New reporting suggests that the U.S. Border Patrol experienced the highest number of border encounters ever recorded in a single month — a staggering figure north of a quarter of a million. With a president like Joe Biden in charge and with a Democratic Party doing everything to encourage illegal immigration, it&#8217;s no wonder those numbers are so high.
On Saturday, Fox News&#8217; Bill Melugin and Griff Jenkins reported &#8220;Per CBP sources, initial data for September shows there were over 260,000 migrant encounters at the border, making it the highest single month ever recorded.&#8221;
As pointed out by Jenkins, &#8220;The previous highest month was this past Dec of 252,320.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Per CBP sources, initial data for September shows there were over 260,000 migrant encounters at the border, making it the highest single month ever recorded. This, as a government shutdown looms which would result in Border Patrol agents &amp; CBP officers not being paid. <a href="https://t.co/TTu2m9Qoxz">https://t.co/TTu2m9Qoxz</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1708138099006738886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The data comes as the White House continues to claim that the southern border is secure and that the Biden administration&#8217;s policies are working as intended.
&#8220;The president has worked very hard to implement a strategy, when it comes to the border, that is humane, safe, and has orderly enforcement,&#8221;  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/border-ebbs-flows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
But as previously discussed, orderly does not mean that illegal aliens are turned away at the border. Rather it means that they are let into the country with ease.
In other words, 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.
So, the Biden administration has contrived new ways of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-to-allow-hundreds-of-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-to-stay-and-work-in-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speeding up the process</a> for individuals to apply for asylum. It has focused on moving illegal aliens into the country at a faster pace. It has done everything to entice illegal immigrants to come to the country —  relaxing deportations, providing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aircraft-records-reveal-secret-migrant-flights-across-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">free flights</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-issues-over-300000-smartphones-with-tracking-devices-to-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">phones</a>, and moving toward allowing hundreds of thousands of individuals to have the ability to <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-09-21/biden-administration-speeds-up-work-permits-that-could-help-thousands-of-mass-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legally work </a>in the U.S.
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The message is clear for illegal aliens around the globe: It&#8217;s a good life in the U.S. if you can cross the border, and it will remain that way so long as Biden and his gang run the show. Get in while you can.
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Thanks, Joe: September Reportedly Saw Highest Border Encounters Ever — More Than 260,000

