The Texas National Guard has been empowered by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to make immigration-related arrests.
The <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/02/02/texas-national-guard-granted-authority-to-make-immigration-arrests/">memorandum of understanding</a> was written by CBP Acting Commissioner Pete R. Flores. It allows Texas National Guardsmen to conduct patrols and exercise the duties of immigration enforcement agents as long as a Border Patrol agent or other federal immigration officer accompanies them.
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott touted the new policy <a href="https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1886247738402021714">in a post</a> on X.
“In an agreement I signed between Texas and Trump&#8217;s Customs and Border Protection, the Texas National Guard is granted the power of immigration officials to make immigration arrests. Effective immediately,” he wrote. “This boosts man power for border security.”
&#8220;The purpose of this MOU is to grant to Texas National Guard personnel, in a State Active Duty status, authority under Title 8 to exercise the duties and functions of an immigration officer,&#8221; a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/02/MOU-CBP-Texas-National-Guard.pdf">copy of the memo</a> obtained by The Daily Wire reads. &#8220;This authority shall be exercised only under the supervision and direction of CBP officials.&#8221;
The memo, which had not yet been disseminated to all of Texas&#8217; border sectors as of Sunday, comes after President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gave other federal law enforcement agents the power to conduct <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-authorizes-federal-law-enforcement-to-implement-trump-immigration-policies/">immigration enforcement</a> activities. The move allowed federal agents to partake in “investigating, determining the location of, and apprehending” illegal aliens in the United States.
Agents within the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the U.S. Marshals Service were all empowered by the Trump DHS.
The agreement between Texas and CBP comes as Trump has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/26/ice-arrests-raids-trump-quota/">reportedly</a> expressed dissatisfaction with the number of deportations that have thus far been carried out since his inauguration on January 20. Trump officials directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred every day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, The Washington Post reported, though White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt disputed the outlet’s report.

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A Customs and Border Protection pilot was killed Monday in a helicopter crash near the California-Mexico border. 
CBP said that the agent, an unidentified Air Interdiction Agent, was on a security mission when the helicopter went down in Potrero, California, in San Diego County. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation and Safety Board are <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-customs-border-protection-pilot-killed-helicopter-crash-near-san-diego" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> the crash. 
“On December 16, a CBP Air and Marine Operations aircraft on a border security mission was involved in an aviation mishap in the vicinity of Potrero, California,” a CBP spokesman <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1868825846208983182" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Tragically, a CBP Air Interdiction Agent &#8211; the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft &#8211; was pronounced deceased at the scene. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.”
NBC San Diego <a href="https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/1-dead-helicopter-crashes-far-east-san-diego-county/3702060/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the helicopter went down in the middle of a field in a hemp farm. 
According to CBP, Air Interdiction Agents “perform air law enforcement operations involving the detection, prevention, interdiction, and apprehension of terrorist, terrorist weapons and other contraband and persons from illegally entering or attacking the United States.”
Earlier this year, the San Diego sector became one of the hot spots for illegal crossings into the United States, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/san-diego-migrants-california.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> over 37,000 in April alone. 
Republican San Diego County Board Supervisor Jim Desmond <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/new-ordinance-san-diego-countys-sanctuary-status/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week that the area is one of the worst in the country for human and drug trafficking. He told NewsNation that around 155,000 illegal migrants have been released into San Diego since 2022. 
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The board <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-diego-county-board-of-supervisors-votes-to-protect-violent-illegals-sheriff-fires-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> last week 3-1 for a policy that would turn the jurisdiction into a “super sanctuary” county, thereby preventing its sheriff’s department from notifying ICE about illegal immigrants who had committed violent crimes.
However, San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez indicated that she would disregard the board’s policy. 
“The Sheriff’s Office will not change its practices based on the Board resolution and policy that was passed at today’s meeting. The Board of Supervisors does not set policy for the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff, as an independently elected official, sets the policy for the Sheriff’s Office. California law prohibits the Board of Supervisors from interfering with the independent, constitutionally and statutorily designated investigative functions of the Sheriff, and is clear that the Sheriff has the sole and exclusive authority to operate the county jails.”

