <a href="https://understandingmigration.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WOTM-Exhibit-Guide-ONLINE.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exhibit</a> that will be at libraries will encourage a focus on “climate change” and says that the 2016 vote by the British to leave the European Union was motivated by dislike of immigrants. 
”British resistance to ‘welcoming migrants’ was a strong motivation for the ‘Leave’ campaign supporting the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union,” the exhibit says. The exhibit will be on display in five-week increments at each selected library from March 2023 until August 2025.
The exhibit guide also suggests that viewers pretend to be cultural anthropologists, and features bizarre artwork of a blue-haired cultural anthropologist who appears to be pregnant while conducting an interview.
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The project, which was first <a href="https://tennesseeconservativenews.com/blount-county-library-promotes-american-library-associations-radical-open-borders-agenda-op-ed-by-mark-pulliam/?inf_contact_key=f161e44a66452c9db3a133aa31850a3d680f8914173f9191b1c0223e68310bb1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> by a conservative media outlet in Tennessee, says that requiring documentation to immigrate is a recent invention, appearing to downplay the waves of illegal immigration that Western nations have faced in recent decades. 
”Much is made of ‘illegal’ or ‘undocumented’ immigrants, for example, but the very idea that migrants ought to have official documentation is itself a recent invention,” the project <a href="https://understandingmigration.org/about-the-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>. “By presenting case studies from throughout human history and from the world, ‘World on the Move’ helps visitors distinguish what is really new about contemporary migration from what has remained constant over many tens of thousands of years.”
The American Library Association has previously been criticized over its Left-leaning tilt as it has wielded its influence against efforts to <a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/04/18/american-library-association-director-says-book-bans-aim-suppress-social-change">ban</a> sexually explicit content from school libraries and to <a href="https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/">recommend</a> dozens of LGBT books for minors. The American Library Association is headed up by Emily Drabinski, who previously described herself as a &#8220;Marxist lesbian&#8221; in a post on X.
“I just cannot believe that a Marxist lesbian who believes that collective power is possible to build and can be wielded for a better world is the president-elect of @ALALibrary,” Drabinski wrote in an April 2022 post. “I am so excited for what we will do together. Solidarity! And my mom is SO PROUD. I love you mom.”
In response to her leadership, conservative led states including Alabama, Wyoming, Missouri, Texas and Florida all cut ties with association. Republican Senators have also <a href="https://www.rubio.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07.28.23-Rubio-et-al-Letter-to-IMLS-re-religious-discrimination.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoken out</a> against the American Library Association because of its <a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/libraries-respond-drag-queen-story-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backing</a> of drag queen story hours at libraries while reportedly restricting conservative events.

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Public Libraries Across Country Set To Host Marxist-Led Org That Decries ‘Violent Effects Of US Border Policy’

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U.S. border officials captured a Lebanese national on the southern border more than a week ago who told agents he was a member of the Hezbollah terrorist group planning to make a bomb in the United States.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/17/us-news/illegal-migrant-from-lebanon-admitted-terror-ties/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 22-year-old Basel Bassel Ebbadi on March 9 near El Paso, Texas.
An internal Border Patrol document obtained by The Post designated Ebbadi&#8217;s apprehension as a &#8220;Significant Arrest.&#8221;
&#8220;El Paso Sector Intelligence Agents assigned to the Tactical Terrorism Response Team (TTRT) interviewed Basel Bassel EBBADI from Lebanon after he made terroristic threats to personnel at the EP Sector Hardened Facility,&#8221; the document said. &#8220;Post Miranda, Basel Bassel EBBADI claimed membership to a foreign terrorist organization.&#8221;
The document said that two days after he was arrested, medical staff was evaluating him and asked what he was doing in the U.S., to which he responded: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to try to make a bomb.&#8221;
He reportedly told U.S. officials that he had trained with Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Islamic terrorist group based in Lebanon, for seven years and was an active member involved in guarding the group&#8217;s weapons.
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He told officials that his training focused on &#8220;jihad&#8221; and killing people &#8220;that was not Muslim,&#8221; the report said. He was planning on making his way to New York.
The Post report was viewed tens of millions of times on X on Sunday and generated notable responses from conservative leaders.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) posted: &#8220;Biden&#8217;s open border is an open invitation for Iran-backed terrorists to infiltrate our homeland. This will only get worse until Biden secures the border.&#8221;

