Two Republican attorneys general secured a legal win on Friday in their effort to block the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> from redirecting federal funds designated for build a border wall. 
Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas and Attorney General Andrew Bailey of Missouri were granted a preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton to block the Biden administration from using funds appropriated by Congress for a border wall for other purposes. 
“Today, I secured a preliminary injunction against an attempt by the Biden Administration to illegally redirect statutorily obligated funds away from the construction of a border wall,” Paxton <a href="https://twitter.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/1766258390706098284" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X on Friday. “Biden acted completely improperly by refusing to spend the money that Congress appropriated for border wall construction, and even attempting to redirect those funds. His actions demonstrate his desperation for open borders at any cost, but Texas has prevailed.”
The case focused on roughly $1.4 billion that was appropriated by Congress in 2020 and 2021 for the construction of a border wall. President Joe Biden issued an order on the day he was inaugurated pausing the funds from being used for that purpose, and the Department of Homeland Security subsequently came up with two plans for alternative ways to use the money. 
The Biden administration was then sued separately by the Texas Land Commission and the states of Missouri and Texas before the case was consolidated under one lawsuit. The plaintiffs asked for an injunction to stop the implementation of Biden&#8217;s &#8220;proclamation and to order DHS to obligate the funds that have been congressionally appropriated for the construction of a barrier system at the Southwest border,” Tipton <a href="https://ago.mo.gov/wp-content/uploads/GLO-v.-Biden-Border-Wall-Order-and-Judgment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
“DHS argues in response that, notwithstanding the language in the statute, an injunction would be inappropriate because the challenged spending decisions are committed to its discretion,” Tipton added. “The Court disagrees. Whether the Executive Branch must adhere to federal laws is not, as a general matter, an area traditionally left to its discretion. And without that discretion, DHS’s spending decisions run afoul of the APA [Administrative Procedures Act].”
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Tipton ordered the Biden administration to stop its plan to allocate the funds for any other purpose than the construction of physical barriers like additional wall, fencing, or buoys. 
“The Biden Administration has failed to abide by the law to finish the construction of a wall along the southwest border,” Bailey <a href="https://ago.mo.gov/attorney-general-bailey-obtains-court-order-blocking-joe-biden-from-illegally-diverting-funds-away-from-building-the-border-wall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Joe Biden refuses to carry out his constitutionally mandated responsibilities, so we took him to court to force him to do his job. This is a huge step forward in the fight to secure our border at a key moment in our nation’s history.”

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On Thursday, former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> shared a new moniker for California Democratic Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a>, a top campaign surrogate for President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> who is widely seen as a potential White House contender in the future.
The swipe at Newsom happened as Trump delivered remarks during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, while speaking on the topic of illegal immigration — a hot button issue in the run-up to November&#8217;s election.
&#8220;You look at what this Governor New Scum from California — isn&#8217;t that his name? New Scum. What he&#8217;s done to California is unbelievable,&#8221; Trump said while critiquing policies that he argued were driving illegal immigration into the United States.
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Trump visited Eagle Pass, the epicenter of a standoff between Texas and the Biden administration over how to deal with migrants and illegal crossings, as Biden paid a visit to the border in <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1763319064607216079" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brownsville, Texas</a>.
It remains to be seen if the nickname for Newsom sticks, but Trump has a history of bestowing upon his political opponents mocking nicknames, dating back to the 2016 Republican nomination contest.
During his CPAC speech last weekend, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-at-cpac-lets-fire-crooked-joe-biden-break-out-of-the-nighmare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the president &#8220;Crooked Joe Biden,&#8221; repurposing a label he used against Hillary Clinton. He also took a shot at Newsom during that same address.
“A lot of people think Gavin Newsom is going to run. In a certain way, I hope so,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-at-cpac-lets-fire-crooked-joe-biden-break-out-of-the-nighmare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “I hope so. Because he&#8217;s destroyed California.”
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Newsom spoke critically of Trump during <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-february-25-2023-n1308936" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an interview on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press</a>,&#8221; which aired on Sunday, as he rejected the notion that Democrats are underestimating the former president in the 2024 election.
&#8220;I think he&#8217;s weakness masquerading as strength. I think he&#8217;s more unhinged. He&#8217;s more – he’s less interesting than he was even a few years ago,&#8221; Newsom said.
Newsom also said Biden should <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-says-biden-should-debate-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate Trump</a> in the general election and shrugged off concerns about Biden&#8217;s fitness to lead at the age of 81, saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s because of his age that he&#8217;s been so successful.&#8221;
When pressed on whether he would completely rule out a presidential run in 2024, Newsom claimed, &#8220;100%. It&#8217;s not even an interesting conversation.&#8221;