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The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount of border wall materials away from the southern border to be sold off in a government auction, an apparent effort to hinder President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to secure the border, The Daily Wire has learned.
Videos obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire from a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent show unused sections of the wall being hauled away on the back of flatbed trucks from a section of the border just south of Tucson, a hotspot for illegal crossings during the Biden administration. The agent estimates that up to half a mile per day of unused border wall is being moved.
“They are taking it from three stations: Nogales, Tucson, and Three Points,” the border patrol agent, who was granted anonymity to speak freely, told The Daily Wire. “The goal is to move all of it off the border before Christmas.”
Trump made clear during his campaign that he intends to finish construction of the border wall, making use of the materials that have <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/trump-harris-border-wall-arizona-rusting-2021-rcna173094" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remained untouched at the border</a> since President Joe Biden took office in 2021. If the material brought to the border during his first term is sold off, it will significantly delay any progress on one of Trump’s flagship campaign promises at the border.
WATCH: Trucks Take Massive Amount Of Unused Border Wall Off The Border To Sit In Government Auction Site
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EXCLUSIVE: Weeks before Trump takes office, Biden is racing to auction off unused border wall materials.
Video shows trucks hauling wall materials off the border to a government auction site, where a massive amount of wall is waiting to be sold. <a href="https://t.co/ogaQMBHw7R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/ogaQMBHw7R</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1867257767641174408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">December 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The government contractor, DP Trucking LLC, is transporting the pieces of the wall north on Interstate 19 to Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona, where it is being auctioned through GovPlanet, a surplus government equipment auction marketplace.
“They just started taking all the wall that was not used, which is still totally good and usable, and they started taking it northbound,” the agent said. “They’re pulling it all off the border.”
Harold Lambeth, the owner of the trucking company, confirmed to The Daily Wire in a phone call that his company is transporting the unused border wall sections north away from the construction sites. He said he is unable to disclose further information about the work.
Video of the GovPlanet auction site where the material is being taken shows seemingly endless piles of unused border wall material. Another video, taken from one of the construction sites on the border, shows DP Trucking LLC trucks passing through with the same style of unused border wall stacked up the back of their flatbeds.
The <a href="https://www.govplanet.com/jsp/s/search.ips?sm=0&amp;l2=USA-AZ&amp;k=Steel%20Bollard%20Wall%20Sections&amp;mf=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">auction website</a> shows that sales occurred as recently as December 4 for precisely the types of materials being pulled off the border. GovPlanet has online auctions set for Dec. 11 and Dec. 18 for more of the border wall material, which is listed on the company’s website as “32.91’ X 7.91’ Steel Bollard Wall Sections w/Grout.”
The bidding for each section of wall panels is set to begin at only $5.00, according to the website.
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Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), whose congressional district borders the Pinal Airpark where the material is being sold, said the Biden administration is “purposefully hamstringing” Trump before he takes office.
“The Biden Administration is well aware they shouldn’t have reversed the construction of the border wall. If it’s true, they’re purposefully hamstringing an incoming president, it wouldn’t be shocking,” Crane told The Daily Wire. “Why would they want to see President Trump succeed with policies they aggressively sabotaged?”
The long-time border patrol agent has seen political fights play out over the border before, and believes that the Biden administration is trying to stymie Trump’s ability to quickly secure the border as soon as he returns to office.
“When Trump comes back, and he wants to start the border wall all over again, the whole entire funding fight is gonna happen again,” the agent said. “That’s their play. He’s gonna have to fight for this — again.”
<div id="attachment_843025" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-843025" class="wp-image-843025 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/e042219a-eaea-4614-972e-2851c6b9d3d7.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/e042219a-eaea-4614-972e-2851c6b9d3d7.jpg 640w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/e042219a-eaea-4614-972e-2851c6b9d3d7-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" />Segment of border wall up for sale in Arizona by GovPlanet</div>
The Customs and Border Protection Agency referred The Daily Wire to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying the latter had jurisdiction over the materials until they are erected. From there, The Daily Wire was referred to the Defense Logistics Agency, where an official said the standing policy is to refer all media requests on this to the public affairs team at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A member of the public affairs team declined to respond to inquiries.
Trump is <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-day-one-deportations-border-wall-scrapping-biden-humanitarian-programs-2024-11-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected to use an executive order</a> to unlock funds to restart construction of the border wall that was halted under Biden, with anticipation that it could be one of his day-one actions.
Crane, the Arizona congressman, says the last-minute fire sale by the Biden administration is “a direct affront to the will of the people.”
“The American people gave President Trump a mandate in November, which included the fulfillment of his plans to secure the border,” Crane said. “Any last-ditch attempt to obstruct this mandate by the Biden Administration would be a direct affront to the will of the people.”
James Lalino is a freelance writer, investigative journalist, and television news producer based in Washington, D.C.

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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office

