Social media rumors and a malfunctioning Biden Administration app designed to expedite the asylum-seeking process caused at least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-massive-group-of-migrants-rush-el-paso-port-of-entry">1,000 immigrants</a> to rush the Paso del Norte Port of Entry along the US-Mexico border on Sunday, according to reports.
U.S. Customs Border Patrol (CBP) authorities and other law enforcement agencies dressed in riot gear set up barbed-wire topped plastic barricades to stop the rush of migrants of various nationalities — mainly Venezuelans — seeking national entry by implementing such “port hardening” measures over the weekend at the international bridge.
Some immigrants involved with the massive group were heard by sources from <a href="https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/immigration/2023/03/12/el-paso-border-blocked-cbp-migrants-paso-del-norte-bridge-juarez/69999960007/">The El Paso Times</a> airing frustrations with the CBP One phone app that U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials launched in January to streamline the interview process through a single portal for migrants seeking to enter the country.
Luis Miranda, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2023/02/20/cbpone-boder-app-biden-migrants/">The Washington Post</a> last month that the CBP One app would be “a transparent and publicly accessible way to schedule appointments for migrants.”
“This app cuts out the smugglers, decreasing migrant exploitation and improving safety and security, in addition to making the process more efficient,” Miranda said. “This is part of the administration’s goals to create legal, safe and humane processes while imposing consequences on those who do not use available processes.”
President Joe Biden introduced the app amid the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to indefinitely keep the pandemic-era limit on immigration, referred to as Title 42, which allows officials to turn away migrants at the border to prevent the spread of COVID.
Biden announced on January 30 that his administration intends to end the public health emergency associated with the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023, which some argue could put an end to using Title 42 at the border.
However, the CBP One app has displayed technical issues for users ranging from frozen screens to the system crashing, Wilson Peralta, a Peruvian migrant, told <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2023/01/26/cbp-one-has-become-a-headache-for-migrants">Spectrum News</a> earlier this year.
Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey addressed the issue with DHS officials last month.
“This expanded use of the CBP One app raises troubling issues of inequitable access to — and impermissible limits on — asylum, and has been plagued by significant technical problems and privacy concerns,&#8221; Markey <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-calls-on-dhs-to-ditch-mobile-app-riddled-with-glitches-privacy-problems-for-asylum-seekers">wrote</a>. &#8220;DHS should shelve the CBP One app immediately. Rather than mandating use of an app that is inaccessible to many migrants, and violates both their privacy and international law, DHS should instead implement a compassionate, lawful, and human rights centered approach for those seeking asylum in the United States.”
Sources from Fox News also noted a false rumor posted by an unknown Facebook user who told migrants that they would be allowed entry into the U.S. at the international bridge on Sunday after passing through the port of entry between Texas and Chihuahua state in Mexico two days earlier.
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NEW: Migrants involved in the attempted mass rushing of the Paso Del Norte bridge in El Paso yesterday tell us catalysts were frustrations with the CBPOne app, and this false rumor on Facebook telling migrants they would be allowed into the US at the bridge on Sunday. The post… <a href="https://t.co/l39KWSZfJj">https://t.co/l39KWSZfJj</a> <a href="https://t.co/XlaGhzB5eG">pic.twitter.com/XlaGhzB5eG</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1635274769078558720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The post also claimed that U.S. Customs Border Patrol officials would allow migrants with extreme cases or children to enter the country.
“The post urges migrants not to miss this opportunity, and to begin traveling towards the border,” Fox News reported.
Migrant crowds formed on the Mexican side of the bridge early Sunday morning before storming the borderline at the top of the bridge. By the afternoon, CBP officials said authorities temporarily prevented the northbound flow of traffic into the U.S. after migrants approached the international boundary and threatened to make a mass entry.
Authorities said two other “temporary disruptions” occurred at the Stanton crossing and the Bridge to America, causing law enforcement to set up barricades.
As many as 4.9 million migrants have crossed into the United States under the administration of President Joe Biden, according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-blocks-key-immigration-policy-title-42-from-ending">data</a> from the Federation for American Immigration Reform. Some 66 individuals from the terror watchlist crossed the border between October 2021 and July 2022; in the previous five years combined, only 30 aliens from the terror watchlist had been apprehended.
CPB authorities encountered more than 2.3 million migrants in the fiscal year 2022, with more than 80,000 migrants entering through El Paso between August and December of last year.