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Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) became overcome with emotion this week describing what she&#8217;s heard and seen at the southern border and pleaded with legacy media to cover the reality of the crisis.
Britt has visited the U.S./Mexico border numerous times since winning a U.S. Senate race in Alabama back in 2022, becoming the first woman <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/katie-britt-becomes-1st-republican-woman-to-claim-alabama-senate-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elected</a> to the body from the state.
&#8220;We got to hear women tell us their story and their stories are brutalizing,&#8221; Britt told the press. &#8220;And to [Texas] Senator [Ted] Cruz’s point, if you’re not telling it, that’s on you, because when a woman sits there and she tells you not just about being raped, but how many times a day she’s raped; when she tells you about having to lay in that bed while they come in and out and in and out, it’s disgusting and it’s despicable.&#8221;
&#8220;You look at the number of people [who] have died at the border because Joe Biden has made it more and more enticing to come here,&#8221; the senator asserted.
&#8220;I looked in the eyes of CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) agents who said, ‘We’re exhausted, we’re not only having to be paper pushers, we’re also trying to do what we took an oath of office to do, and that is protect this border.’ But when they tell you about finding small children who have drowned in that river, or pulling a lifeless body of a woman who is pregnant with twins, it changes the way you think about what’s happening.&#8221;
&#8220;Drug cartels, guys – they have their tentacles all over this country. We need you to start telling that story,&#8221; she urged. &#8220;Just the other day in Alabama, a gentleman told me, &#8216;If you will come back here with me in this neighborhood right behind you, you will see migrants who are here illegally, and they will tell you about the drug cartels coming around every other week to collect.&#8217; Guys. That’s not the American dream. That’s an American nightmare.&#8221;
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&#8220;By the end of his tenure, we will have over 10 million people here — which would make that, if you put everybody in one place, the 11th largest state in the United States of America,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Folks, this is out of control. We’ve got to do something. We would not allow this to happen in a third-world country, we certainly should not allow it to happen in the United States of America.”
After a visit to the border back in March, Britt emphasized that the unsecured border is an &#8220;unprecedented national security and humanitarian crisis.&#8221;
&#8220;Acknowledging there is a problem is the first step to solving it, but unfortunately President Biden won’t even do that,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.britt.senate.gov/press-releases/u-s-senator-katie-britt-heads-to-southern-border-in-texas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The number of Americans dying from fentanyl poisoning is equivalent to a commercial airplane going down in our country every single day &#8230; CBP announced it busted a passenger vehicle that was carrying enough fentanyl to kill every single Alabamian 10 times over. It’s past time for action.”
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Make no mistake, the crisis at the border is a direct result of the Biden Administration’s failures. <a href="https://t.co/InMyZV9YXg">pic.twitter.com/InMyZV9YXg</a>
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Days after Britt&#8217;s impassioned plea on Wednesday, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/migrants-are-being-raped-mexico-border-they-await-entry-us-2023-09-29/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on migrant women being raped as they wait to enter the U.S., as highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrant-women-are-being-raped-at-border-as-they-wait-to-enter-united-states-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>.
Two border cities, Reynosa and Matamoros, have seen record criminal investigations into the rape of foreign nationals this year, state data stretching back to 2014 <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/migrants-are-being-raped-mexico-border-they-await-entry-us-2023-09-29/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a>. Eight sexual assault survivors and more than a dozen local aid workers also confirmed the rise in sexual violence to Reuters.
The sexual attacks are often perpetrated by human smugglers who demand cash from migrants. In one tragic case, a woman named Carolina said she arrived in Reynosa on a commercial bus with her 13-year-old son, but she was quickly kidnapped and brought to a house where she and other migrants were raped. At dawn one morning in late May, she was pulled out of the stash house by the men and raped on a broken-down bus. She was released when her family paid a $3,100 ransom.
Mairead Elordi contributed to this report 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrant-women-are-being-raped-at-border-as-they-wait-to-enter-united-states-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Migrant Women Are Being Raped At Border As They Wait To Enter United States: Report</a>

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‘An American Nightmare’: Sen. Katie Britt Gets Emotional Describing Scenes At The Border, Rips Into Biden