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First, I want to say Happy Veterans Day and thank you to everyone who has served in uniform in the United States military. You are making a sacrifice, and you have made sacrifices none of the rest of us have made. We owe you our undying gratitude, particularly on Veterans Day. Thank you so much for fighting for this country, for defending this country, and for making everything we have possible.
Today, we have winning on the menu with two big Trump wins right off the bat.
Trump has now tapped Tom Homan as his new “border czar.” Tom Homan is, of course, the former acting ICE chief. In a social media post late on Sunday, Trump made his <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113462412414821782" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a>:
<blockquote>I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders (“The Border Czar”), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security. I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job.</blockquote>
Homan is somebody who really stands up for the principles of a closed border and for legal immigration. In October during an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mass-deportation-plan-cost-consequences-60-minutes-transcript/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview with 60 Minutes’</a> Cecilia Vega, Homan clarified his positioning on deportation:
<blockquote>Vega: We have seen one estimate that says it would cost $88 billion to deport a million people a year.
Homan: I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s accurate or not.
Vega: Is that what American taxpayers should expect?
Homan: What price do you put on national security? Is it worth it? 
Vega: Is there a way to carry out mass deportation without separating families?
Homan: Of course there is. Families can be deported together.</blockquote>
Trump is serious about deporting a large number of people, and Homan is the most serious person to act as “border czar.”
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In a hearing in 2019 before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Homan <a href="https://congress.gov/116/meeting/house/109772/documents/HHRG-116-GO00-Transcript-20190712-U10.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced down</a> the venerable intellect, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Congress:
<blockquote>Ocasio-Cortez: Mr. Homan, your name is on this. Is this correct?
Homan: Yes, I signed that memo.
Ocasio-Cortez: So you are the author of the family separation policy?
Homan: I am not the author of this memo.
Ocasio-Cortez: You’re not the author, but you signed the memo?
Homan: Yes, a zero-tolerance memo.
Ocasio-Cortez: So you provided the official recommendation to Secretary Nielsen on family—for the United States to pursue family separation?
Homan: I gave Secretary Nielsen numerous recommendations on how to secure the border and save lives.
Ocasio-Cortez: But it says here that you—you gave her numerous options, but the recommendation was option three, family separation.
Homan: What I’m saying, this is not the only paper where we had given the Secretary numerous options to secure the border and save lives.
Ocasio-Cortez: And so the recommendation — of the many that you recommended — you recommended family separation.
Homan: I recommended zero tolerance.
Ocasio-Cortez: Which includes family separation.
Homan: The same as it is with every U.S. citizen parent that gets arrested when they’re with a child.
Ocasio-Cortez: Zero tolerance was interpreted as the policy that separated children from their parents?
Homan: If I get arrested for DUI and I have a young child in the car, I’m going to be separated. When I was a police officer in New York and I arrested a father for domestic violence, I separated that father from—
Ocasio-Cortez: Mr. Homan, with all due respect, legal asylees are not charged with any crime.
Homan: When you’re in the country illegally, it’s a violation of eight United States Code 1325.
Ocasio-Cortez: Seeking asylum is legal.
Homan: If you want to seek asylum, go through the port of entry, do it the legal way. The Attorney General of the United States has made that clear.</blockquote>
That is the new border czar. Trump was not joking when he talked about closing the border and taking the issue of illegal immigration seriously.
Tom Homan as the “border czar” was not Trump&#8217;s only announced pick over the weekend. He also announced Rep. Elise Stefanik to his choice for the U.N. ambassador role.
That&#8217;s a great job. If you have to pick any job in the American government, U.N. ambassador is a fantastic job because you have a very nice apartment in New York City, and then you go over to the U.N., which is a repository of all human scum, and yell at dictators all day. It&#8217;s a pretty phenomenal job.
Stefanik happens to be an excellent candidate for this position. Just last December, she stood up to antisemitism on college campuses. In last year’s Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism,” Stefanik <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/2023/12/icymi-during-questions-from-stefanik-presidents-of-harvard-upenn-mit-refuse-to-condemn-calls-for-genocide-of-jews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> then-Harvard University President Claudine Gay, along with several other university heads, whether allowing antisemitic chants calling for the elimination of the state of Israel was, in fact, antisemitic:
<blockquote>Stefanik: I will ask you one more time. Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard&#8217;s rules of bullying and harassment? Yes or no?
Gay: Antisemitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct, that amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation, that is actionable conduct, and we do take action.
Stefanik: So the answer is yes. That calling for the genocide of Jews violates Harvard Code of Conduct. Correct?
Gay: Again, it depends on the context.
Stefanik: It does not depend on the context the answer is yes, and this is why you should resign. These are unacceptable answers across the board.</blockquote>
After this hearing — and after she was found to have plagiarized multiple works, including her dissertation — Gay ended up losing her job.
So, these are all excellent picks.
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A video posted on X by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/customs-and-border-patrol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Customs and Border Protection</a> (CBP) was ripped apart by social media users who noticed that federal government agents&#8217; idea for removing debris from Hurricane Milton probably wasn&#8217;t the most efficient strategy.
In the post, CBP wrote, &#8220;Along with our partners at @FEMA, we will continue with disaster recovery as a result of Hurricane Milton. The safety of the American people is our top priority.&#8221; The 20-second video shows at least 14 CBP officers moving a small log to a debris pile by passing it down a line.
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Along with our partners at <a href="https://twitter.com/fema?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FEMA</a>, we will continue with disaster recovery as a result of Hurricane Milton. The safety of the American people is our top priority. <a href="https://t.co/l8NfS8dPlc">pic.twitter.com/l8NfS8dPlc</a>
&mdash; CBP (@CBP) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP/status/1847027336324985169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The video was blasted by social media users, who quipped that using over a dozen people and taking 20 seconds to move a log around 30 feet was a perfect example of the federal government&#8217;s inefficiency.
&#8220;I was in Asheville yesterday and saw one 75-year-old veteran carry a log twice this size twice as fast as these 20 government employees,&#8221; Daily Wire Senior Editor Cabot Phillips <a href="https://x.com/cabot_phillips/status/1847328448315785561" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Is it just me or is this an insane waste of resources?&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/LelandVittert/status/1847342865737011279" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert. &#8220;Put the @cbp officers on the border to stop [fentanyl] and hire some folks with chainsaws &#8212; what am I missing?!&#8221;
&#8220;Government waste and incompetence in full view right here,&#8221; The Federalist CEO Sean Davis <a href="https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1847326069394641359" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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&#8220;We can get 14 federal officers to move an 18-inch log, but we can&#8217;t get one Secret Service Agent to check out a sloped roof,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/VAKruta/status/1847342941729087919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> Daily Wire editor Virginia Kruta. &#8220;Sadly, that tracks.&#8221;
Other social media users pointed out that using a wheelbarrow would allow one person to transport numerous logs that size, speeding up the process, but apparently, the CBP officers preferred the assembly line method.
At least Americans can rest easy knowing the answer to the question. It takes at least 14 CBP officers to move a small log 30 feet. Americans are still waiting to find out how many CBP officers it takes to stop the Biden-Harris administration&#8217;s border crisis.

