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;

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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

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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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WATCH: ‘Unknown Subject’ Drops Four-Year-Old While Scaling 30-Foot Border Wall In San Diego

Video Shows 'Unknown Subject' Drop Four-Year-Old While Scaling 30-Foot Border Wall In San Diego

The Department of Defense (DoD) reportedly spends about $130,000 a day on border wall materials that are sitting in storage.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that the cancelation of the border wall contracts by the Biden administration in 2021 &#8220;left a variety of excess materials&#8221; and the &#8220;total costs to store, maintain, and secure all the materials across all sites is estimated to be approximately $130,000 per day,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dod-spends-nearly-50-million-year-to-do-nothing-trumps-border-wall-materials-drawing-gop-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Fox News</a>.
&#8220;Some of these materials, to include security cameras, overhead lights, and electrical and stormwater materials are being disposed of in accordance with federal excess material disposal laws and regulations,&#8221; the USACE added. &#8220;Overall, 61% of non-bollard panel materials, and 4% of bollard panel materials have been transferred to other government agencies or disposed of through the DLA [Defense Logistics Agency] disposition process. The total value of these materials is estimated at approximately $300 million. However, the cost to the government cannot be finalized until audits are completed and negotiations with contractors are concluded.&#8221;
Former President Donald Trump made building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border a top campaign priority in 2016. Once in office, Trump&#8217;s administration appropriated about <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-07/how-much-of-president-donald-trumps-border-wall-was-built" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$15 billion</a> to build an estimated <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/11/texas-border-wall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">458 miles of the barrier</a> at the end of his four years in office.
During his first day in office, President Joe Biden <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">signed a proclamation</a> to &#8220;pause&#8221; the construction project.
Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee, led by ranking member Roger Wicker (R-MS), sent a letter to a top DoD official this week saying they &#8220;are disturbed to learn the Department of Defense is paying private landowners to store border wall materials procured under the Trump Administration instead of fortifying the southern border with those materials.&#8221;
The GOP senators urged the DoD to &#8220;pursue all possible avenues to sponsor or endorse the reuse of excess Department of Defense property, including further transfer to states.&#8221; The Republicans also posed a series of questions to Melissa Dalton, assistant secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, including a request for details about the contracts for the storage and maintenance of the unused border wall materials that they estimated cost over $47 million in the past year.
&#8220;The Department of Defense should not be incurring these daily charges but should be using these funds to bolster national security,&#8221; the GOP senators wrote.
The Daily Wire reached out to the Pentagon for comment.
Republicans often criticize Biden for not doing more to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, not only to stop illegal crossings but also the flow of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawmaker-says-he-would-arrest-mayorkas-if-he-could" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal drugs such as fentanyl</a>. Border authorities encountered <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/19/u-s-mexico-border-arrests-record-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 2 million aliens</a> in fiscal year 2022, according to federal data, a significant increase over the prior year.
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-border-patrol-chief-bucks-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-the-u-s-southern-border-is-not-secure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified to House lawmakers</a> on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not have operational control of the southern border, conflicting with a statement made by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Defense Department Spends $130,000 A Day On Unused Border Wall Materials: Report