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Former President Donald Trump slammed the Senate&#8217;s bipartisan border bill on Monday, calling it a &#8220;trap&#8221; set by Democrats for Republicans.
Senators released the final version of a long-awaited border bill on Sunday afternoon. The bill will likely face a full Senate vote soon, but it is unclear whether it will pass, especially as it continues to bleed Republican support.
&#8220;Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill, which only gives Shutdown Authority after 5000 Encounters a day, when we already have the right to CLOSE THE BORDER NOW, which must be done,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111879340091575646" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Truth Social on Monday morning.
&#8220;This Bill is a great gift to the Democrats, and a Death Wish for The Republican Party,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;It takes the HORRIBLE JOB the Democrats have done on Immigration and the Border, absolves them, and puts it all squarely on the shoulders of Republicans. Don’t be STUPID!!!&#8221;
The former president said Republicans need a separate border bill that is not &#8220;tied to foreign aid in any way, shape, or form,&#8221; saying Democrats &#8220;broke Immigration and the Border. They should fix it.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111879769015903043" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> again later Monday morning, saying the &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; border bill is &#8220;nothing more than a highly sophisticated trap for Republicans to assume the blame on what the Radical Left Democrats have done to our Border, just in time for our most important EVER Election. Don’t fall for it!!!&#8221;
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the bill will have its first procedural vote on the floor on Wednesday.
However, some Republicans have already said they will not support it.
The $118 billion deal would tighten asylum requirements, shut down the southern border if immigrant encounters hit certain levels, and send billions of dollars to not only the border but Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate, with several conservative senators already casting doubt on whether they will support it.
“This is an open-borders bill if I’ve ever seen one. The Democrats are celebrating already,” Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) said on X.
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said she will &#8220;never vote to make illegal immigration legal, and I will not support this deal.&#8221;
The two top Republicans in the House both said the bill is a non-starter in the lower chamber.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said the bill is &#8220;dead on arrival&#8221; in the House and called it &#8220;even worse than we expected.&#8221;
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) also <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1754319765894578181" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slammed</a> the bill, vowing it will not receive a vote in the House and calling it &#8220;a magnet for more illegal immigration.&#8221;

