DESPITE MEXICO'S INVASION OF HIS STATE OF ARIZONA - SEN. MARK KELLY IS A BIDEN MAN FOR OPEN BORDERS, 'CHEAP' LABOR THAT CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND ANCHOR BABY WELFARE BY THE BILLIONS

 The following day, Welton Station agents patrolling near Sentinel, Arizona, with all-terrain vehicles found a group of three migrants hiding under a tree. The three migrants, all adult males, carried backpacks containing 110 pounds of methamphetamine, officials stated. The agents placed the value of the seized drugs at nearly $200,000.

NRSC Releases Ad Targeting Arizona Senator Mark Kelly over Immigration Votes

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KYLE MORRIS

5 May 20210

2:01

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has launched a new digital ad and purchased billboards to highlight Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-AZ) “attempt to cover up his failures on immigration.”

According to a press release from the NRSC’s website, the advertisements illustrate “how Mark Kelly is the typical Washington Politician – telling Arizonans what they want to hear all while voting in lockstep with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Chuck Schumer to fuel the current border crisis.”

“Mark Kelly has learned to speak politician – Washington Politician,” the ad stated. “The crisis on our Southern Border is a crisis that Mark Kelly helped create.”

“Kelly voted to defund border security, end border wall construction, allow sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce immigration laws, send stimulus checks to illegal immigrants,” the ad continued. “And when Joe Biden canceled the Emergency Declaration on border security, Mark Kelly was silent.”

In addition, the NRSC purchased billboards in Phoenix and along Arizona’s Southern Border “to let voters know it is Mark Kelly’s border crisis.”

“Mark Kelly might be new to the Senate, but he is already an expert in speaking Washington Politician,” NRSC Chairman Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said. “Mark Kelly has worked hand-in-hand with Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Chuck Schumer to create this border crisis.”

“Now back in Arizona, Mark Kelly is pretending to care about the crisis he helped create,” Scott added. “If Mark Kelly truly cared about keeping Arizonans safe, he would have voted in favor of common-sense legislation to secure the border and enforce immigration laws. He did the opposite. Arizona deserves better than a typical Washington politician.”

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DEA Official: Mexican Cartels Smuggling Fentanyl Across Border With Impunity

Says U.S.-Mexico cooperation has deteriorated amid immigration surge

A transport officer searches immigrants before bussing them to a processing center after they crossed the border from Mexico on April 13, 2021 in La Joya, Texas. / Getty Images

Jack Beyrer • May 4, 2021 3:00 pm

Mexican cartels are trafficking deadly narcotics into the United States with impunity, a top Drug Enforcement Administration official said on Monday.

Cooperation between U.S. and Mexican authorities to target cartels has deteriorated amid a surge of illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, Matthew Donahue, the DEA deputy chief of operations, told NPR. Donahue said Mexican law enforcement have cut off ties with the DEA, fearing punishment from the Mexican government if they cooperate with the U.S. agency—a breakdown that has helped cartels smuggle fentanyl and methamphetamines into the United States.

"It's a national health threat, it's a national safety threat," Donahue said. "[The cartels] do not fear any kind of law enforcement … or military inside of Mexico right now."

Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) blasted the Biden administration for the fallout with Mexican law enforcement, saying it fails to protect Americans.

"President Biden's policies aren't compassionate and they aren't protecting Americans," Cotton tweeted on Tuesday. "The Biden administration is making it easier for drugs to be smuggled into our country."

Within weeks of taking office, President Joe Biden overturned a spate of Trump administration policies that maintained strict border enforcement, helping precipitate a massive surge in illegal immigration. In March, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said the country is facing its worst influx of illegal immigration in 20 years. The surge has created both security and humanitarian crises: Federal authorities have apprehended multiple foreign nationals on terror watchlists at the border, and customs agents have detained thousands of unaccompanied minors in overcrowded facilities as they struggle to control the wave of illegal immigration.

A porous border and weak security ties with

Mexico have resulted in large influxes of

fentanyl, a highly addictive and lethal drug,

across the southern border. Between October

2020 and March 2021,

customs agents seized more than 2.5 tons of

fentanyl—a more than 300 percent year-on-

year increase. Since 2019, cartels

have enjoyed soaring profits due to increased

demand for the drug in the United States.

More than 90,000 Americans overdosed on

illicit drugs last year.