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X owner Elon Musk visited the U.S. southern border on Thursday to draw attention to how President Joe Biden&#8217;s policies have sparked a catastrophe as hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens flood into the U.S. every month.
Musk toured the border at Eagle Pass with Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) as well as local law enforcement and border officials. Eagle Pass declared a state of emergency last week after thousands of illegal aliens entered the small town.
The billionaire, who came to the U.S. from South Africa, said that while he was &#8220;extremely pro-immigrant&#8221; he does not believe those who come into the U.S. illegally should be allowed in because they are &#8220;breaking the law.&#8221;
&#8220;To be clear, we’re both very much in favor of expanded legal immigration. I think anyone who is hardworking and honest and is really gonna add to the economy, we should let them in,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;But what we’re seeing here are in some cases some pretty extreme individuals coming through.&#8221;
Musk said that large number of illegal aliens coming into the U.S. were “leading to a collapse of social services where even America’s largest city, New York, is buckling under the pressure of just how many illegal immigrants are going to New York.”
&#8220;If New York can’t handle it, well, pretty much no part of the country can,&#8221; Musk continued. &#8220;So if we don’t do something soon, we’re just gonna have, like I said, a collapse in social services as we’re already seeing in New York.&#8221;
One local sheriff told Musk that the situation on the border became dire once Biden became president and that his policies were an &#8220;invitation&#8221; for migrants to come to the border.
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Went to the Eagle Pass border crossing to see what’s really going on <a href="https://t.co/ADYY2XvAKT">pic.twitter.com/ADYY2XvAKT</a>
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Musk&#8217;s visit to the border comes as border agents had <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-august-2023-monthly-update#:~:text=DHS%20has%20removed%20or%20returned,border%20in%20August%20were%20232%2C972." target="_blank" rel="noopener">232,972 encounters</a> at the southern border last month, an increase of about 50,000 from the previous month.
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The high number of crossings has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayor-blames-biden-for-illegal-alien-crisis-theyre-coming-in-without-any-consequence-whatsoever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued into September</a>, with tens of thousands of illegal immigrants coming through Eagle Pass. The Biden administration, which has sued to stop Texas from erecting a water barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal crossings, has also been accused of cutting razor wire put up by Texas in Eagle Pass to secure the border.
At the same time as crossings remain high, the Biden administration has <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/biden-secretly-has-let-221456-migrants-fly-into-the-us-in-past-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> flown over 200,000 illegal immigrants to airports throughout the U.S. and the administration continues to <a href="https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2023/09/22/usda-launches-program-support-agricultural-employers-and?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">push for more legal immigration</a> from countries where many of the illegal immigrants are currently coming from.
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blamed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for a sudden increase of illegal immigrants entering the U.S., claiming that his sanctions against the socialist dictatorship in Venezuela caused the surge.
AOC made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CBS News&#8217;s Margaret Brennan on &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; when asked to further elaborate on her recent remarks that she believes &#8220;immigration is arguably [the Biden] Administration&#8217;s weakest issue.&#8221;
The congresswoman responded by claiming former President Donald Trump &#8220;dramatically inflamed&#8221; the issue. She then pivoted to saying 500,000 Venezuelans who recently flooded into the U.S. needed to be given a pathway to citizenship because that would &#8220;reduce the strain on our public systems,&#8221; and went on to blame Rubio.
&#8220;I think we also need to examine the root of this problem, because if we are constantly engaging in foreign policy that drives people to our southern border in this specific instance, U.S. sanctions that were originally authored by Marco Rubio began and precipitated certainly took a large part in the driving of populations to our southern border shortly after those sanctions, those broad-based sanctions &#8230; we started seeing dramatic increases in these populations that were coming to our southern border,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And so we have to address the root of these population movements and the migration crisis. And we have to also have to address the domestic U.S. policy issues when it comes to immigration reform.&#8221;
Brennan pushed back, noting that dictator Nicolas Maduro, who has been president of Venezuela since 2013, was &#8220;responsible for large parts of that.&#8221;
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Ocasio-Cortez said that the U.S. should &#8220;reexamine&#8221; the sanctions it has placed on the oppressive regime and, when asked, would not answer whether President Joe Biden should go to the border or whether she would go to the border.
AOC also claimed that allowing illegal immigrants to work in the United States was &#8220;not what is driving millions of people&#8221; to come to America.
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AOC Blames Rubio For Surge In Migrants; Dodges Whether She And Biden Will Go To Border