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Illegal Alien Caught At Border Says He’s A Hezbollah Terrorist, Planned To ‘Make A Bomb’: Report

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Gunfire erupted at a remote section of the U.S border over the weekend, leading to one person being killed.
The incident happened Sunday morning in San Diego County in what officials said was a criminal enterprise trying to rob a group of illegal aliens, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-04/gun-battle-involving-u-s-border-agents-kills-one-san-diego-county-near-border">reported</a>.
A member of the Border Patrol’s elite Border Patrol Tactical team, or BORTAC, killed one of the violent illegal aliens on U.S. soil while the rest fled back to Mexico. The area is a hotbed for criminal activity involving bandits who cross the border to rob illegal aliens before running back across the border into Mexico.
Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, described the incident as a &#8220;gun battle&#8221; during an interview on Monday and said that the bandits, which he described as &#8220;rip crews,&#8221; had become more brazen in their attacks which is why special operators were in the area.
“They’re doing it right in front of our cameras,” Judd said. “We’ve had several incidents where rip crews have been robbing and stealing from migrants right in front of the camera.”
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens shared images on X last week  showing groups of bandits robbing illegal aliens at the U.S. border.
&#8220;USBP surveillance technology near Chula Vista, CA captured these images of armed bandits robbing several groups as they attempted to enter the country illegally,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Yet another example of the dangers these criminals &amp; smugglers pose to the public, the migrants and our agents.&#8221;
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2/25: USBP surveillance technology near Chula Vista, CA captured these images of armed bandits robbing several groups as they attempted to enter the country illegally. Yet another example of the dangers these criminals &amp; smugglers pose to the public, the migrants, and our agents. <a href="https://t.co/uVX2n1kYaM">pic.twitter.com/uVX2n1kYaM</a>
&mdash; Chief Jason Owens (@USBPChief) <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChief/status/1762251265659035971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On Saturday, a union representing Border Patrol agents mocked President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> after he visited the U.S.-Mexico border on the same day as former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
The National Border Patrol Council posted an image of Biden lounging on a beach along with a tongue-in-cheek description of what the president had planned for when he took Air Force One to a border town in Texas last week.
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Board AF1, take nap. 
Wake up in place called Brownsville. 
Read large teleprompter message, &quot;It&#39;s all Trump&#39;s fault&quot;.
Board AF1, ask who people in green uniforms were, told they &quot;strap&quot; illegal aliens, express horror, take nap. 
Wake up, call a lid, hit beach, take nap. <a href="https://t.co/exvsDieaVW">pic.twitter.com/exvsDieaVW</a>
&mdash; Border Patrol Union &#8211; NBPC (@BPUnion) <a href="https://twitter.com/BPUnion/status/1763965110920581428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Board AF1, take nap. Wake up in place called Brownsville. Read large teleprompter message, &#8216;It&#8217;s all Trump&#8217;s fault&#8217;. Board AF1, ask who people in green uniforms were, told they &#8216;strap&#8217; illegal aliens, express horror, take nap. Wake up, call a lid, hit beach, take nap,&#8221; the post to X said.
The National Border Patrol Council, which <a href="https://bpunion.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">represents</a> around 18,000 Border Patrol agents and support personnel assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol, has endorsed Trump in the past. It has also been very critical of Biden and his administration over border security.
&#8220;Dear Joe, You OWN this catastrophic disaster at the border &#8211; lock, stock and barrel. You created it. You nursed it along. You encouraged it. You facilitated it. It&#8217;s all yours. Don&#8217;t run from it now like a coward. Signed, The BP agents you&#8217;ve thrown under the bus,&#8221; the union said in a post to X last month.
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Dear Joe, 
You OWN this catastrophic disaster at the border &#8211; lock, stock and barrel. You created it. You nursed it along. You encouraged it. You facilitated it. It&#39;s all yours.
Don&#39;t run from it now like a coward.
Signed,
The BP agents you&#39;ve thrown under the bus. <a href="https://t.co/z6HrL6Ai6E">pic.twitter.com/z6HrL6Ai6E</a>
&mdash; Border Patrol Union &#8211; NBPC (@BPUnion) <a href="https://twitter.com/BPUnion/status/1759596726044991618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Biden traveled to <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1763319064607216079" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brownsville, Texas</a>, on Thursday, where he visited a Border Patrol Station.
After receiving an operational briefing, Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/03/01/remarks-by-president-biden-after-operation-briefing-brownsville-tx/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> remarks in which he said the Border Patrol, as well as immigration and enforcement and asylum officers, were &#8220;all doing incredible work under really tough conditions.&#8221;
Biden also delivered a message to Trump, who visited Eagle Pass, Texas, roughly 300 miles away on the same day and, like Biden, is running for a second term in the White House in this year&#8217;s election.
&#8220;Here’s what I would say to Mr. Trump: Instead of playing politics with the issue, instead of telling members of Congress to block this legislation, join me — or I’ll join you — in telling the Congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill. We can do it together,&#8221; Biden said.
&#8220;You know and I know it’s the toughest, most efficient, most effective border security bill this country has ever seen,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So, instead of playing politics with the issue, why don’t we just get together and get it done?&#8221;
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The Senate immigration reform deal, which failed to pass out of the upper chamber amid <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4451977-mcconnell-dealt-blow-by-trump-on-border-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broadsides by Trump</a>, had been endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council.
&#8220;While not perfect, the Border Act of 2024 is a step in the right direction and is far better than the current status quo. This is why the National Border Patrol Council endorses this bill and hopes for its quick passage,” the union&#8217;s president, Brandon Judd, had <a href="https://www.sinema.senate.gov/new-national-border-patrol-council-endorses-sinemas-border-security-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.