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WATCH: How Many Government Employees Does It Take To Move One Small Log?

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A Cuban national who has been accused of murdering a woman in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> was reportedly released into the country by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> last year, according to a new report. 
NewsNation <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrant-entered-via-cbp-one-222006710.html#:~:text=Dayren%20Roque%20Lopez%2C%2041%2C%20from,in%20a%20Cleveland%20residence%20Sunday." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Tuesday that 41-year-old Dayren Roque Lopez, who is suspected of murdering 25-year-old Dayana Garcia, was released into the United States in San Ysidro, California, in August 2023 using the Biden administration’s Customs and Border Protection One app. The app allows people seeking entry into the U.S. expedited processing and gives them a court date to hear their asylum claim. 
Lopez was arrested in Zavala County, Texas, on Monday after he was accused of murdering Garcia in Cleveland, Tennessee. He was caught almost 30 miles away from the Texas/Mexico border, according to police. 
Lopez had work authorization in the United States and was set to have a hearing on his immigration status in Memphis in November, according to NewsNation. 
Cleveland Police said that they were working with Texas Rangers to bring Lopez back to Tennessee to face first-degree murder charges. The suspect reportedly was arrested on domestic charges in February but was not convicted. 
Cleveland Police Chief Mark Gibson said that the circumstances around Garcia’s death were still under investigation, and officials were not ready to release the cause of death to the public. 
“We have been in contact with her family, and I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll start finding out a lot more information about her as time goes,” he <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/man-wanted-for-tennesssee-womans-murder-arrested-in-texas-dayren-roque-lopez-zavala-county-bradley-county-cleveland-dayana-garcia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said the incident exemplifies the Biden-Harris administration’s failed immigration policies. 
“The accused murderer of a 25-year-old woman in Cleveland, Tennessee, is an illegal alien, someone who came in this country on the CBP One App,” she said. “You&#8217;ve heard me talk about this because it is another of those components that the Biden-Harris administration is using trying to make illegal aliens legal. This absolutely has to stop. This is why it is imperative that we close the border.”
Thousands of foreign nationals have been released into the U.S. through the CBP One app, which allows foreign nationals to schedule appointments to apply for asylum at ports of entry.

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After U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Customs and Border Protection</a> (CBP) released their border encounter numbers for July 2024, showing such numbers have surpassed 10 million, along with roughly 2 million known gotaways, since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) blistered the Biden administration for their failure to control the border.
“Despite the false narrative they’re attempting to project, the unprecedented border crisis the president and his ‘border czar’ have created continues to rage on,” Green stated. “This administration is orchestrating a massive shell game, encouraging otherwise-inadmissible aliens to cross at ports of entry instead of between them—thereby creating a façade of improved optics for the administration, but in reality imposing a growing burden on our communities. Total encounters at our ports—land, sea, and air—are up exponentially this fiscal year compared to the Biden-Harris administration’s first year in office, and are on track to surpass last year’s total. Since January 2023, more than 1.28 million inadmissible aliens have been granted entry to our country at official ports of entry through just the CBP One and CHNV mass-parole programs Biden and Harris created. And now the CHNV program has been halted due to massive fraud.”
“Even if another illegal alien did not cross our Southwest border for the remainder of Biden-Harris’ term, the millions they have already allowed into our country have done damage that will take decades to remedy,” he continued. &#8220;And for the families of Americans like Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and Jocelyn Nungaray, that damage will never be undone.”
Riley’s body was found February 22 on the University of Georgia campus after she had gone for a jog, with police beginning a search for her after she did not return home. Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, a Venezuelan national, was arrested and charged the following day.
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Rachel Morin, 37, a mother of five, was murdered in Maryland last year. Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, 23, an illegal immigrant was accused of raping and murdering Morin six months after illegally crossing the southern U.S. border.
Nungaray, 12, was is believed to have been murdered by two adult illegal immigrants from Venezuela in June of this year.