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Border-Rushing Migrants Blame Actions On Biden’s Recent Immigration Program App, Social Media Rumors

Border Rushing Migrants Blame Actions On Biden's Recent Immigration Program Application, Social Media Rumors

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An illegal immigrant allegedly &#8220;violently assaulted&#8221; a female <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-patrol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Border Patrol</a> agent who was taking him into custody in Arizona, according to a new report.
Citing federal sources, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1632443483490508804" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported on social media</a> that the agent was injured while trying to arrest the man in the <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-patrol-sectors/tucson-sector-arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucson Sector</a> of Arizona border with Mexico early Saturday morning.
A statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed an assault occurred but did not share details about the gender of the alleged assailant or the victim. Their names have not been released as of press time.
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NEW: Per federal sources, a female Border Patrol agent working solo was violently assaulted by a male illegal immigrant she was taking into custody in the Tucson, AZ sector early Saturday AM, leaving her with injuries. CBP confirms assault in statement &amp; says FBI investigating. <a href="https://t.co/bHQmDN7LH7">pic.twitter.com/bHQmDN7LH7</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1632443483490508804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;On March 4, 2023, at approximately 4:00 a.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Tucson Sector took a subject into custody near Foudy Road and State Route 92, after investigating the subject’s illegal entry into the U.S.,&#8221; the CBP statement said.
&#8220;While being placed in a service vehicle, the subject assaulted the agent, injuring the agent’s face and hands. Additional agents responded and took the suspect into custody,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;The assaulted agent was transported for medical treatment.&#8221;
The statement said the FBI and local authorities are investigating. The Daily Wire reached out to the FBI for comment.
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Border authorities encountered <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/19/u-s-mexico-border-arrests-record-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 2 million arrests</a> in fiscal year 2022, according to CBP data, a significant increase over the prior year. Republicans often criticize President Joe Biden for not doing more to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, not only to stop illegal crossings but also the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl.
The report from Melugin prompted a stern response from one GOP lawmaker who recently <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-hawks-say-failure-pass-border-security-bill-would-betray-gop-commitment-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed a border security bill</a>. &#8220;It’s time to end this,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1632443904233558017" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)</a>. &#8220;I will not tolerate a [House GOP] that does not end this. We have the power.&#8221;

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Female Border Patrol Agent Allegedly ‘Violently Assaulted’ By Illegal Immigrant: Report