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In defense of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigration</a>, liberals often argue that Latin Americans do the jobs that U.S. citizens simply don&#8217;t want to do. Those who make such claims typically wind up sounding racist, such as the time <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-slammed-for-remarks-about-immigrants-needing-to-pick-crops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA</a>) wondered who would pick the crops if not for illegal aliens.
Perhaps those Democrats were proven right on Tuesday. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador just did the job that the liberal media apparently doesn&#8217;t want to do at all: Tell the truth about President Joe Biden&#8217;s abdication of border security.
During a joint appearance of the three North American countries, AMLO  — as Biden&#8217;s counterpart is known — thanked the U.S. president for not building one iota of wall along the southern border in stark contrast to his predecessors.
&#8220;President Biden, you are the first president of the United States in a very long time that has not built not even one meter of wall. And we thank you for that,&#8221; AMLO said, flanked by Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Mexico City.
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WATCH: AMLO thanks Biden for being &quot;the first President of the United States in a very long time that has not built&#8230;not even one meter of (border) wall &#8230;. Although some might not like it- although the conservatives don&#39;t like it.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XtPdj38aZv">pic.twitter.com/XtPdj38aZv</a>
&mdash; Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) <a href="https://twitter.com/BonillaJL/status/1612967727169142786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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It would appear AMLO is correct in that the Biden administration has not built any new wall. The U.S. has <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-fill-border-wall-gaps-yuma-arizona-rcna40567" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filled</a> in certain gaps in the existing wall since 2021, but on day one, Biden made it clear he thought the wall was a no-go in terms of solutions for the illegal immigration crisis.
&#8220;Like every nation, the United States has a right and a duty to secure its borders and protect its people against threats,&#8221; the president <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">said</a> in an executive order on January 20, 2021. &#8220;But building a massive wall that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution.  It is a waste of money that diverts attention from genuine threats to our homeland security.&#8221;
After <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-has-lost-her-gourd-veep-claims-border-is-secure-yet-blames-trump-for-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repealing</a> other key aspects of President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration policy, Biden effectively created a tidal wave of illegal aliens flooding the southern border.
Curiously enough, after being harangued by conservatives for nearly two years, Biden visited the southern border for a photo op just this week.
&#8220;Our problems at the border didn’t arise overnight,&#8221; Biden claimed. &#8220;And they won’t be solved overnight. But, we can come together to fix this broken system. We can secure the border and fix the immigration process to be orderly, fair, safe, and humane.&#8221;
Of course, Biden essentially did create the illegal immigration crisis overnight on his first day in office.
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This photo-op explained: 
Biden &amp; CBP officers (who are demoralized because of him) 
next to a huge wall (built by a Republican) 
calling for unity (after calling Republicans semi fascist)
explaining how border problems aren&#39;t fixed overnight (while he created them overnight) <a href="https://t.co/YtwarDN5jk">https://t.co/YtwarDN5jk</a>
&mdash; Will O&#39;Grady (@WillOGrady61) <a href="https://twitter.com/WillOGrady61/status/1612494883444621313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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His latest solution for the problem is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_0m8afXZSU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">smartphone app</a> that will help migrants file asylum claims. So, as others pointed out, it seems that the Biden administration doesn&#8217;t view the situation as one of national security or sovereignty but rather one of orderliness.
Biden — or, more precisely, whoever is calling the shots — thinks that this issue can be solved by streamlining the process for individuals to apply for asylum. Rather than cross the border, then apply for asylum, he wants men and women to use their phones and androids in their home countries and fill out an application.
It is pretty much the worst sales pitch of all time — a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/international-disorder-biden-is-a-remarkably-bad-negotiator-and-doesnt-understand-how-the-world-works" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hallmark</a> of the Biden administration.
What sounds better: Option A) Sitting in economic ruin as drug cartels wreak havoc in your village, waiting for an app to reload saying that you&#8217;ve been approved asylum admission into the U.S. — or not — and then having to shell out money to travel to the border anyway?
Or Option B) Making the trek to the border, knowing that, more likely than not, you can cross into America, declare asylum in the U.S., and be released into the interior for a better life where you <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/report-more-than-50-000-illegal-immigrants-released-into-u-s-dont-show-for-court/article_4b9b6024-7473-11ec-b15a-177112faad9b.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may or may not</a> have to make a court appearance sometime down the road?
Option B is the better choice, obviously.
It should be noted that none of this should be considered a &#8220;failure.&#8221; This is all a choice by the Biden administration.
Democrats have made it abundantly clear that they believe illegal immigration is a good thing that benefits the country, and these men and women should be given amnesty.
These millions coming here are no different than your grandfather who hopped off the boat at Ellis Island, the leftist argument goes. Worse, Biden seems to fundamentally misunderstand what is happening.
Biden stated this week, &#8220;All of us have been immigrants&#8230;It&#8217;s not like people sit in their homes, cities, counties, and towns and say, &#8216;I have a great idea. Let&#8217;s sell everything we have. Give it to a coyote. Go through some jungles and a long path to the United States. Smuggle us across the border, drop us in the desert, and won&#8217;t that be fun in a country we don&#8217;t even speak the language?&#8221;
They might not say it&#8217;s fun, but that&#8217;s generally almost exactly what occurs.
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Biden: &quot;It&#39;s not like people sit in their homes and say &#39;I have a great idea. Lets sell everything we have. Give it to a coyote. Go through some jungles and a long path to the United States. Smuggle us across the border.&#39;&quot;
That is once again literally what is happening. <a href="https://t.co/9nZxZkNKpE">pic.twitter.com/9nZxZkNKpE</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1612957766615764997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The thing is, the Left can&#8217;t outright admit that they don&#8217;t actually care about the issue.
So instead, they have to throw up window dressing on the topic to try and make it appear as if they&#8217;re concerned with border security.
In turn, the American people get a border visit replete with propaganda that would put the likes of Kim Jong Un to shame.
As president of the National Border Patrol Council Brand Judd explained, Biden saw a whole lot of nothing — to put it colloquially.
“He didn’t tour any facilities where migrants would have been. So he didn’t see anything. He did not see any of the chaos that he’s created, that he’s caused,” Judd <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-didnt-see-anything-border-patrol-union-president-rips-bidens-visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “He didn’t get any more of an understanding [than] what he had before he went, and again, that’s politics. It was just optics. It was a photo shoot.”
It should be noted that one of the main beneficiaries of Biden&#8217;s border policies might very well be Mexican President AMLO.
Rather than deal with Trump — who insisted on and negotiated deals that kept illegal aliens in Mexico or their home countries — our south-of-the-border friend must be confident he can somewhat facilitate illegal aliens traveling to the U.S. southern border consequence-free thanks to Biden.
No wonder he felt so comfortable speaking the truth about the wall at Tuesday&#8217;s joint appearance.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Can’t Make It Up: Mexican Prez Thanks Biden For Building ‘Not Even One Meter’ Of Border Wall