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‘This Administration Is Orchestrating A Massive Shell Game’: CBP Releases July Border Encounter Numbers

Mark Green

Customs and Border Protection said on Wednesday that it had recorded more than 179,000 encounters at the southern border in April as thousands of illegal immigrants continue to be released into the country. 
According to the <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-april-2024-monthly-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBP numbers</a>, Border Patrol recorded more than 128,900 encounters with foreign nationals between ports of entry along the southern border in April. At the same time, it had 41,100 encounters with individuals who used the app created by the Biden administration to be processed at a port of entry into the United States. The encounters were down from last month&#8217;s 189,357 and April 2023’s 211,992. 
“We are still experiencing challenges along the borders and the nation’s immigration system is not appropriately resourced to handle them, so we continue to call on Congress to take action that would provide our personnel with additional resources and tools,” said acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller. 
CBP also said that cocaine seizures at the border had increased 95% since March and that the agency has confiscated 11,400 pounds of fentanyl so far in fiscal year 2024. 
While Miller highlighted the dip in encounters, House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-TN) said that the number was still too high. 
“These numbers make one thing clear — we are still in a crisis of the Biden administration’s making,” Green said in a <a href="https://mailchi.mp/chsrep/chairman-green-welcomes-new-members-to-committee-on-homeland-security-for-118th-congress-1739603?e=41ec78a261">statement</a>. “Going from ‘absolutely catastrophic’ in December to just ‘catastrophic’ in April may be acceptable for Secretary Mayorkas and President Biden, but no one else.”
Green also criticized parole programs adopted by the Biden administration that allow inadmissible aliens to enter the United States. 
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“The fundamentals of this unprecedented homeland security crisis are all the same: illegal aliens know they will likely be released if they cross between ports of entry, and record numbers continue flocking to our ports of entry to take advantage of the Biden administration’s unlawful mass-parole programs,” Green added. 
The numbers also come as Fox News <a href="https://twitter.com/billmelugin_/status/1790783036713312574?s=46&amp;t=5nB3R1hthzMlYMrXjZyN8Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> the number of known illegal immigrant “gotaways” who made it into the United States. According to the numbers, gotaways have exploded under President Joe Biden with more than 600,000 in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
From fiscal year 2010 to 2020, there were about 1.4 million known gotaways, while there were 1.6 million recorded from fiscal year 2021 to 2024.

Migrants Continue To Cross Mexico U.S. Border As D.C. Lawmakers Continue To Debate Border Funding

‘Catastrophic’: Biden Admin Releases April Southern Border Encounter Numbers

Joe Biden

Southern Border

Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-guard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Guard</a> troops and one Border Patrol agent are dead after a helicopter conducting operations along the southern border in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> crashed. 
The UH-72 Lakota helicopter carrying three National Guard troops and a Border Patrol agent was patrolling the border in Starr County when it went down. One National Guard soldier survived and was taken to the hospital for treatment. 
General Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that he and the National Guard “send our deepest condolences to the families, loved ones, friends &amp; colleagues of the two Army National Guard Soldiers and the U.S. Border Patrol officer killed in today&#8217;s helicopter crash in Texas.”
“We mourn these heartbreaking deaths. They are a tragic loss beyond words. We pray for the speedy recovery of a third Guard Soldier who was seriously injured. All of these people represent selfless service &amp; the best of America,” he added. 
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Kelly &amp; I, &amp; the National Guard family, send our deepest condolences to the families, loved ones, friends &amp; colleagues of the two Army National Guard Soldiers and the U.S. Border Patrol officer killed in today&#39;s helicopter crash in Texas. We mourn these heartbreaking deaths. They… <a href="https://t.co/8WZ6wtTujI">pic.twitter.com/8WZ6wtTujI</a>
&mdash; Chief of the National Guard Bureau (@ChiefNGB) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefNGB/status/1766324089466114428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Hokanson said that the crash occurred around 2:50 p.m. MST while conducting aviation operations near Rio Grande City, Texas. The cause of the crash is still under investigation, and the names of the killed won’t be released as families are notified. 
Starr County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted in the response to the crash and said that it took place in the eastern part of the county. Starr County Judge Eloy Vera said that three men and one woman were on the helicopter, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/helicopter-crash-texas-caf206040e2f7efc142c514d500180ab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press. 
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/mexican-cartel-members-laugh-after-national-guard-helicopter-crashes-kills-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported </a>that it obtained footage from a Customs and Border Protection source that showed Mexican cartel members laughing as the helicopter went down. One person reportedly shouted “go to hell” in Spanish as the helicopter crashed. 
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Starr County has previously seen high numbers of crossings, and the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22176.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">waived</a> some legal requirements to move forward with the Trump administration’s plan to put up a border wall in the county. 
“The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas,” DHS said in October. 
Under President Joe Biden, record numbers of illegal immigrants have crossed into the United States, prompting calls from lawmakers to close the border and rescind his earlier executive orders that reversing Trump-era border policies.