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For the first time, migrants crossed from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mexico</a> into the United States on Wednesday using a government-sponsored app that critics say could increase fraudulent asylum claims. 
Billed as a way to speed up the asylum process for those who made their way to America&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">southern border</a>, the CBP One mobile app allows those hoping to enter the U.S. via asylum to input their information into a pre-screening application to set up an appointment with a border official. 
It is unclear how or if the information entered is verified before the individual is released into the U.S., though the app does not guarantee entry. 
According to Reuters, the app is in <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/first-migrants-cross-into-u-s-from-mexico-using-mobile-app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">high demand.</a> One Florida-bound Venezuelan told the outlet that he was “excited” to see his family after entering El Paso, Texas, using the app. 
Critics of the app process say it could be abused by individuals without legitimate asylum claims. 
“Instead of trying to stop an unprecedented flow of migrants, they’re encouraging even more fraudulent asylum claims, while finding innovative ways to process them en masse,” R.J. Hauman, of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/14/bidens-dhs-launches-mobile-app-allowing-migrants-schedule-appointments-southern-border-release-u-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Breitbart News. “If they wanted to actually end the crisis, the solution is simple: enforce our laws, don’t create an app to make circumventing them even easier.”
Hauman added that the new use of the app “is one of the most jaw-dropping examples of the Biden administration’s eagerness to let everyone in under the veil of legitimacy.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-apps-directory/cbpone">launched</a> the app in October 2020 during the Trump administration. Earlier this month, President Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/05/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-border-enforcement-actions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> its rollout to “significantly reduce wait times and crowds at U.S. ports of entry and allow for safe, orderly, and humane processing.”
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the app is currently <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/01/12/dhs-scheduling-system-safe-orderly-and-humane-border-processing-goes-live-cbp-onetm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only available</a> for foreign nationals who have a humanitarian reason for entry due to the extension of Title 42, a COVID-related measure that allows migrants to be turned back based on health concerns. Individuals who apply through the app could still be rejected over Title 42. 
“Noncitizens utilizing CBP One must attest that they believe they meet certain identified vulnerability criteria and be prepared to substantiate this claim upon presentation at a POE [point of entry]. The application provides a safe and orderly way for certain noncitizens to present at POEs, unlike attempting to cross U.S. borders without authorization,” the agency explained. 
The rollout of the app comes as <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/01/13/monthly-encounters-with-migrants-at-u-s-mexico-border-remain-near-record-highs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">monthly encounters</a> between Border Patrol and migrants at the border continue at almost record highs, as the border has seen a flood of crossings during the Biden administration.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-patrol">Border Patrol</a> agent was killed in Texas on Wednesday when his ATV crashed during a high-speed pursuit of a group of illegal immigrants.
U.S. Border Patrol has not yet confirmed the agent&#8217;s identity but noted that he was a father of two children.
&#8220;On December 7, 2022, at approximately 1:00 am, a Border Patrol agent assigned to the McAllen Station patrolling the international boundary on an all-terrain vehicle was tracking a group of subjects that illegally crossed the border when he was involved in a crash near Mission, Texas,&#8221; U.S. Customs and Border Protection released in a statement.
&#8220;He was found unresponsive by fellow agents who immediately initiated life-saving efforts and requested EMS. The agent was taken to an area hospital by ambulance where he later passed away,&#8221; it added.
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Please see statement on today&#39;s death of a Border Patrol agent assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector.<a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefRGV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USBPChiefRGV</a> <a href="https://t.co/513YM988yD">pic.twitter.com/513YM988yD</a>
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&#8220;The death of an Agent who died while securing our nation&#8217;s border is a tremendous loss for our organization and our nation, our prayers are with his family and co-workers during this difficult time,&#8221; Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz added.
The report comes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-important-things-going-on-biden-spits-in-the-face-of-every-american-with-latest-excuse-for-not-visiting-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one day</a> after President Joe Biden traveled to Arizona, approximately 100 miles from the southern border, but said he would not visit.
“Why go to a border state and not visit the border?” Fox News reporter Peter Doocy <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-defends-skipping-border-visit-arizona-says-more-important-things" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> Biden.
“Because there are more important things going on,” Biden said bluntly. “They’re going to invest billions of dollars in a new enterprise.”
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WOW: Joe Biden, when asked why he won&#39;t visit the border during a visit to Arizona today, says, &quot;Because there&#39;s more important things going on.&quot;
Tell that to the Border Patrol. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BidenBorderCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BidenBorderCrisis</a> <a href="https://t.co/SEbQG5Ix1t">pic.twitter.com/SEbQG5Ix1t</a>
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A Tuesday Twitter post by the Border Patrol Union blasted Biden&#8217;s reluctance to prioritize the border crisis.
&#8220;Visiting an ice cream shop: Very important,&#8221; the account <a href="https://twitter.com/BPUnion/status/1600158056460865538" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. &#8220;Visiting our border, where illegal immigration, deaths, escapes and fentanyl smuggling set new records non-stop with thousands dying as a result: Not important.&#8221;
The death of the Border Patrol agent also comes as many predict migrant crossings along the southern border are about to worsen. Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allows agents to turn away migrants due to COVID concerns, is set to expire on December 21.