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Nearly 100,000 illegal migrants have reportedly evaded law enforcement at the southern border since the beginning of October.
More than 96,000 “known gotaways,” migrants who were detected but not caught, have crossed the southern border since October 1, when the current fiscal year started, sources from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/more-than-96000-known-gotaways-southern-border-oct-1-border-patrol-sources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News.
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BREAKING: CBP Sources tell FOX…   Since FY24 began on Oct 1st there have been more than 96,000 “Known Gotaways” at the southern border.   Migrants seen/detected &#8211; but not apprehended.   More than 800 individuals are illegally crossing and disappearing in the US daily <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a>
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The numbers mean more than 800 people have snuck over the border every day and are presumably living in the U.S. undetected.
The number of migrants actually encountered by border authorities is much higher — more than 785,000 migrants <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/more-than-96000-known-gotaways-southern-border-oct-1-border-patrol-sources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have been</a> encountered since October 1, a record for the final months of a year.
In December, border authorities reportedly <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-encounters-southern-border-hit-record-302k-december-sources-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encountered</a> more than 302,000 migrants at the border, the highest monthly total ever, CBP sources told Fox News.
&#8220;We don’t know where these people are coming from, where they&#8217;re going, what they&#8217;re carrying or if they&#8217;re terrorists,&#8221; Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) posted on X on Wednesday, reacting to the new gotaway numbers.
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We don’t know where these people are coming from, where they&#39;re going, what they&#39;re carrying or if they&#39;re terrorists.
Instead of bowing to the far-left, President Biden should do his job, secure the border and stand up for the American people. <a href="https://t.co/G1lX1kcE7o">https://t.co/G1lX1kcE7o</a>
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) also commented, <a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis/status/1750201457209696757" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a>, &#8220;96,000 gotaways over the last four months and counting. Meanwhile, the Biden Admin continues to mass release apprehended illegals everyday. This is on Biden and Mayorkas, and they need to close the border and enforce our laws now.&#8221;
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is facing a push for his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeland-security-chair-says-we-have-the-votes-to-impeach-mayorkas">impeachment</a> over the border crisis from House Republicans, who accuse him of disastrous border policies and of lying to lawmakers when he said authorities had “operational control” of the border.
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The House Homeland Security Committee is set to vote on impeachment articles against Mayorkas on Tuesday. The impeachment push will likely not survive the Democrat-led Senate, where two-thirds of senators would have to vote for Mayorkas&#8217; removal.
&#8220;Our thorough and fair investigation exposed Secretary Mayorkas’ abuse of power and refusal to comply with the law,&#8221; committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4426714-mayorkas-impeachment-markup-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Earlier this month, a new poll showed immigration outpacing inflation as the top concern among voters.
About 35% of voters said immigration was their top concern, while about 32% said inflation was their main concern, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4422273-immigration-overtakes-inflation-top-voter-concern-poll/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a Harvard CAPS-Harris <a href="https://harvardharrispoll.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> released Monday.
Only 35% of people said they approve of how President Biden has handled immigration, according to the poll.
Meanwhile, Texas <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/30/us/asylum-seekers-texas-city-mayors/index.html">has sent</a> more than 90,000 migrants to cities run by Democrats in order to ease the strain on overrun border communities.
Governor Greg Abbott (R) has sent migrants to New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Denver, and Washington, D.C., causing those cities to spend millions of dollars in resources caring for the newcomers.

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Over 96,000 ‘Known Gotaways’ At Southern Border Since October: Report

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President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday that there was nothing he could do to stop construction of the border wall on the U.S. southern border even though his own secretary of Homeland Security waived dozens of laws this week to expedite building additional sections.
&#8220;On the border wall, the border wall when money was appropriated for the border wall, I tried to get them to reappropriate, to redirect that money,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;They didn&#8217;t, they wouldn&#8217;t. And in the meantime, there&#8217;s nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for whatever it&#8217;s appropriated. I can&#8217;t stop that.&#8221;
When asked if he believes that border walls work, Biden responded: &#8220;No.&#8221;
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> said this week that the dire conditions on the U.S.-Mexico border allowed the administration the legal right to waive dozens of laws and regulations in order to rapidly build sections of border wall in areas of south Texas that are being overrun by illegal aliens.
Mayorkas <a href="https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22176.pdf?utm_campaign=pi+subscription+mailing+list&amp;utm_source=federalregister.gov&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an announcement on the U.S. Federal Register that the situation makes it “necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements” in order to ensure the expeditious construction of “physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States.”
Mayorkas was forced to highlight the administration’s failures to secure the border in the announcement, noting that in August, nearly a quarter of a million illegal aliens were caught attempting to enter the U.S. — a number that does not include illegal aliens who evaded detection and escaped into the country.
The announcement named multiple areas within the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector that are areas of “high illegal entry” that the administration now has designated as “project areas.”
The administration said in the announcement that it was waiving 26 laws to start construction, including the National Environmental Policy Act; the Endangered Species Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the National Historic Preservation Act; the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; the Migratory Bird Conservation Act; the Clean Air Act; the Archeological Resources Protection Act; the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Noise Control Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act; as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act; the Antiquities Act; the Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act; the Farmland Protection Policy Act; the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act; the National Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956; the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act; the National Trails System Act; the Administrative Procedure Act; the Eagle Protection Act; the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; the American Indian Religious Freedom Act; and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