Mexican Prez Thanks Biden For Building 'Not Even One Meter' Of Border Wall

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The Justice Department (DOJ) is suing Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and his administration over the use of shipping containers to build a wall along the state&#8217;s southern border with Mexico.
The DOJ filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday, claiming that the project trespasses on federal property.
“Arizona has unlawfully and without authority failed to remove the shipping containers from lands owned by the United States or over which the United States holds easements, thereby damaging the United States,” the <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23460464/united-states-v-ducey.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> argues.
The legal move comes after Ducey issued an executive order in August directing the state&#8217;s Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to begin a Yuma County project. The 3,820 feet of the previously open border was closed with 130 shipping containers in just 11 days.
The project then expanded to other parts of the border, with 6,680 feet of containers stacked two-high throughout Cochise County by early November. That section is estimated to take more than 2,700 shipping containers to fill the 10-mile gap along the southern border.
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Cochise County Border Barrier update 💪
6,680 feet 334 shipping containers 2 weeks
And we’re not slowing down yet! <a href="https://t.co/vzxGj1xsGN">pic.twitter.com/vzxGj1xsGN</a>
&mdash; Doug Ducey (@DougDucey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DougDucey/status/1589730486607568897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In October, the state filed its own lawsuit to affirm its right to continue using the shipping containers to help curb unlawful crossings.
“Our border communities are overwhelmed by illegal activity as a result of the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border,” Ducey said in a <a href="https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2022/10/governor-ducey-arizona-border-barrier-mission-will-not-be-deterred" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
“Arizona is taking action to protest on behalf of our citizens. With this lawsuit, we’re pushing back against efforts by federal bureaucrats to reverse the progress we’ve made. The safety and security of Arizona and its citizens must not be ignored. Arizona is going to do the job that Joe Biden refuses to do — secure the border in any way we can. We’re not backing down,&#8221; he added.
The lawsuit came after Ducey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-rejects-biden-administrations-demand-to-remove-shipping-container-border-barrier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused</a> to comply with a demand by the Biden administration to remove containers in the Yuma County area. Arizona officials <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23132677/reclamationlettertoducey.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Biden administration that the state would not remove the containers until a permanent barrier is constructed.
The Biden administration has warned that Ducey&#8217;s containers have interfered with land near both the Morelos Dam and land belonging to the Cocopah Indian Tribe’s West Reservation. It has also argued the barriers interfere with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection&#8217;s future project to fill holes in the existing wall.
In addition, environmental activists have recently targeted Ducey&#8217;s shipping container project. The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/13/arizona-border-wall-shipping-containers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> efforts by climate activists to halt the container border wall, including using their bodies to stand in the way of machinery and sitting on containers in protest.
Ducey leaves office in January, with Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs set to take over. She is expected to stop any further container wall work along the border.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not land that&#8217;s our land to put things on. That&#8217;s one problem. The containers aren&#8217;t working. There&#8217;s many pictures of people climbing over them,&#8221; Hobbs <a href="https://kjzz.org/content/1831920/gov-elect-hobbs-says-she-will-stop-construction-shipping-container-wall-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a political stunt. It&#8217;s a visual barrier that is not actually providing an effective barrier to entry, and I think a waste of taxpayer dollars.&#8221;