U.S. Border Agents Pursue Human And Drug Smugglers Near Mexican Border

Three Killed After Helicopter Conducting Operations Along The Southern Border Crashes

National Guard

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended 269 Chinese nationals attempting to enter the U.S. illegally on Monday, raising the number of Chinese illegal immigrants encountered by Border Patrol agents to over 20,000 in the past five months alone.
A CBP source <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1757448558092202280" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News’ Bill Melugin that the Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector detained 269 illegal immigrants from China in a single day after CBP reported that agents from the same border sector <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-patrol-san-diego-sector-apprehends-thousands-migrants-from-73-countries-one-week-span" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apprehended</a> over 8,500 illegal immigrants from 73 different countries in one week at the beginning of February. In fiscal year 2024 alone, which began in October 2023, more than 20,000 Chinese nationals have been encountered at the border — that’s compared to 450 who crossed in all of fiscal year 2021, Melugin reported.
Chinese nationals looking to enter the U.S. illegally now make up the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-are-the-fastest-growing-group-illegally-crossing-u-s-borders-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fastest-growing</a> group of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-migrants-fastest-growing-group-us-mexico-border-60-minutes-transcript/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Chinese migrants reportedly find step-by-step instructions for hiring smugglers on the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok. Many Chinese migrants fly from China to Ecuador, which doesn’t require a visa for Chinese nationals, before they fly to Tijuana, Mexico, where they meet and pay smugglers willing to take them to the U.S. southern border.
Earlier this month, former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-he-believes-ccp-is-directing-flow-of-chinese-nationals-to-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo that he believes the Chinese Communist Party is directing the flow of Chinese nationals coming to the U.S. Asked about the possibility of the CCP pushing Chinese nationals to the U.S., which Bartiromo noted has increased of late, Trump responded, “I believe so. And I believe we’re going to have a terrorist attack. 100%.”
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Trump added that the increase in Chinese illegal immigrants could pose a national security threat, pondering whether an “army” is being put together.
“And they were mostly men, almost all men from the age of 18 to 25. So what’s that all about?” he asked.
The surge in Chinese citizens entering the U.S. illegally coincides with the ongoing fight between Republicans and the Biden administration on border security and immigration reform. Since Biden took office in January 2021, at least eight million illegal immigrants have been encountered at the border, not including gotaways, according to <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBP data</a>.
On Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-rips-senate-foreign-aid-package-for-lacking-real-border-security-provisions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slammed</a> a $95 billion foreign aid package passed by the Senate that he said lacked &#8220;real&#8221; border security provisions, failing &#8220;to address the most critical aspect of national security supplemental legislation.&#8221;
Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

Border Patrol Apprehends Hundreds Of Chinese Nationals In Single Day, Over 20K Encountered So Far In FY 2024