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The Biden administration has again broken records at the border as illegal crossings jumped to new highs in August, according to new statistics released by Customs and Border Protection.
In August 2023, CBP had a total of <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">304,162 encounters</a> at the nation’s borders, a new monthly record, while border agents had <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-august-2023-monthly-update#:~:text=DHS%20has%20removed%20or%20returned,border%20in%20August%20were%20232%2C972." target="_blank" rel="noopener">232,972 encounters</a> at the southern border, an increase of about 50,000 from the previous month. 
“CBP remains vigilant in the face of ruthless smugglers and transnational criminal organizations who exploit vulnerable migrants, the same criminal organizations trafficking in lethal drugs that harm our communities,” said acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller. “Our operational tempo along the border has increased in response to increased encounters, and we remain squarely focused on our broader security mission and enforcing U.S. immigration laws.”
Miller claimed that the CBP was processing more individuals for “expedited removal than ever before,” a statement that would seem to contradict data indicating that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deportations-have-dropped-90-percent-with-biden-in-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deportations have plummeted</a> under Biden. 
The high number of crossings have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayor-blames-biden-for-illegal-alien-crisis-theyre-coming-in-without-any-consequence-whatsoever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued into September</a>, with tens of thousands of illegal immigrants coming through Eagle Pass, Texas, triggering the mayor to declare an emergency. The Biden administration, which has sued to stop Texas from erecting a water barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal crossings, has also been accused of cutting razor wire put up by Texas in Eagle Pass to secure the border. 
Dan Stein, the president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a group that advocates for border security, said that the Biden admin’s policies were to blame for the record crossings.
&#8220;It is a disaster created and perpetuated by the policies of the Biden administration. President Biden has not taken historic action to secure the border. He has taken illegal actions of historic proportions to throw open the borders,” he said in a <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fair-august-border-encounters-highest-on-record-administration-insists-it-has-taken-historic-action-to-secure-the-border-301936717.html#:~:text=%22In%20total%2C%20there%20were%20304%2C162,increase%20of%2050%2C000%20over%20July." target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. 
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&#8220;With onset of fall, and a push by the administration and its open-borders allies to ignore federal statutes and grant work authorization to migrants more quickly, the dubious record set in August will be short-lived. Preliminary data indicate that the numbers in September will be even higher and will continue to grow until the administration decides to stop incentivizing mass illegal immigration and begins honoring its constitutional responsibility to enforce the border and our immigration laws,” he added. 
At the same time as crossings remain high, the Biden administration has <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/biden-secretly-has-let-221456-migrants-fly-into-the-us-in-past-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> flown over 200,000 illegal immigrants to airports throughout the U.S. and the administration continues to <a href="https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2023/09/22/usda-launches-program-support-agricultural-employers-and?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">push for more legal immigration</a> from countries where many of the illegal immigrants are currently coming from.

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‘A Disaster’: Biden Admin Sets New Border Record As Illegal Crossings Surge

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The Democrat mayor of Eagle Pass, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a>, said that his constituents have faced robberies and home invasions as illegal immigrants continue to flood over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">southern border</a>. 
Mayor Rolando Salinas <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/eagle-pass-mayor-warns-of-migrant-chaos-engulfing-city/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Post on Thursday that he expected his city of 28,500 to absorb between 4,000-9,000 illegal immigrants in the next several days, a number which would be on top of the thousands who have already crossed into and through the city. According to the Post, roughly 11,500 illegal immigrants have already crossed into Eagle Pass over the last 10 days. 
He said that he had “never seen people cross like this” before and that there needed to be consequences for illegally coming into the U.S. 
“If they’re going to come, they must enter through the port of entry. I know people are desperate, but this is a nation of laws,” he said. “Our cops are overwhelmed. Our firefighters are responding to calls for care for migrants. We don’t have the resources to handle this.”
In recent days, videos from the border show streams of foreign nationals crossing into the U.S., with many coming in through Eagle Pass, where the Biden administration has <a href="https://twitter.com/gregabbott_tx/status/1704614936218149361?s=46&amp;t=XGiUuNPiSLBSXsXhdarMAQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been accused</a> of cutting down razor wire put up by Texas to deter crossings.
Valeria Wheeler, executive director of the Mission Border Hope Center in Eagle Pass, said that the influx of illegal immigrants had brought a lot of single men and an increase in violence. 
“Mostly, we are seeing single men. From Sunday to Wednesday, we had six incidents of violence in the shelter – shoving, shouting, hitting our staff. These people rode a train to get here,” she told the Post. “They are deeply in survival mode. They’re here now, and they still haven’t come off of that. They’re very defensive. We’ve never had violence before.”
City officials hope a new law allowing troopers to arrest people for trespassing on city property will help and Salinas has already <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">declared a state of emergency</a> over the crisis. 
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Biden <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-new-actions-increase-border#:~:text=Temporary%20Protection%20for%20those%20Already%20in%20the%20US.&amp;text=TPS%20provides%20temporary%20protection%20from,authorization%20for%20eligible%20Venezuelan%20nationals." target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Wednesday that an additional 800 National Guard troops would be sent to the southern border to help with “logistics and other functions at the border” as Customs and Border Protection struggle to deal with the influx.
Illegal crossings at the southern border have remained high throughout the Biden administration and have again <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-border-numbers-near-all-time-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approached record numbers</a>. Much of the Biden administration’s approach has involved processing and releasing large numbers of illegal immigrants into the U.S. with distant court dates.