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Former President Donald Trump blasted the Biden administration Wednesday after it echoed one of Trump&#8217;s signature policies and stressed an “immediate need” to construct a wall along the southern border.
On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-waives-dozens-of-laws-to-build-border-wall-in-texas-citing-illegal-alien-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> there is an “acute and immediate need” to waive dozens of federal laws and build a border wall in Texas. Trump told Fox News that the Biden administration&#8217;s flip on the issue came because the president is seeing the reality of the crisis at the border. 
&#8220;Biden sees our country is being invaded,&#8221; the former president said. &#8220;What is he going to do about the 15 million people from prisons, from mental institutions, insane asylums, and terrorists that have already come into our country?&#8221;
Trump added that the U.S. needs to return to his policies to mitigate the border crisis. 
&#8220;He has to reinstate Remain in Mexico and Title 42,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;He has to do all of the other things that we were doing.&#8221;
To fight the “high illegal entry” of migrants in recent months, Mayorkas said he is waiving 26 federal laws through his power granted by Congress to construct a border wall in Starr County, Texas, which is the Rio Grande Valley Sector where there have been over 245,000 migrant encounters in this fiscal year alone, according to the federal government, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/myorkas-cites-immediate-need-wave-regulations-build-border-wall-texas-immigration-surges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
In his announcement, the DHS secretary said it is “necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements” to ensure the expeditious construction of “physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States.”
Shortly after his inauguration in January of 2021, Biden stopped construction of the border wall after <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/08/05/899266045/biden-would-end-border-wall-construction-but-wont-tear-down-trump-s-additions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promising</a> as a candidate there would “not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration.&#8221; Biden <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/trump-campaign-calls-crooked-joe-003221970.html#:~:text=The%20administration%20said%20that%20wall,orderly%2C%20and%20humane%20way.%22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">condemned</a> Trump’s construction of a wall along the southern border as a “misplaced priority” and a “failure to manage migration in a safe, orderly, and humane way.”
The president is facing pressure, including from within his party to address the border crisis and curb the flow of illegal immigrants into the country. Daily illegal border crossings have neared <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-border-numbers-near-all-time-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record highs</a> as border facilities are slammed with migrants and officials are mass releasing illegal immigrants into the U.S. interior while thousands more stream into the country. The strain at the U.S. border is felt by communities from small border towns to major American cities.
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Under the Trump administration, the federal government <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1656464119183056897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1656464119183056897%7Ctwgr%5E198d0935443a762963475341cf4ec72288100496%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fdhs-waives-dozens-of-laws-to-build-border-wall-in-texas-citing-illegal-alien-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">built</a> 85 miles of new border wall “in locations where no barriers previously existed” and 373 miles of border wall “in place of dilapidated and/or outdated designs.” 
Trump’s campaign ran a victory lap following Mayorkas’ announcement, saying that “President Trump is always right.” 
&#8220;That’s why he built close to 500 miles of powerful new wall on the border and it would have been finished by now,&#8221; a Trump campaign spokesperson said. &#8220;Instead, Crooked Joe Biden turned our country into one giant sanctuary for dangerous criminal aliens.&#8221;

‘Biden Sees Our Country Is Being Invaded’: Trump Calls For Return To His Policies After DHS Waives Laws To Build Border Wall