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Biden Admin Sues Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Over Shipping Container Border Wall

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Arizona has started using shipping containers to fill the gap in another section of the state&#8217;s southern border with Mexico despite criticism from the Biden administration.
Republican Gov. Doug Ducey announced the effort for Cochise County on Monday after federal officials told him to move previously installed containers.
The new section is estimated to take more than 2,700 shipping containers to fill the 10-mile gap along the southern border.
&#8220;Today, we continued to follow through on our promise to add physical barriers to the border where possible,&#8221; Ducey tweeted.
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On Friday, we committed to moving forward with our Border Barrier Mission – undeterred by the Biden admin’s efforts to reverse our progress.
Today, we continued to follow through on our promise to add physical barriers to the border where possible. 1/ <a href="https://t.co/eUk3LPD99E">pic.twitter.com/eUk3LPD99E</a>
&mdash; Doug Ducey (@DougDucey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DougDucey/status/1584682575075082240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The unresolved border and public safety crisis caused by the Biden admin continues – in Arizona, we don’t stand idly by when our citizens need us most. Arizona isn’t afraid of a challenge. We will not back down. We will protect our state,&#8221; he added.
The decision to expand the use of shipping containers to address the border crisis follows a lawsuit filed by Arizona last week to affirm the state&#8217;s right to defend itself.
“Our border communities are overwhelmed by illegal activity as a result of the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border,” Ducey said in a <a href="https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2022/10/governor-ducey-arizona-border-barrier-mission-will-not-be-deterred" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
“Arizona is taking action to protest on behalf of our citizens. With this lawsuit, we’re pushing back against efforts by federal bureaucrats to reverse the progress we’ve made. The safety and security of Arizona and its citizens must not be ignored. Arizona is going to do the job that Joe Biden refuses to do — secure the border in any way we can. We’re not backing down,” he added.
The lawsuit came after Ducey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-rejects-biden-administrations-demand-to-remove-shipping-container-border-barrier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused</a> to comply with a demand by the Biden administration to remove shipping containers in the Yuma area.
The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs sent a <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23132677/reclamationlettertoducey.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday to inform the administration that the state would not remove the containers until a permanent barrier is constructed.
“Arizonans cannot — and will not — wait for federal bureaucrats to do their job and secure the border. We’re taking action now,” Ducey <a href="https://twitter.com/DougDucey/status/1582766086952341505" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> Wednesday.
The Border Barrier Mission took <a href="https://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2022/08/governor-ducey-announces-border-wall-gaps-near-yuma-are-now-filled">11 days</a> to fill 3,820 feet of gaps in the border wall, using 130 shipping containers to complete the project, according to Ducey&#8217;s office.
Arizona state Republican Sen. Sine Kerr also vowed that the state would not be stopped from protecting its citizens.
“Yuma has experienced a humanitarian and national security crisis for far too long. The Biden administration created this problem, they need to end it and stop this bureaucracy game,” Kerr said in the statement.

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Arizona Adding More Shipping Containers Along Southern Border Despite Biden Admin Criticism

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