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Texas Mayor Warns Of Robberies, Home Invasions As City Flooded With Illegal Immigrants

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> is allowing hundreds of thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a> from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venezuela</a> to stay and work in the U.S. as federal officials insist it would be unsafe for them to return home. 
The Venezuelans, who entered the U.S. illegally, can work and be shielded from deportation after the Department of Homeland Security amended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program to allow individuals who crossed into America after March 2021 and before July 31, 2023, to be eligible for the benefits. According to CBS News, the number of Venezuelans who could become part of the program <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-migrants-thousands-legal-status-work-permits-u-s/#textWhile20others20without20legal20statusfrom20the20South20American20country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is around</a> 472,000. 
&#8220;Temporary protected status provides individuals already present in the United States with protection from removal when the conditions in their home country prevent their safe return,&#8221; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a Wednesday statement. &#8220;That is the situation that Venezuelans who arrived here on or before July 31 of this year find themselves in.&#8221;
DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-new-actions-increase-border#:~:text=Temporary%20Protection%20for%20those%20Already%20in%20the%20US.&amp;text=TPS%20provides%20temporary%20protection%20from,authorization%20for%20eligible%20Venezuelan%20nationals." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the move to extend TPS would result in &#8220;approximately hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals” being eligible for work authorization. 
The move was pushed for by New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>, who has frequently complained about the flood of foreign nationals arriving in his city.
&#8220;Our administration and our partners across the city have led the calls to &#8216;Let Them Work,&#8217; so I want to thank President Biden for hearing our entire coalition, including our hard-working congressional delegation, and taking this important step that will bring hope to the thousands of Venezuelan asylum seekers currently in our care who will now be immediately eligible for Temporary Protected Status,&#8221; Adams said. 
Illegal crossings at the southern border have remained high throughout the Biden administration and, in recent days, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-border-numbers-near-all-time-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approached record numbers</a>. 
From Friday until Monday, an average of 9,000 immigrants a day <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffJenkins/status/1704120360235405366" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> crossed the southern border. On Monday alone, more than 9,700 immigrants were <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1704123809610002919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> caught or processed crossing the southern border illegally and through ports of entry.
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Videos from the border show streams of foreign nationals crossing into the U.S., with many coming in through Eagle Pass in Texas, where the Biden administration has <a href="https://twitter.com/gregabbott_tx/status/1704614936218149361?s=46&amp;t=XGiUuNPiSLBSXsXhdarMAQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been accused</a> of cutting down razor wire put up by Texas to deter crossings.
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Large groups beginning to cross illegally again into Eagle Pass, TX this morning. <a href="https://t.co/WNtnDwZXtZ">pic.twitter.com/WNtnDwZXtZ</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1704858840523526217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Biden <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-new-actions-increase-border#:~:text=Temporary%20Protection%20for%20those%20Already%20in%20the%20US.&amp;text=TPS%20provides%20temporary%20protection%20from,authorization%20for%20eligible%20Venezuelan%20nationals." target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Wednesday that an additional 800 National Guard troops would be sent to the southern border to help with “logistics and other functions at the border” as Customs and Border Protection struggle to deal with the influx.

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Biden Admin To Allow ‘Hundreds Of Thousands’ Of Illegal Immigrants To Stay And Work In U.S.