China

Chinese Communist Party

Decrying the “open border” policies of the Biden administration has been a constant theme for Republicans during the last three years. Little changed in 2023 with the influx of illegal immigrants continuing strong as Border Patrol encountered roughly more people at the southern border than the population of the entire state of New Mexico.
According to official statistics from Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol had 2,240,056 encounters with foreign nationals from all other the world at the southern border in 2023. This includes official recorded encounters by CBP from January to November, and <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1740760905569460246" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> numbers for December.
Below is a breakdown of southern border encounters in 2023, <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBP statistics.
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Month&quot;}">Month</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Total Encounters&quot;}">Total Encounters</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;January&quot;}">January</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;February&quot;}">February</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;March&quot;}">March</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;April&quot;}">April</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;June&quot;}">June</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:183479}" data-sheets-numberformat="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;#,##0&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}">183,479</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;August&quot;}">August</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;September&quot;}">September</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:269735}" data-sheets-numberformat="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;#,##0&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1}">269,735</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;October&quot;}">October</td>
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*December numbers based on a report from Fox News. 
The total number of reported encounters is greater than the <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">populations</a> (on an individual level, not total) of 15 states including Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, Hawaii, West Virginia, Idaho, Nebraska, and New Mexico. 
This includes roughly 31,458 individuals from China, 137,389 individuals from Colombia, 63,135 from Cuba, 106,635 from Ecuador, 59,693 from El Salvador, 225,998 from Guatemala, 69,095 from Haiti, 213,853 from Honduras, 41,134 from India, 671,128 from Mexico, 16,690 from Nicaragua, 55, 276 from Peru, 29,449 from Russia, 14,135 from Turkey, and 302,736 from Venezuela. 
In 2023, videos of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/massive-migrant-caravan-marches-toward-u-s-as-top-biden-officials-meet-with-mexican-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massive caravans</a> heading toward the U.S. continued to circulate showing that many still see the border as open even as the Biden administration worked to block state efforts to protect their own sovereignty. The year saw everything from the expiration of Title 42 to the release of hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals into the U.S. 
Below are the biggest trendlines in the continuing border crisis from the last year. 
<h3>Crossings Surge to Record Highs</h3>
The Biden administration set all kinds of records at the southern border in 2023 and none of them were good. Throughout the year, multiple records for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/record-set-for-southern-border-encounters-in-one-month-as-nearly-250000-cross-into-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">monthly crossings</a> were set leading up to December, when crossings <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1740760905569460246" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> hit an all time high at 276,000.
The December record was set with three days still left in the year, and marked a large uptick from November which itself was a monthly record.
“We are now at over 760,000 migrant encounters since October 1st, making the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 also the highest ever recorded. Thats a population size bigger than Seattle in just three months,” Fox News reporter Bill Melugin posted on X. “All records being blown out of the water under the Biden admin as the crisis gets worse — not better.”
Other records set included Chinese nationals crossing the southern border at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-nationals-are-flooding-across-southern-border-at-record-pace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fastest pace ever</a>, and a record 50,000 Venezuelans<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50000-venezuelans-illegally-crossed-u-s-border-last-month-shattering-previous-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> illegally crossing</a> into the U.S. in September.
<h3>States Send National Guard to Border</h3>
To help with the crisis on the border, states from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-bill-lee-to-send-tennessee-national-guard-troops-to-combat-unprecedented-crisis-at-the-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> to Arizona continued to send National Guard troops to the border. Arizona Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democratic-arizona-governor-orders-national-guard-to-border-slams-biden-admin-for-allowing-unmitigated-humanitarian-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ripped</a> into Biden for his handling of the border earlier this month when announcing her plans to send the National Guard to the border.
“Yet again, the federal government is refusing to do its job to secure our border and keep our communities safe,” Hobbs said in a statement. “With this Executive Order, I am taking action where the federal government won’t.”
<h3>Illegal Immigrants Sent to Blue Cities</h3>
Another trend that continued into 2023 was red states sending illegal immigrants into blue cities like Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, all places that have backed lax immigration policies.
Texas bussed and flew <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-abbott-says-texas-will-bus-another-70000-immigrants-to-democrat-run-cities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tens of thousands</a> of illegal immigrants across the country to the Democrat cities, prompting them to grapple with the effects of Biden’s border policies.
In NYC, Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/teachers-union-sues-eric-adams-after-mayor-slashes-education-budget-to-deal-with-illegal-immigration-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was forced</a> to make budget cuts in the city’s Education Department in order to deal with the overflow of illegal immigrants into the Big Apple. Adams and fellow Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago have been sharply critical of the Biden administration and have demanded federal funding to deal with the crisis.
<h3>Colony Ridge Comes Under Scrutiny</h3>
Following Daily Wire reporting on Colony Ridge, a massive development north of Houston that’s become a magnet for illegal aliens, Biden’s DOJ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-doj-sues-colony-ridge-for-bait-and-switch-sales-predatory-financing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a suit against the development alleging “bait-and-switch” sales and predatory financing practices.
A September <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> by The Daily Wire highlighted how the development’s marketing practices appear to be aimed at people who are in the U.S. illegally. The development sells inexpensive plots of land at sky-high interest rates, targeting buyers such as illegal immigrants who are ineligible to apply for traditional loans.
The report garnered responses from prominent Republicans like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and legacy outlets also reported on the story.
<h3>Americans Continue to Suffer Because of Illegal Immigration</h3>
Across the country, from Texas to New York, Americans continue to suffer from the impacts of illegal immigration. According to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrant-crisis-could-cost-taxpayers-451-billion-house-gop-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from House Republicans, illegal immigration costs American taxpayers up to $451 billion. Each taxpayer is on the hook for an average of $956 due to illegal immigration, the report said. This cost comes as inflation has remained high, especially in relation to consumer goods.
In November, dozens of seniors in New York, including a 94-year-old Army veteran named Frank Tammaro, were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dozens-of-nyc-seniors-evicted-from-nursing-home-turned-into-migrant-shelter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> evicted from their senior center, which was then converted into a migrant shelter.
Foreign nationals have also been accused of horrific crimes across the country, including murder.
Earlier this month, an illegal immigrant was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-arrested-in-connection-with-murder-of-16-year-old-texas-cheerleader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested in connection</a> to the murder of a 16-year-old Texas high school cheerleader named Lizbeth Medina. Also in Texas, a 50-year-old illegal immigrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-after-allegedly-shooting-two-sisters-in-the-head-in-their-texas-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was arrested</a> and charged after allegedly fatally shooting two sisters in the head in their Dallas-area home.
In Nashville, a twice deported illegal immigrant from Honduras <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twice-deported-illegal-alien-from-honduras-charged-with-murder-in-nashville" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was charged</a> with murder after a man was found in a burned out vehicle. The man was  identified as a member of the “Sur 13” gang and affiliated with “Surenos Locos Criminales.”
A Haitian national <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-alien-allegedly-crashes-into-school-bus-killing-small-child-bidens-catch-and-release-under-scrutiny" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was arrested</a> in Ohio after allegedly crashing his minivan into a school bus last week, resulting in dozens injured and the death of an 11-year-old boy.
<h3>Title 42 Expires</h3>
One of the factors leading to the influx of illegal immigrants was the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-illegal-immigrants-surge-across-border-as-trump-era-rule-ends" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expiration</a> of Title 42 in May. Title 42 was a Trump-era rule that allowed illegal immigrants to be turned away at the border based on COVID concerns.
In the week leading up to its expiration, swarms of illegal immigrants were seen crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. Border agents apprehended more than 11,000 people who crossed the border illegally on one day leading up to the expiration, reportedly about double the amount seen in a typical day.
<h3>Biden Administration Tries to Block States from Protecting Borders</h3>
While the border crisis has been ongoing, the Biden administration has tried to thwart efforts by Texas to deter illegal immigration and crack down on people illegally entering the country.
In September, Biden’s Border Patrol <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-officials-cut-razor-wire-on-southern-border-opening-the-floodgates-to-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cut razor wire</a> that the state of Texas had placed alongside on the Rio Grande to stop illegal aliens from flooding into the country. Biden’s Department of Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abbott-issues-challenge-to-biden-administration-as-doj-sues-texas-over-river-barrier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also sued</a> Texas Governor Greg Abbott after he constructed a water barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal crossings.
The DOJ is also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-threatens-to-sue-texas-over-law-giving-state-power-to-crack-down-on-illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatening to sue</a> Texas over a new state law that makes it a crime to illegally enter the state, giving state officials more power to take steps to secure the border amid the ongoing crisis.
<h3>What’s next for the Border Crisis?</h3>
Multiple attempts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have floundered in 2023, but House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) said that he will bring articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in 2024.
House Republicans&#8217; effort to impeach Mayorkas will likely be a large story going into 2024 and could be a factor to watch as Republicans try to control the House going into 2024.
There could also be a surge of crossings in November and December if Biden is defeated as Republican presidential candidates have pledged to secure the border and crack down on illegal immigration. Former President Donald Trump has promised to institute a large-scale deportation program if re-elected and has promised to finish securing the southern border.
There will also be continued fighting between Texas and the Biden administration as Texas attempts to fill in the gaps left by the Biden administration’s border policies.