150 Migrants Apprehended, Armed Smuggler Arrested in Failed Smuggling Attempts near Border in Texas

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BOB PRICE

5 May 20212

0:47

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 150 migrants and an armed human smuggler in multiple failed human smuggling attempts over the weekend. The arrests took place as smugglers packed migrants into a variety of vehicles, including a stolen vehicle.

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero tweeted photos of multiple failed smuggling attempts where human smugglers packed migrants into vehicles. The interdictions led to the arrest of more than 150 migrants and at least one armed smuggler during vehicle stops by Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement partners.

Skero reported at least one of the human smugglers arrested had a gun in their possession. In another smuggling incident, agents recovered a stolen vehicle.

Skero also tweeted the punishment handed down to a U.S. citizen teenager who was recruited into the human smuggling business with promises of “easy money.” The 19-year-old convicted human smuggler now faces a sentence of 24 months in prison and three years of probation, Skero stated.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.

DHS Chief: We Should Not See Borders as ‘Lines that Mark National Boundaries and Divide Us’

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EDWIN MORA

5 May 2021Washington, DC241

2:29

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, on Tuesday told the annual Washington Conference on the Americas the Western Hemisphere should not see borders as lines that divide nations, but rather “as a point of connection” that brings countries together.

“Rather than viewing borders solely as the lines that mark national boundaries and that divide us from one another, we should see borders as a point of connection, as the place where the flow of people and goods from different countries interact and intersect,” Mayorkas declared during the annual conference hosted by the Council of the Americas (COA) on Tuesday.

His comments came amid the border crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border fueled by a migrant surge, primarily from Central America’s Northern Triangle region (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador).

The flow of migrants is overwhelming DHS resources and the border agents who operate under the department, forcing the release of migrants into U.S. communities.

Many of the migrants reaching the border are unaccompanied children and families from Central America. Republicans have accused the Biden administration of pushing an open borders agenda.

Although President Joe Biden keeps insisting the border is closed, he struck a more welcoming tone as a candidate, and migrants keep coming in with some released into U.S. communities.

The Biden administration’s message is falling on deaf ears, in part due to online ad campaigns by human smugglers who promise guaranteed entrance into the U.S. under the current president.

Human smugglers, including those who rape women and girls during the journey, benefit financially from the influx of migrants.

Republicans have blamed Biden’s undoing of Trump-era immigration policies for the border crisis.

Mayorkas indicated that the Biden Administration is working on creating an immigration system where people are “treated with dignity and respect.”

“This is not inconsistent with enforcing the law and securing our border,” he added.

The governments of Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador have, directly and indirectly, blamed the Biden administration’s welcoming tone for the surge at the U.S. southern border.

Mayorkas also mentioned that DHS is working to ensure a robust and safe movement of goods and people across the Western Hemisphere.

Migrant Drug Carriers Found on Air Force Bombing Range in Arizona

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BOB PRICE

4 May 202161

2:50

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents found groups of migrants working as mules to haul methamphetamine across the Mexican border into Arizona. Agents found one group on a U.S. Air Force bombing range.

Welton Border Patrol Station agents found two migrants, a 17-year-old unaccompanied minor and a 48-year-old single adult, hiding under a tree on the Luke Air Force Base bombing range on Saturday afternoon, according to information provided by Yuma Sector Border Patrol officials. The migrants attempted to flee as the agents approached.

The agents apprehended the two migrants and began a search of the area. The search led to the discovery of three backpacks carrying 120 pounds of methamphetamine, officials reported. The agents arrested the migrants and seized the methamphetamine valued at approximately $216,000.

The following day, Welton Station agents patrolling near Sentinel, Arizona, with all-terrain vehicles found a group of three migrants hiding under a tree. The three migrants, all adult males, carried backpacks containing 110 pounds of methamphetamine, officials stated. The agents placed the value of the seized drugs at nearly $200,000.

Welton Station’s Target Enforcement Unit encountered two more groups of smuggling mules on Monday morning east of Welton, Arizona. Agents found 195 pounds of methamphetamine in the possession of the first group, officials said. The second group carried 109 pounds. Agents assessed the value of the two loads of methamphetamine at $351,000 and $196,000 respectively.

In total, the agents interdicted four groups of migrant drug smugglers carrying 534 pounds with an estimated value of nearly $1 million.

The bombing range was also the scene of a migrant apprehension effort in June 2019, consisting of 17 requiring rescues.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.