Trump Says U.S. Needs His Policies After DHS Waives Laws To Build Border Wall

As deep blue New York scrambles to metabolize the tens of thousands of illegal migrants who have flooded the state since last year, many residents say they want a southern border wall.
More than four in ten New York state residents — 41% — said they support a border wall spanning the entire length of the country&#8217;s southern border with Mexico, <a href="https://scri.siena.edu/2023/09/12/majorities-support-using-federal-properties-to-shelter-migrants-easier-work-authorizations-comprehensive-immigration-reform-oppose-border-wall-50-41/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a Siena College Poll released Tuesday.
Even in New York City, 38% of city dwellers said they support a border wall.
Half of New Yorkers said they would oppose a border wall spanning the length of the southern border, the poll found.
The border wall was a key project of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration, but President Biden later <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scrapped</a> efforts to complete the wall on his first day in office.
The illegal drug market and the economic consequences of welcoming so many illegal migrants were also issues addressed by the poll.
About 38% of New Yorkers said they believe the current migrants coming into the country are the source of much of the illegal drugs entering our country, the poll found.
Even more, 42%, said the migrants take more in resources than they return in economic activity or taxes.
About 31% said that many people trying to immigrate to the U.S. are &#8220;dangerous potentially criminal people,&#8221; according to the poll.
Meanwhile, about 35% said they believe many people trying to immigrate to the U.S. &#8220;just want free hand-outs from our government and people &#8230; and do not want to work.&#8221;
More than 110,000 migrants have arrived in New York City since last year, and 60,000 are still being housed on the city’s dime, causing officials to open additional homeless shelters.
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<div class="ad-wrapper">“This issue will destroy New York City,” Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/11/esuh-s11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a town hall meeting on Wednesday. “We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month … Every community in this city is going to be impacted.”</div>
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Over the weekend, Adams announced budget cuts to the tune of billions of dollars due to the migrant crisis. All city agencies will be forced to reduce spending by 5% <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-adams-orders-billions-in-budget-cuts-escalating-call-for-federal-and-state-migrant-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">starting</a> in November and 15% by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/09/nyc-eric-adams-migrant-crisis-00114879" target="_blank" rel="noopener">next spring</a>.
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The city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants and is projected to spend up to $5 billion.
Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has since given New York City $140 million in federal funding to address the migrant crisis, but Adams has said it would take more aid to get the situation under control.
Migrants are also causing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space">other headaches</a> for New York besides overcrowding the emergency shelter system — some have caused public disturbances. Meanwhile, business owners in Manhattan say their businesses suffer significantly due to the chaos spilling onto the streets from hotels used as migrant shelters. Migrants have been spotted drinking and using drugs inside the hotels as well.
The Siena College Poll surveyed 800 New York state residents last week. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

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Mexican officials installed a remnant of the Berlin wall near the U.S. southern border last month to teach &#8220;a lesson&#8221; about knocking down walls and building bridges.
The historic concrete slab right was placed next to the border wall in Tijuana – across from San Diego – with a message that seemed to advocate for allowing more illegal immigrants refuge in the United States. The move comes as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/us/politics/migrant-families-border-biden.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record numbers</a> of families crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in August and as critics say President Joe Biden’s immigration policies have caused the “<a href="https://oversight.house.gov/landing/bidens-border-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden Border Crisis</a>.” 
&#8220;May this be a lesson to build a society that knocks down walls and builds bridges,” a plaque by the base of the Berlin Wall relic <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/mexico-places-piece-berlin-wall-near-us-border-may-this-be-lesson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reads</a>. 
Montserrat Caballero, the mayor of Tijuana, Mexico, and Marcelo Ebrard, a former Mexican foreign secretary, are the two individuals behind its placement, according to Fox News. Caballero is the one who penned the open-borders message, the outlet reports. 
In mid-August, after a ceremony unveiling the remnant of the Berlin wall, Caballero posted, “We are a government that believes more in building bridges, than walls that are useless,” according to a translated version of her Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv5lWtDufcZ/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>. 
Los Angeles-based producer Marcos Cline-Marquez helped bring the 3-ton piece of wall to Friendship Park, San Diego-based KPBS <a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2023/08/21/part-of-berlin-wall-finds-new-home-in-tijuana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in August. Initially, the plan was reportedly to present it to President Donald Trump while he was still in office, but the White House declined. 
“You draw parallels between the Berlin Wall, a wall that was built to divide not protect, and the wall on our southern border,” Cline-Marquez said. Caballero had similar sentiments, acknowledging that while the “social and political conflict is different than the Berlin Wall” it’s still “a wall at the end of the day.” 
Caballero did concede that the U.S. has a right to enforce its border, even as she claimed the border wall represents “violence,” “family separation,” and “division.” 
As Mexican officials are denouncing the wall and even some Americans are advocating for open borders, the U.S. arrested 91,000 illegal immigrants who crossed the border as families in August – a record high, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/us/politics/migrant-families-border-biden.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times. Many are released into the U.S. awaiting court dates. In July, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 183,503 encounters with illegal immigrants, Fox News reported. 
Since President Biden took office in 2021, at least 6.2 million illegal immigrant encounters have been recorded – resulting in more than two million migrants being released into the U.S., <a href="https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/increased-illegal-immigration-brings-increased-crime-almost-23-federal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Heritage Foundation.
Despite signing an executive order stopping the construction of a new border wall, Biden is finishing small projects that had previously been contracted out. This includes replacing the border wall on the Tijuana-San Diego section, the Associated Press <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/03/berlin-wall-relic-mexico-border-as-biden-adds-barriers-00113844" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notes</a>. 
Many pieces of the Berlin Wall have been placed in various locations across the world, including hotels, schools, and parks, the outlet notes.