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Biden’s Border Crisis: 15 States Have Smaller Populations Than Total Illegal Southern Border Crossings In 2023

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Migrant</a> encounters at the southern border set a new record last month with more than 240,000 people encountered, officials announced Tuesday.
Border authorities <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-encounters-at-southern-border-set-new-record-for-october-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encountered</a> 240,988 migrants at the border last month, <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), making it the highest October on record.
In October last year, authorities encountered 231,529 migrants, more than 9,000 fewer people than this year.
In October 2021, they encountered 164,837 migrants, and in October 2020, there were only 71,929 encounters.
Last month&#8217;s number marks a drop from September, which saw the highest monthly total of encounters ever at 269,735 encounters.
Overall, there have been a record 2.4 million migrant encounters at the southern border since last October.
Border Patrol agents also <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-encounters-at-southern-border-set-new-record-for-october-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> 13 people on the terror watchlist in October.
The higher numbers of border encounters with migrants claiming asylum in the U.S. has resulted in a crisis up north as migrants head into the interior of the country.
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Cities like New York City and Chicago are scrambling to metabolize the thousands of migrants who have shown up since last year.
In New York City, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/26/migrants-nyc-plane-rides-00123778" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than</a> 130,000 migrants have arrived since last year, many of whom are still being housed on the city’s dime, causing homeless shelters to reach their limits and forcing the city to open new facilities.
Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/nyregion/adams-nyc-migrants-cost.html#:~:text=374-,Mayor%20Adams%20Says%20Migrant%20Influx%20Will%20Cost%20New%20York%20City,them%20and%20provide%20other%20services." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> over the summer that the migrant crisis could cost New York City $12 billion over three years.
Chicago has been scrambling to respond to an illegal migrant crisis before the cold winter months arrive. The country’s third-largest city has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/gop-migrants-blue-cities.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">experienced</a> an influx of more than 18,500 migrants recently, many from Venezuela.
Chicago is working to build massive winterized camps for newly arrived migrants, many of whom slept on the floors of police stations or airports for months. The city has already spent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-airport-now-sheltering-hundreds-of-illegal-migrants-as-city-waits-on-tents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at least</a> $250 million on the issue so far.
The migrant crisis plaguing the border and major cities could end up costing taxpayers up to $451 billion, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrant-crisis-could-cost-taxpayers-451-billion-house-gop-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a report from House Republicans released this week.
For all migrants who have entered the U.S. since 2021, the cost of government housing and care could end up being as high as $451 billion a year, the report notes, citing numbers from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a think tank that <a href="https://cis.org/Center-For-Immigration-Studies-Background" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describes</a> its vision as “pro-immigrant, low-immigration.”
There are currently between 16.8 million and 29 million illegal migrants living in the country, the report says, citing numbers from FAIR and Yale University.
About 3.8 million of those migrants have entered the country under the Biden administration, the data indicates.

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Migrant Encounters At Border Last Month Mark Highest October On Record

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