Fifteen state attorneys general <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-states-seek-extension-of-title-42-say-removal-will-directly-harm-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petitioned</a> a federal judge to intervene.
“Because invalidation of the Title 42 Orders will directly harm the States, they now seek to intervene to offer a defense of the Title 42 policy so that its validity can be resolved on the merits, rather than through strategic surrender,” the court filing <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.225870/gov.uscourts.dcd.225870.168.0_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“[B]order states like Arizona and Texas will face increased migrant flows and increasd [sic] releases of aliens if the Title 42 process is terminated. Those aliens will flow to other States, too,” it added.
In May, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted that the end of Title 42 could result in up to 18,000 migrant crossings per day. If so, the nation could see more than a half-million illegal immigrants per month entering the U.S.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-customs-and-border-protection">U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner</a> Chris Magnus resigned Saturday after top Biden administration officials threatened to fire the border chief if he refused to step down.
Magnus initially denied the resignation request from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, who said he would recommend President Joe Biden dismiss Magnus after losing confidence in leadership at the border. However, following an interview with<a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-11-11/border-protection-commissioner-chris-magnus-say-he-has-been-asked-to-resign-but-refuses"> The Los Angeles Times,</a> where Magnus expressed a lack of justification to give notice, he complied with the bid from DHS officials. But he said his defiance of an order not to meet with border patrol chiefs in El Paso this week, and his refusal to extend a &#8220;retention&#8221; bonus for Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, prompted Tuesday&#8217;s quit-or-be-fired ultimatum from Mayorkas.
&#8220;I resigned because I believe this decision provides me with the best path for advancing my commitment to professional, innovative, and community-engaged policing,&#8221; Magnus told <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-11-12/border-chief-resigns-after-being-told-to-leave">The Los Angeles Times</a>. &#8220;I appreciate having had this opportunity to serve and to work with many dedicated colleagues.&#8221;
Mayorkas reportedly thanked Magnus for his service in an email to the border patrol workforce, adding the agency would immediately report to deputy commissioner Troy Miller.
The White House confirmed Biden accepted the resignation letter from the leader of the nation&#8217;s largest enforcement agency, which employs more than 60,000 employees.
&#8220;President Biden appreciates Commissioner Magnus&#8217; nearly forty years of service and the contributions he made to police reform during his tenure as police chief in three U.S. cities,&#8221; said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a statement to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/12/1136321045/customs-and-border-protection-chris-magnus-resigns-migrants#:~:text=Top%20U.S.%20border%20official%20Chris,a%20year%20on%20the%20job&amp;text=Chris%20Magnus%20during%20a%20Senate%20confirmation%20hearing%20in%20October%202021.,-Pool%2FGetty%20Images&amp;text=The%20head%20of%20U.S.%20Customs%20and%20Border%20Protection%20stepped%20down,apprehensions%20at%20the%20southern%20border.">NPR</a>. &#8220;The President thanks Mr. Magnus for his service at CBP and wishes him well.&#8221;
Magnus, confirmed last year as the first openly gay border commissioner, began facing mounting pressure from Biden administration officials after more than a dozen House Republican lawmakers called for his resignation.
According to a Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/17/customs-border-protection-chris-magnus-00061963">report</a>, lawmakers accused Magnus of skipping White House events, falling asleep in meetings, preoccupying himself with the agency&#8217;s culture, and not doing enough to stem the flow of illegal immigrants under the Biden administration&#8217;s southern border crisis.
<a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fair-analysis-4-9-million-illegal-aliens-have-crossed-our-borders-since-president-biden-took-office-301606980.html">The Federation for American Immigration Reform</a> estimated five million people had crossed the border since the Biden administration took office and reversed many of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s border security measures, such as Title 42, which empowered border patrol agents to prohibit migrants from entering the country if the removal would prevent contagious diseases from spreading.
Magnus called the pandemic-era policy &#8220;comes at a heavy cost to many asylum seekers&#8221; fleeing to the United States from failing communist regimes.
In the Politico report, Magnus allegedly called on an emergency meeting last year with Mayorkas and other senior DHS officials following a list of grievances blaming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies for the border crisis.
One of the five anonymous administration officials familiar with the meeting told Politico that Magnus wasn&#8217;t &#8220;in the game.&#8221;
&#8220;Every time there&#8217;s a meeting, and he&#8217;s in it,&#8221; the official said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll get to a conclusion, and Magnus will have some sidebar issue that he wants to raise, and we&#8217;re all like, &#8216;What the f*** is that about?'&#8221;
Magnus, however, denied the accusations to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/12/cbp-magnus-resigns/">The Washington Post</a>, adding he relocated to Washington, D.C. &#8220;because I care about this agency, its mission, and the goals of this Administration&#8221; rather than accepting the position as a resume builder.
Former Border Patrol chief Ron Vitiello, who led ICE under Trump, told The Los Angeles Times that the Biden administration has mishandled immigration policy, adding the publicity surrounding Magnus&#8217; resignation request has been counterproductive and that it&#8217;s &#8220;a distraction that takes away from the hard work they are doing and the crisis they are in.&#8221;
Magnus told The Los Angeles Times that officials did not initially invite him to border policy meetings but would later be involved in most key discussions.
John Sandweg, a former top Obama administration-era Homeland Security Department official, told The Los Angeles Times that Mayorkas does not want to be faced with other problems while the border has &#8220;raging issues&#8221; rather cultural reforms.
Magnus, whose career in law enforcement included stints in Michigan, North Dakota, and California, was police chief in Tucson, Arizona, when Biden officials tapped him to be commissioner.
 Hank Berrien contributed to this report.