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Mexican Officials Place Slab Of Berlin Wall Near U.S. Southern Border To Teach ‘Lesson’ About Knocking Down Walls

Mexican Officials Place Slab Of Berlin Wall Near U.S. Southern Border To Teach 'Lesson' About Knocking Down Walls

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U.S. Border Patrol officials <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/arizona-borders-open-floodgates-allow-thousands-into-us/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> opened more than 100 floodgates in the southern border wall due to the annual monsoon season in Arizona, but the move allowed more illegal immigrants to flow freely into the U.S.
The federal law enforcement agency took responsibility for the open border wall doors in a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/22/border-patrol-admits-its-responsible-for-open-floodgates-in-arizona-border-wall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to the New York Post after the outlet published exclusive images showing busloads of migrants causally walking through the floodgates. They were reportedly first opened nearly two months ago.
&#8220;USBP makes the final decision on opening gates based on operational conditions and forecasted weather,&#8221; the agency said.
Border Patrol sources told the outlet that various federal agencies, including the National Park Service, ordered the agency to open 114 floodgates along the Arizona border to allow the monsoon waters to flow easily while endangered antelope species migrate in the region. However, some federal agents said the gates should have remained closed to reduce illegal immigrant crossings.
&#8220;We tried to shut the gates, but the order came down that we had to leave them open,&#8221; one of the sources reportedly said. &#8220;You wouldn&#8217;t leave the front door of your house open in a bad neighborhood.&#8221;
Border agents shut the floodgates at the border wall but open them during monsoon seasons to maintain the structure&#8217;s condition. The department reportedly claimed the high water flow mixed with excess sediment and debris buildup could compromise its integrity.
However, the open pathway allowed approximately 1,400 migrants from China, Egypt, and other parts of the world to enter the U.S. daily over the last nearly two months.
Roughly 42,000 migrants crossed the U.S. last month through the point of entry in Tuscon, Arizona, showing a massive increase of 27,294 migrants crossing in June, according to recent data reported by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
&#8220;We haven&#8217;t seen this many migrants since about 2008,&#8221; Adam Isacson, director for defense oversight at the advocacy group Washington Office on Latin America, told The Post. &#8220;With the end of Title 42, in a way that nobody oversaw, it seems to come back to Tucson.&#8221;
After the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-blocks-biden-administration-border-policy-limiting-access-to-illegal-immigrants-seeking-asylum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended</a> Title 42, a Trump-era public health order that allowed for the immediate expulsion of illegal immigrants due to the pandemic, border agents recorded another nearly 145,000 migrant encounters in June — a sharp decrease from about 208,000 in June 2022.
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Large groups of migrants willingly surrender themselves to Border Patrol agents to claim asylum, Isacson said.
&#8220;Tucson has also traditionally been where smugglers concentrate Mexicans and Central Americans who don&#8217;t want to be detected,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now they&#8217;re seeing 100 people at a time who are not running away.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s really becoming an epicenter,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This is big.&#8221;
Brandon Judd, the president a union representing Border Patrol agents, told The Post that authorities should never open the gates, claiming top USBP officials endangered agents&#8217; lives after clearing the path for illegal immigrants to cross.
Judd previously said that open gates at the southern border signal the cartels are &#8220;exploiting&#8221; the agency.
In this case, however, the union official said the situation &#8220;exploded almost immediately, which shows you how adept the criminal cartels are at exploiting any weakness at any time that we show them.&#8221;
&#8220;Those gates should never open up. What would be the reason for it? Why would you do it?&#8221;