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‘Take Nap’: Border Patrol Union Mocks Biden After Texas Visit

'Take Nap': Border Patrol Union Mocks Biden After Texas Visit

Border Patrol released hundreds of illegal migrants into the streets of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/san-diego" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Diego</a>, and some were given court dates on the other side of the country in places they had never heard of before.
The released illegal migrants hailed from all over the world, including Senegal, China, Ecuador, Rwanda, the Dominican Republic, Mauritania, India, and Kazakhstan. They were released because Customs and Border Protection had no places to detain them until they could have their cases heard in immigration court. Local nonprofits, which have been given millions from the San Diego government to shelter the illegal migrants, did not have the infrastructure to handle the influx. 
On Friday, The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/border-patrol-street-releases-asylum-7ae9ff48b48e203ecdd5c099942dc1f5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> with several who appeared to be unfamiliar with where they were or where they were told to show up in court. 
One 31-year-old man from Kazakhstan told the outlet that he was told to show up in immigration court in Philadelphia in August 2025, but that he didn’t know where that was because he had never heard of it. Philadelphia is about 2,700 miles away from San Diego. 
A Mauritanian man told the outlet that he took a flight from Africa to Nicaragua before flying to Mexico and crossing into the United States. Another man from the Dominican Republic asked, “Are we in San Diego?” and was told to head to Boston in June for an immigration court hearing in June. Boston is nearly 3,000 miles away from San Diego. 
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin posted video on Friday showing Chinese nationals being released in San Diego. 
“More Chinese nationals amongst the latest busload of migrants that was just released to the street in San Diego moments ago. We’ve seen dozens of Chinese released here today. More than 21,000 Chinese have been apprehended by Border Patrol in just San Diego sector since Oct. 1st,” he said. 
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More Chinese nationals amongst the latest busload of migrants that was just released to the street in San Diego moments ago. We’ve seen dozens of Chinese released here today. More than 21,000 Chinese have been apprehended by Border Patrol in just San Diego sector since Oct. 1st: <a href="https://t.co/ifAgxs4TtY">pic.twitter.com/ifAgxs4TtY</a>
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On Saturday morning, Melugin posted more footage of illegal immigrants who had been detained in the San Diego sector being released into San Ysidro. San Diego is just one of the cities that has been impacted by the border crisis as millions of illegal immigrants have crossed into the United States under President Joe Biden.
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NEW: Mass street releases of migrants who crossed the San Diego sector border illegally are continuing this morning here in San Ysidro, CA. Multiple Border Patrol buses have already arrived. People from all around the world &#8211; all planning to travel to cities across the U.S. <a href="https://t.co/IyrwjEciY3">pic.twitter.com/IyrwjEciY3</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1761435735343894687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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CBP said that the releases showed “the latest example of the pressing need for Congress to provide additional resources and take legislative action to fix our outdated immigration laws.”
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The release occurred after an illegal alien was arrested for the murder of a 22-year-old college student in Georgia. The suspect, 26-year-old Venezuelan Jose Antonio Ibarra, had reportedly been released into the United States after crossing illegally into El Paso, Texas, in September 2022 before being released due to lack of detention space
Ibarra <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-arrested-for-murder-of-georgia-nursing-student-was-illegal-immigrant-report">was arrested on Friday</a> for the murder of Laken Hope Riley, a nursing student from the University of Georgia who was found dead after going out on a run on Thursday.