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U.S. Border Commissioner Resigns Following Termination Threats From Biden Officials

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The U.S. Border Protection commissioner says he refused an order to resign from his beleaguered boss, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dereliction-of-duty-senators-cruz-graham-warn-mayorkas-of-impeachment-over-border-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas</a>, amid an unprecedented wave of illegal immigrants pouring across the Mexican border.
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus, 62, had been accused of skipping White House events and falling asleep in meetings, according to a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/17/customs-border-protection-chris-magnus-00061963" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> report last month. But he told the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-11-11/border-protection-commissioner-chris-magnus-say-he-has-been-asked-to-resign-but-refuses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Times</a> it was his defiance of an order not to meet with border patrol chiefs in El Paso this week and his refusal to extend a “retention” bonus for Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz that prompted Tuesday&#8217;s quit-or-be-fired ultimatum from Mayorkas.
“After me making extensive attempts to reach [Mayorkas] and discuss the matter, I went to the (border patrol chiefs) meeting so I could engage with the chiefs on various issues and concerns,&#8221; Magnus said. &#8220;I also met with Chief Ortiz to see how we might best work together moving forward.”
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Magnus, whose career in law enforcement included stints in Michigan, North Dakota, and California, was police chief in Tucson, Arizona, when he was tapped a year ago to be commissioner of the CBP, a 60,000-person agency that oversees border security, trade and travel.
The Politico article painted Magnus as preoccupied with the agency&#8217;s culture and not doing enough to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. An estimated five million people have crossed the border since the Biden administration took office and reversed many of former President Trump&#8217;s border security measures, <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fair-analysis-4-9-million-illegal-aliens-have-crossed-our-borders-since-president-biden-took-office-301606980.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform</a>.
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Magnus said Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security John Tien on Thursday reiterated Mayorkas’ demand, saying he would be fired within days if he did not quit. Magnus said he refused to leave the post of his own volition.
“I expressed to him that I felt there was no justification for me to resign when I still cared deeply about the work I was doing and felt that that work was focused on the things I was hired to do in the first place,” Magnus told the Times.
“I want to make this clear: I have no plans to resign as CBP Commissioner,” Magnus declared in a written statement, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/11/cbp-homeland-magnus-mayorkas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>. “I didn’t take this job as a resume builder. I came to Washington, DC — moved my family here — because I care about this agency, its mission, and the goals of this Administration.”
The Biden administration has declined to take responsibility for the border fiasco, blaming governments in Latin America for the influx, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/19/us-border-patrol-arrests/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration across the Western Hemisphere, including the recent increase in encounters at the southwest U.S. border,” Magnus offered as an excuse. “Those fleeing repressive regimes pose significant challenges for processing and removal.”
Compared to the eight years of the Obama presidency, the Biden administration comes off poorly regarding immigration. In the first 20 months after Biden was inaugurated, Border Patrol made 3,484,327 apprehensions of illegal immigrants, while 3,384,816 apprehensions were made in the eight fiscal years of  Obama’s term, as The Washington Examiner <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/broken-border-illegal-immigration-arrests-under-biden-exceed-obamas-eight-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations agents confiscated pumpkins filled with over $400,000 of liquid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/methamphetamine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">methamphetamine</a> stashed inside more than 100 condoms Tuesday at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry in Texas.
said the pumpkins were among Halloween decorations that were not what they seemed upon discovering the narcotics.
“Our frontline CBP officers have seen just about everything and this Tuesday was no exception as they encountered liquid methamphetamine hidden within pumpkins,” Acting Port Director Elizabeth Garduno <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-officers-seize-402k-liquid-methamphetamine-eagle-pass-port-entry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “They utilized their training, experience, interviewing skills and uncovered a rather novel narcotics smuggling method in the process.”
Border officers encountered a 2012 Ford Escape arriving from Mexico at the Camino Real International Bridge when authorities referred the driver and passenger for a secondary inspection.
The inspection led to officers finding nearly 44 pounds of alleged liquid methamphetamine — estimated at $402,196 — concealed within 136 condoms inside four pumpkins within the vehicle.
Following the narcotics seizure, authorities turned the driver and passenger over to the custody of Maverick County Sheriff’s Office deputies for further investigation.
ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/400k-meth-found-pumpkins-border-crossing-inspection-agents/story?id=91463448">reports</a> that in the fiscal year 2022, border patrol authorities seized 161,000 pounds of methamphetamine. In the previous fiscal year, the agency seized 192,000 pounds of meth.
Transporting narcotics inside Halloween decorations wasn’t the only creative way smugglers have attempted to bring the drugs over the border.
On Wednesday, Arizona border agents said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/CBPPortDirNOG/status/1580604612024754178" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> that they found 2,100 fentanyl pills hidden inside tamales in an ice chest at the Nogales Port Of Entry.
“Each tamale contained a baggie of blue pills hidden inside,” Port Director Michael W. Humphries <a href="https://twitter.com/CBPPortDirNOG/status/1580604612024754178">said</a>. “Excellent work by officers and K9 teams maintaining a high level of vigilance.”