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The Biden administration is quietly selling parts intended for extending the wall along the southern border, according to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/19/biden-sells-border-wall-parts-to-thwart-gop-push-to-use-them/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The New York Post. 
An online auction house called GovPlanet has sold over 80 steel parts originally intended for the border wall, making around $2 million since April. More lots will be auctioned off later this month as some critics say Biden is getting rid of the unused parts before House Republicans can pass a bill requiring they be used to extend the border wall, according to the Post.
Last month, the Democrat-controlled Senate <a href="https://apnews.com/article/senate-defense-bill-russia-bipartisan-9529180a3c79aa3c28d96bd074983e45" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> its defense appropriations package that included a Republican-sponsored bill aimed at forcing the Biden administration to address the border crisis by extending the wall. Republican senators blasted the Biden administration for selling the parts for an extended border wall as illegal immigrants flood across the southern border. 
“The pennies made from selling the border wall will not be enough to pay the families who suffer from a criminal act committed by someone who crossed our open borders during the Biden administration,” said Sen. James Lankford (R-OK).
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), who co-sponsored the bill known as the “Finish It Act,” told the Post that Biden’s move was “outrageous, behind-the-scenes maneuvering.”
“This sale is a wasteful and ludicrous decision by the Biden administration that only serves as further proof they have no shame,” Wicker said. 
The Post reported that the GovPlanet auction schedule picked up significantly in May after Wicker introduced the Finish It Act and increased again days after the Senate passed the defense package. House Republicans must pass a matching version of the bill before it becomes law. 
Republicans said that around $300 million in taxpayer-funded border wall parts have been abandoned since Biden became president. Money from the sale of the unused border wall parts reportedly goes back to the Pentagon. 
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In a report earlier this month, a GovPlanet source <a href="https://www.thedailyupside.com/exclusive-pentagon-sells-off-trump-border-wall/">told</a> The Daily Upside, “We are legally not allowed to mention these are the border wall materials, or we could lose our jobs. But that’s what they are – 110 percent.”
Since President Joe Biden took office, illegal immigrants have crossed into the U.S. in record numbers with estimates exceeding five million. According to <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters">data</a> from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, there have been 1,973,092 southwest land border encounters so far in the fiscal year 2023, which began in October.