Migrants At The US-Mexico Border

Illegal Immigrants Released Onto Streets Of San Diego, Given Court Dates At Cities They’ve Never Heard Of Before

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The Biden administration removed its second-in-command of the U.S. Border Patrol this week for an alleged misconduct violation.
The administration confirmed the removal of Acting Deputy Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Joel Martinez, a 31-year Border Patrol veteran, in a statement late on Thursday.
&#8220;We do not tolerate misconduct within our ranks,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;When we discover any alleged or potential misconduct, we immediately refer it for investigation and cooperate fully with any criminal or administrative investigations. This is the case whether the alleged misconduct occurs on or off duty. Federal privacy laws prohibit discussion of individual cases.&#8221;
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/15/border-patrol-official-suspended/">reported</a> that Martinez, who has held multiple leadership positions within the U.S. Border Patrol, was not under arrest.
Martinez&#8217;s removal comes just days after U.S. Border Patrol Academy Chief Ryan Landrum was also <a href="https://twitter.com/alibradleytv/status/1756439485859184813?s=46&amp;t=mWAIMwfQum-a6D32KYsH3A">relieved</a> of his command and placed on administrative leave.
The Border Patrol gave an identical statement on Landrum.
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NEW: The #2 at U.S. Border Patrol is now out—Deputy Chief Joel Martinez has been removed and placed on administrative leave due to misconduct allegations—Agency officials did not provide details about what Martinez reportedly did to prompt this action, citing privacy laws.… <a href="https://t.co/kgAgi3TeWe">pic.twitter.com/kgAgi3TeWe</a>
&mdash; Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliBradleyTV/status/1758328835282768209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The removal of the two Border Patrol officials comes as the Biden administration&#8217;s policies at the border have triggered what many have referred to as an &#8220;invasion&#8221; — millions of illegal aliens flooding into the U.S., overwhelming border states and cities across the country.
A new <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/02/15/how-americans-view-the-situation-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-its-causes-and-consequences/?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=24-02-15%20Immigration%20GEN%20DISTRO&amp;org=982&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=13346&amp;lea=3148162&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=">poll</a> released by Pew Research Center this week found that only 18% of Americans believe that the federal government is doing a good job handling the border, a disastrous number for President Joe Biden heading into the November elections, while 80% of Americans believe that the government is doing a bad job.
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U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-chief-breaks-down-border-bill-declares-border-has-never-been-secure-over-last-3-decades">said</a> in an interview earlier this month that the agency was stretched so thin due to the scale of the crisis that he has serious concerns about the types of illegal aliens that are able to evade capture and sneak into the U.S.
&#8220;And those are the numbers [hundreds of thousands of known gotaways] that really, for us, keeps us up at night because if you know that all you need to do is turn yourself in to the Border Patrol and go through the process, what possible reason would you have for wanting to evade capture and put yourself in danger to cross through the desert or be in a stash house or lock yourself in the back of a tractor trailer?&#8221; he said. &#8220;Could it be that those are the folks that probably have criminal intent, that have bad intent, that represent a possible threat to the people of this country? That’s the kind of thing that keeps us up at night.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-murphy-on-democrats-priorities-people-we-care-about-most-are-undocumented-americans">Senator Murphy On Democrats’ Priorities: ‘People We Care About Most’ Are ‘Undocumented Americans’</a>