Biden Admin To Allow 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Illegal Immigrants To Stay And Work In U.S.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Border facilities</a> are slammed with migrants and officials are mass releasing immigrants into the U.S. interior while thousands more stream into the country.
The Biden administration has yet to release official immigration totals for the month of August, but reports suggest numbers are climbing back to the peak in May. From Friday to Monday, an average of 9,000 immigrants a day <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffJenkins/status/1704120360235405366">reportedly</a> crossed the southern border. On Monday alone, over 9,700 immigrants were <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1704123809610002919">reportedly</a> caught or processed crossing the southern border illegally and through ports of entry.
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NEW: Past four days (Fri-Mon) total migrant encounters at the SW border (BP+OFO) exceeded 35k at an average of nearly 9,000 per day per CBP sources. Exact count: 35,573 encounters / 8,893 daily average&#8230; This does NOT include Known Gotaways <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a>
&mdash; Griff Jenkins (@GriffJenkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffJenkins/status/1704120360235405366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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NEW: Per CBP sources, in the last 24 hours, Border Patrol apprehended over 8,000 illegal immigrants, &amp; when combined w/ CBP ports of entry, there were a staggering 9,700+ migrant encounters across the border in one day. Highest day on record was 10,000+ in May before T42 ended.
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1704123809610002919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Neither total includes got-aways, leaving the real number of immigrants who entered the country almost certainly higher. The record for daily crossings was set back in May before the repeal of Title 42 &#8212; roughly above 10,000 a day.
The climb in border crossings comes several months after the Biden administration touted a 70% decline in illegal immigration after the repeal of Title 42, the Trump-era health order that allowed border authorities to block immigrants seeking asylum on COVID-related grounds.
Immigration has since ticked back up because of parole programs that greatly expanded legal avenues into the U.S. and cooling temperatures making the trek from Central and South America easier.
Over the weekend, a freight train loaded with what appeared to be hundreds of immigrants was filmed <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffJenkins/status/1703529736985542989">leaving</a> Zacatecas, Mexico, on its way to the United States. A freight train loaded with immigrants was filmed a couple days later stopped in the Mexican city of Monclova en route to Piedras Negras, which is just across the international border from Eagle Pass, Texas.
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Monclova, Coahuila, MX: A train with hundreds of migrants was stopped in Monclova, 147 miles before reaching Piedras Negras. 
“Let us continue” is chanted by the migrants, who took the cargo train in Monterrey and are en route to Piedras Negras, where a group of approximately… <a href="https://t.co/x03s8tdXBW">pic.twitter.com/x03s8tdXBW</a>
&mdash; Auden B. Cabello (@CabelloAuden) <a href="https://twitter.com/CabelloAuden/status/1704218960500273607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Further south in Panama, the Darien Gap is seeing historic foot traffic as immigrants move from South America toward the U.S. southern border. The gap is a strip of undeveloped forest and swamp connecting North and South America that takes roughly a week to hike through. Immigrants who attempt the crossing must walk through miles of rough terrain. The journey is fatal for many.
The number of immigrants chancing the land crossing to Central America has exploded in recent years from just a few hundred annually a decade ago to an <a href="https://apnews.com/article/panama-darien-gap-migrants-c937f88260fb88f4c3d3e5e6041b8fa6">expected</a> 400,000 in 2023. As more and more people hike the gap, volunteers, NGOs, and others are making the trip easier for migrants, according to independent journalist Michael Yon.
“The routes through the jungle are now much shorter and much easier, and they’re still extremely dangerous. Even as I talk right now, there will definitely be people dying,” Yon told The Daily Wire. “Dozens of people die per day out there, but the numbers are much lower now than they used to be.”
President Joe Biden has failed to manage the immigration crisis swamping the border since his term began. Some immigrants have credited Biden’s lax immigration policies for encouraging them to risk lengthy, dangerous journeys to the southern border. Other draws to the U.S. come from housing developments such as Colony Ridge outside of Houston, however.
Colony Ridge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants">promises</a> plots of land for those with the cash &#8212; regardless of immigration status. The development has become a draw for illegal immigrants and drug cartels. Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas said he is investigating the housing development after an investigation by The Daily Wire.
“So my staff is pushing on the Department of Homeland Security and Texas DPS to get us additional information on this. It&#8217;s highly concerning,” Roy told The Daily Wire. “I’m not in a position to fully articulate exactly what’s happening other than it is problematic and a continuation of these wide open border policies, where they&#8217;re trying to figure out where to put people.”