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President Joe Biden and the legacy media might be trying to cover up how badly the border truly is, but a recent Gallup poll indicates that 94% of all U.S. adults say that the porous southern border is a &#8220;problem&#8221; or &#8220;crisis,&#8221; while only 5% say that it is &#8220;not a problem.&#8221;
The survey,<a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/508565/plurality-say-southern-border-situation-crisis.aspx#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> conducted June 1 &#8211; June 22</a>, asked participants &#8220;Do you, personally, consider the situation at the U.S. border with Mexico to be — a crisis, a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem for the U.S.?&#8221;
Thirty-nine percent of Americans said it was a &#8220;crisis,&#8221; 33% said it was a &#8220;major problem,&#8221; and 22% said it was a &#8220;minor problem.&#8221;  Only 7% of Democrats say that the border is not a problem.
Under Biden, millions have entered the U.S. country illegally, forcing the administration to change its tactics in how it deals with illegal aliens. However, it seems that the Democrats aren&#8217;t interested in stopping these illegal immigrants from entering the country, but making it easier for them.
Amongst its move has been a new &#8220;parole&#8221; system that allows migrants who would have otherwise been likely to cross the border illegally to enter the country. Under the new system, the only difference between legal and illegal, effectively, is that individuals seeking to enter the country fill out a smartphone app that serves as their asylum paperwork without the need for a visa.
New data suggests that the new system will allow the Biden administration to accept more than half a million asylum seekers per year. During the last two years, the administration <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-parole-migrants-us-expansion-biden/#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has already allowed</a> at least 541,000 migrants into the country through the parole authority, Daily Wire reporter Mairead Elordi wrote on Thursday.
The Biden administration has said this new method will provide &#8220;order&#8221; at the border. Yet, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-best-way-to-get-order-at-the-border-is-to-close-it-once-and-for-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as previously observed</a>, the problem is that the Left’s definition of “order” simply means that illegal aliens are “processed” by immigration officials and then released into the country via new “legal” measures — such as the smartphone app. “Order” to the Democrats does not mean having the necessary physical barriers or manpower necessary at the U.S.-Mexican border to deter entry. Nor does it include enforcing policies that effectively prevent illegal immigrants from entering the nation in the first place.
Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Wire that this new system allows the Biden administration to conceal the number of individuals entering the country.
&#8220;The administration is using a shell game and sending people through ports of entry instead of between ports of entry, and then declaring that an improvement on the border,&#8221; Ries said.
She also pointed out that the number of individuals is just as high — which means that America is still allowing thousands of individuals each month from all around the globe to enter the country.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

TOPSHOT – US President Joe Biden walks along the US-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas, on January 8, 2023. – Biden went to the US-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time since taking office, visiting an El Paso, Texas entry point at the center of debates over illegal immigration and smuggling.

Despite Biden’s Rhetoric And Shell Games, 94% Of Americans Say Border Is A ‘Problem’ Or ‘Crisis’

Despite Biden Rhetoric And Shell Games, 94% Of Americans Say Border Is A 'Problem' Or 'Crisis'

An &#8220;unknown subject&#8221; dropped a 4-year-old boy while scaling a roughly 30-foot tall border barrier in San Diego, new surveillance footage reveals. 
The video, captured on Monday, then shows the person descending the barrier before joining the young child and another young migrant. Another adult migrant then comes down the wall to join the other three. 
Agents and emergency medical service arrived at the scene shortly after but reported hearing gunfire near their position while tending to the child, a tweet from the Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Raul Ortiz explains. 
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A 4-year-old was dropped from the border barrier by an unknown subject in San Diego, Monday. Responding Agents and EMS providing first aid to the child also reported gunshots near their position while tending to the child. Remarkably, the child is ok! Do not trust smugglers! <a href="https://t.co/MlOp2qka72">pic.twitter.com/MlOp2qka72</a>
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The four migrants were told to take cover from gunfire as a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter rushed to the scene to provide air cover. Mexican law enforcement also responded to the incident, rushing to secure their side of the border where it was believed that the gunfire originated.
“Remarkably, the child is ok!” Ortiz wrote in his tweet sharing the video. He also warned migrants, “Do not trust smugglers.”
It has not yet been confirmed whether the two adult migrants are related to the children. The nationality of the migrants is also currently unknown.
CBP spokesperson Michael Scappechio <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/24/video-shows-smuggler-drop-4-year-old-from-top-of-30-foot-border-wall-in-san-diego/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> that while attempts to climb over the border wall occur daily, it is uncommon for young children to be involved in such crossings.
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While these migrants were apprehended, it is unclear whether they will be released into the United States. 
Meanwhile, it is estimated that a staggering <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/1-5m-gotaways-have-slipped-into-the-us-under-biden-three-times-as-many-as-during-3-years-of-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1.5 million illegal migrant</a> gotaways have entered the United States since President Joe Biden took office in 2021. An estimated 415,000 total gotaways were reported for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.
A recent <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hosting-migrants-poll-2023-05-21/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll from CBS News</a> found that only 37 % of Americans approve of Biden&#8217;s handling of the situation at the U.S. southern border, while 63% disapprove.

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