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EAGLE PASS, TX — The effort from Texas authorities to prevent illegal border crossings in Shelby Park in Eagle Pass appears to be effective, but border crossings have persisted in surrounding areas.
The Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have successfully maintained control of Shelby Park, a 47-acre park in Eagle Pass, Texas along the Rio Grande, despite attempts from Border Patrol to retake control of the park.
Members of the Texas National Guard, who work alongside DPS to secure the border, told The Daily Wire that their strategy can be summarized with the acronym “PDI,” which stands for “prevent, deter, interdict.” The Texas authorities have fortified the border with shipping containers, triple strand concertina wire, and razor wire. Footage gathered by The Daily Wire shows Texas National Guard engineers fortifying existing border barriers with additional razor wire on Thursday night.
When illegal aliens do manage to make their way through the wire and scale the shipping containers, those who enter the park are apprehended and often charged with trespassing. The Daily Wire obtained video of Texas authorities handcuffing illegal immigrants.
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WATCH: Footage obtained by The Daily Wire&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpencerLndqst</a> shows Texas National Guard Soldiers assisting the state&#39;s Department of Public Safety apprehend a group of illegal border crossers early this morning. <a href="https://t.co/79Qx61UHCg">pic.twitter.com/79Qx61UHCg</a>
&mdash; Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1750674719328678290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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While the Texas National Guard told The Daily Wire that illegal border crossings at the park, which was previously a major thoroughfare for illegal immigrants, have drastically decreased since they took control of the park, foreign nationals have still been able to enter the country through other nearby locations under the control of federal authorities.
Footage gathered by The Daily Wire on Saturday shows a man who stated that he was from Peru entering the United States from a different location roughly 5 miles from Shelby Park. The single adult male, who was wearing a life jacket and had just crossed the Rio Grande, boarded a bus, which likely took him to the federal processing facility in Eagle Pass. Authorities at the site would not say where the bus was headed.
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WATCH: An adult male from Peru entered the United States just miles south of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, TX.
He walked past National Guard and Border Patrol agents and boarded a bus for processing. 
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&mdash; Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1751348457095213176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Another <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1751678873832452363">video</a> captured by The Daily Wire shows three foreign nationals who stated that they were from Guatemala boarding a similar bus from the same location. The area along the border is lined with piles of trash from illegal immigrants who crossed the Rio Grande into the United States.
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The endless stream of illegal immigrants into the United States has turned the border into a literal dump, with piles of trash lining the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector.
Video taken today from reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpencerLndqst</a>: <a href="https://t.co/Xwd1IGrCcc">pic.twitter.com/Xwd1IGrCcc</a>
&mdash; Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1751673704998744133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Shelby Park is the focal point of an ongoing dispute between the state of Texas and the Biden administration, with Texas authorities preventing Border Patrol from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-national-guard-takes-control-of-border-park-amid-feud-with-biden-over-border-crisis">taking control</a> of the area despite the federal government claiming that they have the right to access the park.
While the Texas National Guard and DPS maintain complete control over Shelby Park, areas along the border such as the location where migrants were put on buses are staffed largely by federal Border Patrol agents, who take foreign nationals to processing centers, where many are ultimately released into the interior of the United States.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-refuses-federal-agents-access-shelby-park-eagle-pass-border/">denied</a> the Biden administration’s request to be given full access to Shelby Park after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/supreme-court-remove-texas-razor-wire-mexico-border-biden">ruled</a> that the federal government is allowed to cut razor wire placed by the Texas National Guard.
The dispute over Shelby Park comes as the United States has faced an unprecedented 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.