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Relatively speaking, it is pretty rare that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a> speaks to the press, but when he does, it is apparent that he has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-somehow-presents-one-of-the-worst-defenses-of-abortion-ever" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no idea</a> what he is talking about.
On Tuesday, a reporter asked Biden, &#8220;Why is the border more overwhelmed under your watch?&#8221;
It is a straightforward question with a straightforward answer. Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-press-secretary-on-illegal-immigration-its-not-like-somebody-walks-over-actually-millions-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repealed</a> practically all aspects of border security implemented by former President Donald Trump, Democrats have constantly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/knowles-why-democrats-want-open-borders-daily-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaigned</a> on soft immigration policies, and Biden&#8217;s veep is pushing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-has-lost-her-gourd-veep-claims-border-is-secure-yet-blames-trump-for-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amnesty</a> as we speak. As one Border Patrol official recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-has-lost-her-gourd-veep-claims-border-is-secure-yet-blames-trump-for-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> under oath, the notion that illegal immigration has no consequence in the U.S. is fueling the surge.
Of course, Biden can&#8217;t admit any of that. It would give the game away. His party wants open borders.
So the president uttered a nonsensical response. Here it is, verbatim:
<blockquote>&#8220;Cause there are three countries that never have &#8230;there are fewer &#8230; fewer immigrants coming from Central America and Mexico. It&#8217;s a totally different circumstance. What&#8217;s on my watch now is Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. And the ability to send them back to those states is not rational. We can send them back and have them [unintelligible]. We&#8217;re working with Mexico and other countries to stop the flow. That&#8217;s the difference. Thank you.&#8221;</blockquote>
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Reporter: &quot;Why is the border more open than ever under your watch?&quot;
Biden: &quot;There are fewer immigrants coming from Central America and Mexico. This is a totally different circumstance.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/hMOoXbsg4R">pic.twitter.com/hMOoXbsg4R</a>
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We don&#8217;t expect the fact-checkers in legacy media to hold Biden&#8217;s feet to the fire on that claim, so we&#8217;ll do it for them.
It isn&#8217;t true that fewer illegal aliens from Mexico and the northern triangle countries are entering the country under Biden than ever before, and you don&#8217;t have to go back very far to prove it.
Per U.S. Customs and Border Protection data <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/01/bidens-open-border-is-attracting-a-new-category-of-illegal-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by the New York Post, nearly 700,000 aliens arrived at the U.S. southern border from Mexico in the fiscal year 2022. More than 400,000 arrived at the border from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. During that same time, more than 730,000 individuals from other countries attempted to enter the country at the southern border.
Under President Trump, the highest number of illegal aliens from the Northern Triangle in a given fiscal year was just above 600,000. The fewest was under 150,000. Illegal aliens from Mexico never topped more than 350,000 in one fiscal year. If you add up the number of migrants from places other than Mexico and Central American nations who arrived at the border during the entirety of the Trump administration, the total figure is nowhere close to what it&#8217;s like under Biden.
Percentage-wise, there are now fewer illegal aliens from Mexico and Central America, but that is only because the border crossings have increased on the whole.
Under Biden, Border Patrol has recorded nearly five million encounters at the southern border. That includes the 850,000 known &#8220;gotaways&#8221; who entered the country untouched by authorities.
Perhaps if the federal government had illegal immigration under control, America could afford to process and handle asylum seekers from communist places like Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. Based on the sheer mass of illegal immigration, clearly, the U.S. cannot secure its borders.
Biden is correct that we have a &#8220;totally different circumstance,&#8221; but that&#8217;s only because of Biden&#8217;s own policies that caused, and continue to fuel, the crisis in the first place.
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Biden’s Latest Defense Of Open Borders Makes No Sense

Biden's Latest Defense Of Open Borders Makes No Sense

Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) said Wednesday his administration bussed the first group of migrants north to Chicago in response to the border crisis that has overwhelmed Texan communities.
Abbott said he would add the Windy City to the list of drop-off locations, which have included Washington, D.C., and New York City. He argued that it would provide &#8220;much-needed relief&#8221; to the state&#8217;s border towns overrun by a massive influx of people pouring over the southern border.
“President Biden&#8217;s inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans — and Americans — at risk and is overwhelming our communities,” Abbott said in a <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-first-bus-of-migrants-arrives-in-chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release.</a> 
Abbott said he looks forward to watching Chicago&#8217;s sanctuary city services serve the migrants and the response from the city&#8217;s Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who “loves to tout the responsibility of her city to welcome all regardless of legal status.”
“Chicago is a welcoming city and as such has collaborated across various departments and agencies to ensure we greeted them with dignity and respect,” a spokesperson for the mayor&#8217;s office said in a statement. “As a city, we are doing everything we can to ensure these immigrants and their families can receive shelter, food, and most importantly, protection.” 
The statement added that Chicago welcomes “hundreds of migrants every year”  and provides much-needed assistance. 
“Unfortunately, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is without any shame or humanity,” it continued. &#8220;But ever since he put these racist practices of expulsion in place, we have been working with our community partners to ready the city to receive these individuals.”
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/30/politics/texas-migrant-busing-cost-abbott-washington-dc-new-york">reported</a> that a state government spreadsheet it obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request showed that Texas has spent more than $12 million on Wynne Transportation charter services that have bussed migrants to Washington and New York City since April.
Abbott said in a news conference in April that the program would likely make taxpayers front part of the bill for such services. 
“Because Joe Biden is not securing the border, the state of Texas is having to step up and spend Texas taxpayers&#8217; money doing the federal government&#8217;s job,” the governor said at the time, according to CNN.
Texas officials had bussed more than 6,500 migrants to Washington, D.C., and New York City as of early August. Arizona has also bused about 1,000 migrants to other states.
Governor Abbott <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/O-KiddW.Nim202204062216_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> in April that if Biden were to end Title 42 expulsions, the impact could soon result in as many as 18,000 migrant apprehensions per day. 
The United States Customs and Border Protection <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters">reported</a> earlier this month that authorities had more than 2,200,000 encounters with illegal immigrants in the fiscal year 2022.
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) recently <a href="https://www.fairus.org/press-releases/border-security/fair-analysis-49-million-illegal-aliens-have-crossed-our-borders">claimed</a> that nearly 4.9 million illegal aliens have crossed U.S. borders under Biden&#8217;s watch, “including some 900,000 &#8216;gotaways&#8217; who eluded apprehension and have since disappeared into American communities.” 
To put it in context, Dan Stein, the president of FAIR, compared it to the entire population of Ireland immigrating to America.
“Roughly the equivalent of the entire population of Ireland has illegally entered the United States in the 18 months President Biden has been in office, with many being released into American communities,” Stein said in a press release.
Mairead Elordi and Tim Meads contributed to this report.