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Republican presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> said in an interview this week that if he is elected as the next President of the United States, he will direct the military to shoot cartel operatives trying to break through the border wall on the southern border.
DeSantis&#8217; comments, which were given during an interview with CBS News host Norah O&#8217;Donnell on &#8220;CBS Evening News,&#8221; come after he said at the first Republican Party presidential primary debate that he would send U.S. special forces into Mexico to kill off the cartels.
&#8220;We are going to lean in and we are going to defend our country,&#8221; DeSantis said during the interview as he recalled seeing engineers having to repair sections of the border wall in Arizona where the cartels had cut through sections of the steel beams.
DeSantis said that in situations where cartel operatives are observed trying to destroy sections of the border wall, the military will be authorized to use deadly force to stop it.
DeSantis said that protocols would have to be established to determine rules of engagement for when the military can exercise force.
&#8220;If there&#8217;s a woman with a baby, they&#8217;re not a cartel member, there&#8217;s not going to be authorization to just shoot somebody like that,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;But when somebody&#8217;s got a backpack on and they&#8217;re in there breaking through the wall, you know, that&#8217;s hostile intent, and you have every right to take action under those circumstances.&#8221;
DeSantis said that it would likely only take a couple of instances of that happening before the cartels are forced to change tactics.
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The Florida governor said that the specific tactics the military would use inside of Mexico to go after the cartels &#8220;can be debated&#8221; and would likely require flexibility in how assets are deployed.
&#8220;The reality is, they are overrunning our border, they&#8217;re sex trafficking, they&#8217;re human trafficking and they&#8217;re bringing in massive quantities of drugs,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I mean, our country is being invaded and hurt by what they&#8217;re doing. And the question is, do we just throw up our hands? And do we say there&#8217;s nothing we can do about it? Or does the leader take action? Because I&#8217;ll tell you this, I&#8217;m going to have the military at the border, 100%. I mean, if they&#8217;re trying to break through the wall, we will have deadly force authorized to be able to stop that.&#8221;
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Ron DeSantis is going after drug cartels hard. If only we had a president who wasn’t content with a porous border making cartels wealthy. <a href="https://t.co/MlwokRIQ2j">pic.twitter.com/MlwokRIQ2j</a>
&mdash; Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1701780873769857284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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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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41% Of New Yorkers Want Southern Border Wall As State Grapples With Migrants, Poll Finds

41% Of New Yorkers Want Southern Border Wall As State Grapples With Migrants: Poll

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> will be allowed to keep its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-threatens-to-sue-texas-over-barriers-on-rio-grande-blocking-illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">floating border barrier</a> deterring illegal crossings across the Rio Grande thanks to a Thursday ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. 
The Appeals Court <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.215588/gov.uscourts.ca5.215588.29.1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> a motion from Texas to place an administrative stay after Senior U.S. District Court Judge David Ezra ordered Texas officials to remove the floating barriers from the river that Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-abbott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Abbott</a> (R-TX) had installed.
Abbott’s legal team <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/08/texas-floating-border-barrier-stay-appeals-court">said</a> on Thursday that &#8220;buoys have nearly eliminated illegal crossings of people and drugs where they&#8217;ve been placed.&#8221;
Ezra’s order followed the Department of Justice suing Texas over the barrier, citing environmental and humanitarian concerns. Ezra, a Reagan appointee, said Texas’ actions had violated the Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA) of 1899. 
&#8220;The Court finds that the barrier’s threat to human life, its impairment to free and safe navigation, and its contraindication to the balance of priorities Congress struck in the RHA outweigh Texas’s interest in implementing its buoy barrier in the Rio Grande River,&#8221; the judge <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/texas-wins-appeal-to-keep-floating-barrier-in-rio-grande-to-deter-illegal-crossings-5488144?ea_src=frontpage&amp;ea_med=top-news-15" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;The harm to navigation is clearly evident from the evidence presented, while the State of Texas did not present any credible evidence that the buoy barrier as installed has significantly curtailed illegal immigration across the Rio Grande River.&#8221;
Abbott argued that Ezra’s ruling was wrong and vowed that Texas would challenge it. 
“This ruling is incorrect and will be overturned on appeal,” Abbott <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-border-barriers-buoys-removed-federal-judge-biden-administration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “We will continue to utilize every strategy to secure the border, including deploying Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers and installing strategic barriers.”
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Illegal crossings <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-to-keep-400-troops-at-border-as-illegal-crossings-approached-180000-in-august" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remain sky-high</a> as most of the foreign nationals crossing into the U.S. are processed and given a court date before being released into the U.S. According to recent numbers, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/us/politics/migrant-families-border-biden.html#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20migrant%20families,previous%20month%20to%20about%20177%2C000.">about</a> 177,000 people were arrested in August 2023 for illegally entering the U.S. 
In that same month, 91,000 illegal immigrants <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/us/politics/migrant-families-border-biden.html#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20migrant%20families,previous%20month%20to%20about%20177%2C000.">crossed</a> in a family group, the highest ever. The number is 7,000 more than the previous record, which was set in May 2019. The number of children crossing per day jumped from 270 in July to 377 in August, according to the New York Times.