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Texas Authorities Lock Down Eagle Pass, But Border Crossings Persist In Surrounding Areas

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The official union of U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a statement on Thursday backing the Texas National Guard’s attempts to secure the southern border and slamming the Biden administration for its “catastrophic” border policies.
The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), which has more than <a href="https://bpunion.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">18,000 members</a>, said that the “rank-and-file” Border Patrol agents “appreciate and respect” the measures Texas has taken to repel the record flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S. under Biden.
“TX NG and rank-and-file BP agents work together and respect each other&#8217;s jobs. Period,” the NBPC <a href="https://twitter.com/BPUnion/status/1750942606274797850" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “If TX NG members have LAWFUL orders, then they have to carry out those orders.”
Earlier this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott doubled down on using razor wire to repel migrants from illegally crossing the border after the Supreme Court ruled that Border Patrol agents have the authority to cut through the wire to allow illegal immigrants into the country. On Friday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-texas-national-guard-continues-building-razor-wire-border-barriers-defies-biden-admin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire found</a> that Texas authorities have not only maintained existing razor wire fortifications but have added razor wire to border barriers, all while continuing to bar Border Patrol from establishing a presence at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.
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The Texas National Guard is actively installing new razor wire to barriers at the southern border, lining the shores in Eagle Pass with razor wire-covered shipping containers<a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpencerLndqst</a> reports from the border <a href="https://t.co/zkXCBcL7XD">pic.twitter.com/zkXCBcL7XD</a>
&mdash; Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1750658942722588974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Border Patrol union’s statement sought to clarify that rank-and-file Border Patrol agents were in no way preventing Texas National Guard troops from carrying out “their lawful orders” and vice-versa.
“TX NG members realize that rank-and-file BP agents have their orders as well,” the NBPC added. “Lawful orders, no matter how unpopular or distasteful amongst rank-and-file agents, must be followed. Unlawful orders (as determined by competent legal counsel and not what some outhouse lawyer behind a keyboard says) will not be followed.”
The NBPC then ripped the Biden administration for its border policies and the negative consequences they have had on America.
“Rank-and-file BP agents appreciate and respect what TX has been doing to defend their state in the midst of this catastrophe that the Biden Admin has unleashed on America,” the statement continued. “We want to be perfectly clear, there is no fight between rank-and-file BP agents and the TX NG, Gov. Abbott, or TX DPS. It may make flashy headlines, but it simply isn&#8217;t true.”
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A senior CBP official <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/border-patrol-no-plans-remove-210503964.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News on Friday that there are “no plans” to remove the razor wire being installed by the Texas National Guard after the Supreme Court’s ruling.
&#8220;While this issue plays out in the courts, the relationship between Border Patrol, Texas DPS [Department of Public Safety], &amp; TMD [Texas Military Dept.] remains strong,&#8221; the official said. &#8220;Our focus is and will always be the mission of protecting this country and its people. On the ground, we continue to work alongside these valuable partners in that endeavor.&#8221;
&#8220;Bottom line: Border Patrol has no plans to remove infrastructure (c-wire) placed by Texas along the border,” the CBP official added. “Our posture remains the same. If we need to access an area for emergency response, we will do so. When that happens, we will coordinate with Texas DPS &amp; TMD.&#8221;

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Border Patrol Union Backs Texas National Guard, Slams ‘Catastrophe’ Biden ‘Has Unleashed On America’

Border Patrol Union Backs Texas National Guard, Slams 'Catastrophe' Biden 'Has Unleashed On America'

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