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Authorities at the southern border seized approximately 1.6 million fentanyl pills and other lethal drugs concealed inside metal boxes hidden underneath the floor and various trap doors of an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer Saturday at the Nogales Port of Entry in Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Port Director Michael W. Humphries said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/CBPPortDirNOG/status/1561745573727707137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1561745573727707137%7Ctwgr%5E35c7d1cd53fd77a2ad4af657595721179b3a23e0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fpolicy%2Fhealthcare%2F1-57-million-fentanyl-pills-drugs-found-trailer-mexico-border">tweet</a> that a &#8220;massive amount of fentanyl pills&#8221; and other narcotics like cocaine and heroin were found and confiscated before crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Saturday&#8217;s seizure comes only days after Nogales agents <a href="https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/candy-colored-fentanyl-pills-seized-at-arizona-ports-of-entry/75-84d64c9f-445d-48e9-ae1c-b485409e3811">blocked</a> about 265,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills resembling candy and sidewalk chalk.
The synthetic opioid, typically used to treat patients with chronic pain or following surgeries, has 100 times the potency of morphine, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officials <a href="https://www.dea.gov/resources/facts-about-fentanyl">said</a>. But with the amount of illegally produced fentanyl manufactured in clandestine labs, smugglers at the southern border have fueled a crisis that authorities have called &#8220;an epidemic hidden by the pandemic.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s no question in my mind that the vast majority of chemicals are coming from China and going into Mexico and being mass produced into fentanyl and methamphetamine and increasingly into the counterfeit pills that we see on our streets,&#8221; Anne Milgram, an administrator with the DEA <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2awPPVKmpRQ">said</a> during a press conference last year.
In 2021, DEA officials busted over 9.5 million counterfeit pills, with 40% containing a lethal dose in Arizona, <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/fentanyl-entering-us-through-southern-border-at-unprecedented-levels-rep-higgins_4539265.html">according</a> to The Epoch Times.
According to the CDC, synthetic opioids (like fentanyl) are the primary driver of overdose deaths in the United States.
Border patrol agents <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fentanyl-seizures-southern-border-jumped-200-percent-july">reported</a> that fentanyl seizures increased by over 200% last month. U.S. lawmakers are urging local, state, and federal officials to confront the crisis.
The Epoch Times spoke to Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) in June, who said &#8220;without abusing law enforcement jurisdictional authority, without abusing sovereignty, [and] without abusing rights,&#8221; the country has to work together to stop the influx of fentanyl crossing the border.
&#8220;It all has to be done while operating within the parameters of the law and the Constitution,&#8221; Higgins said. &#8220;We have lost operational control of the southern border months ago, and fentanyl is entering the country at unprecedented levels—and there&#8217;s no end in sight.&#8221;
Higgins, who showed support for <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6439/all-info">legislation</a> that would make fentanyl trafficking punishable by life in prison, blames the crisis on weak border policies where some migrants are &#8220;likely plugged into a criminal network,&#8221; allowing millions of fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills to spread into &#8220;ever nook and cranny of the country.&#8221;
The bill was referred to the Subcommittee on Health last at the beginning of the year.

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Big Rig Hiding Over 1.5 Million Fentanyl Pills Seized By Border Patrol Agents