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Court Allows Texas Water Border Barrier, Targeted By Biden Admin, To Stay In Place

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U.S. Border Patrol authorities on Wednesday discovered backpacks with ammunition and a homemade explosive along the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rio Grande Valley</a> sector, where authorities have previously admitted Mexican cartels maintain control of the region.
“An example of the tactics &amp; weapons that criminals employ against our Agents,” Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez said in an X post.
Chavez, who <a href="https://www.hsdf.org/event_speakers/gloria-chavez-chief-patrol-agent-el-paso-sector-u-s-border-patrol/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leads</a> all enforcement operations along 264 border miles between West Texas and southern New Mexico, said authorities averted the “dangerous situation” and shared images and video of the ammo and explosive device.
According to Chavez, the McAllen Police Department helped detonate the homemade explosive device after border patrol agents patrolling around Fronton, Texas, discovered the bullets and bomb.
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&mdash; Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez (@USBPChiefRGV) <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefRGV/status/1699502396391444675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Explosive devices have been previously located or intercepted by border patrol agents.
According to <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/improvised-explosive-device-intercepted-arizona-port-of-entry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">News Nation</a>, authorities in Arizona intercepted an Improvised Explosive Device from a vehicle on May 6 at a port of entry in Douglas.
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The Department of Homeland Security reportedly says such devices come in many forms, “ranging from a small pipe bomb to a sophisticated device capable of causing massive damage and loss of life.”
Authorities said the device was made using a miniature M&amp;M container and black electrical tape.
“A complete search of the vehicle was conducted after the (Arizona Department of Public Safety) had removed the destructive device with no additional items located,” authorities reportedly said.
U.S. Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz testified before House Homeland Security Committee lawmakers earlier this year, where he <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/news/top-stories/congressional-hearing-held-on-south-texas-border-yields-explosive-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> admitted Mexican cartels smuggle drugs and immigrants along the Southwest border, indicating the agency lost operational control.
“We have had ground-breaking testimony by Chief Ortiz. He said we do not have operational control of the Southwest border,” U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, a Republican from San Angelo, Texas, said, according to Border Report. “And how sad it is our colleagues from the other side of the aisle are not here in McAllen, in the Rio Grande Valley, to hear this?”
Lawmakers reportedly said they were told by law enforcement that another “explosive device” was found near the region.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) asked Ortiz if he was aware of the device allegedly found along the Rio Grande Valley border, but the border chief reportedly said he could not openly discuss such information.
After the hearing, Ortiz said on social media that the “explosive device” did not pose a threat.
“It was alleged that Agents found an explosive device near the border. During a Jan. briefing, leadership was notified that Agents found a duct-taped ball filled with sand that wasn’t deemed a threat to agents/public,” Ortiz said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Today, I testified before the Committee on Homeland Security &amp; it was alleged that Agents found an explosive device near the border. During a Jan. briefing, leadership was notified that Agents found a duct-taped ball filled with sand that wasn&#39;t deemed a threat to agents/public. <a href="https://t.co/SXV9qK8uo1">pic.twitter.com/SXV9qK8uo1</a>
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Authorities Discover Backpacks Filled With Ammo, Homemade Explosive At Southern Border

 Backpacks Filled With Ammo, Homemade Explosive Found At Southern Border

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