Big Rig Hiding 1.6 Million Fentanyl Pills Seized By Border Patrol Agents

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Rainbow-colored <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fentanyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fentanyl</a> pills resembling candy and sidewalk chalk pouring over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">southern border</a> are plaguing cities nationwide.
Over 15,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills that look like a small piece of candy were seized Wednesday after authorities found the deadly drugs strapped around a person&#8217;s leg at the Nogales Port of Entry for the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.
Port Director Michael W. Humphries <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/CBPPortDirNOG/status/1560278391332360198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1560278391332360198%7Ctwgr%5E35ae0c38acbe9a72eb5617625bfc80a636c1e3f7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fthousands-rainbow-fentanyl-pills-seized-authorities-warn-possible-new-trend-targeting-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the discovery marks the second consecutive day that such pills were found.
Authorities believe the multi-colored pills may be the start of a trend with Transnational Criminal Organizations targeting children.
Humphries <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/CBPPortDirNOG/status/1560004375841452033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1560004375841452033%7Ctwgr%5Ed9e3d00acf1bc7537e14ea1e9727826e95352ddf%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedenverchannel.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fauthorities-issue-warning-about-rainbow-fentanyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that border patrol agents at the same port of entry found more than 250,000 fentanyl candy-colored pills the day before inside a vehicle, along with 11 pounds of heroin, and 10 pounds of methamphetamine.
Nogales border patrol agents seized more than 1.1 million fentanyl pills from July 31 through August 7.
&#8220;Officers made sure these dangerous narcotics won&#8217;t make it to U.S. cities,&#8221; Humphries said.
However, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials said they had seized similar-looking pills in the D.C. region over the last 18 months.
&#8220;My biggest concern, and I think the biggest concern of DEA nationwide, is that the pills seem to be marketed specifically to a younger age group,&#8221; Jennifer Lofland, field intelligence manager for the Washington division, <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dea-reports-finding-rainbow-fentanyl-pills-in-dc-region">told</a> Fox 5 D.C.
Lofland urged parents to warn their children to never take a pill unless prescribed by a doctor, especially considering there is no way to know how potent the drug might be that&#8217;s laced with fentanyl.
&#8220;Some of the multi-colored pills that we&#8217;ve been testing in our labs recently, particularly a recent batch that appeared to be children&#8217;s chewable vitamins, were tested by our lab as containing both fentanyl and methamphetamine,&#8221; Lofland said.
&#8220;And so that is just an added layer of danger,&#8221; she said, adding that the agency has found an increasing number of animal tranquilizers added to the pills.
Newsweek <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.newsweek.com/rainbow-fentanyl-may-target-kids-drug-spreads-west-coast-officials-1734597" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that the Multnomah County Sheriff&#8217;s Office in Oregon recently found several grams of rainbow fentanyl that resembles sidewalk chalk at a residence, and has warned that the new form is considered more potent than pressed pills.
&#8220;Deputies are particularly concerned about rainbow fentanyl getting into the hands of young adults or children, who mistake the drug for something else, such as candy or a toy, or those who may be willing to try the drug due to its playful coloring,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said.
Kelly Sloop, a pharmacist and executive director of the Need 4 Narcan organization, told Newsweek that the new pill style is used because drug dealers and cartels want to reinvent the wheel to find another means of appealing to kids and young adults.
&#8220;And if you actually look at it, it does have the consistency of sidewalk chalk but it kind of looks like a taffy, saltwater taffy, and it is very appealing because it does look like candy,&#8221; Sloop said.
&#8220;If we don&#8217;t continue to stay up to date and continue to raise drug awareness, children and young adults will find this appealing and can get their hands on this and overdose, because they will not know how potent this fentanyl really is, because it does not take much at all to overdose on fentanyl.&#8221;

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Thursday officers intercepted over $1.2 million worth of fentanyl hidden in various food items at the Otay Mesa port of entry earlier this month.
Authorities said two men, 43 and 50, were driving a 2005 GMC Yukon attempting to enter the U.S. using a passport and a California identification card on July 3. When officers inspected the vehicle, they found over 100 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid packed in 46 bags of flour, ground coffee cans, creamer, and powdered milk cans.
&#8220;We are seeing a rise in fentanyl smuggling attempts,&#8221; Anne Maricich, CBP Deputy Director of Field Operations in San Diego, <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/otay-mesa-cbp-officers-discover-over-100-pounds-fentanyl-concealed">said</a>.
Authorities said the 42.46 pounds of fentanyl came in powder form while 59.08 pounds were encapsulated in pills.
CBP officers seized the narcotics and vehicle and turned the driver and passenger over to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security for further investigation.
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) describes fentanyl as a synthetic opioid 50-100 times stronger than morphine, initially developed for pain management for cancer patients.
CBS <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fentanyl-pills-seized-in-dea-bust-near-los-angeles/">reported</a> DEA authorities announced on Thursday approximately one million pills laced with fentanyl with a street value of about $20 million were confiscated in Los Angeles earlier this month — marking the biggest fentanyl bust in California history.
&#8220;This massive seizure disrupted the flow of dangerous amounts of fentanyl into our streets and probably saved many lives,&#8221; DEA Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner said in a statement. &#8220;The deceptive marketing coupled with the ease of accessibility makes these small and seemingly innocuous pills a significant threat to the health and safety of all our communities.&#8221;
&#8220;A staggering number of teens and young adults are unaware that they are ingesting fentanyl in these fake pills and are being poisoned,&#8221; Bodner added.
A 2020 <a href="https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/DEA_GOV_DIR-008-20%20Fentanyl%20Flow%20in%20the%20United%20States_0.pdf">report</a> from the DEA states fentanyl primarily flows from China and Mexico into the United States. However, India has put itself on the map for sourcing the drug in chemical and powdered forms.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/202205.htm">reports</a> synthetic opioids accounted for approximately 71,000 out of 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. last year.

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$20 Million Of Fentanyl Seized At U.S.-Mexico Border And Los Angeles County: Officials

$20 Million Of Fentanyl Seized At U.S. Mexico Border And Los Angeles County: Officials

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