Already, many Senate Democrats are seeking to slip an amnesty past Congress through a little-known “reconciliation” maneuver. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is crafting a proposal that would include forcing American taxpayers to spend $150 billion on providing amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.
Sen. Kennedy: 'Ordinary Americans' View the Border as 'America's Front Door'
(CNSNews.com) - President Joe Biden's wide open border was the focus in South Texas Wednesday, as former President Donald Trump, visiting an unfinished part of his wall in McAllen, accused Biden of "destroying our country."
Trump, accompanied by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and several dozen U.S. lawmakers, blasted Biden for reversing Trump policies that were successfully reducing illegal immigration:
“You know, I say, all Biden had to do was go to the beach," Trump said. "If he would have just done nothing, we would have now the strongest border we've ever had. It was even getting better and better and better."
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) in a Fox News interview Wednesday night, compared the southern border to "America's front door."
Most ordinary Americans see the border, in my judgment, sort of like it's America's front door.
Most Americans lock their own front door at night. Why do they do that? They don't do that because they hate everybody on the outside. They lock their front door at night because they love the people on the inside. They don't want to keep everybody at all times out of their home. They just want to know who is coming into their home.
In any event, that, in my opinion, is why we do have a crisis at the Southern border. It's a raging tire fire. And it's not going to get any better as long as President Biden keeps doing what he has been doing.
Kennedy said although Americans "may not read Aristotle every day," they "aren't stupid."
"They understand that one of two things are going on," Kennedy said:
Number one, either President Biden misled the American people when he ran, and he truly does believe in open borders, or, number two, the people that he has put in charge of border security are not qualified to run a hot dog stand. They shouldn't be allowed to think for themselves. It's too dangerous.
Now, I don't know which of those scenarios is true, but, either way, the result is the same. Every day, thousands of people come into the United States unfettered, and we don't have the slightest idea who they are.
Number two, the president's border policy, in my judgment, is further evidence of the fact that the Biden administration, I think, has a blind spot for the lives and the concerns of ordinary Americans. Most ordinary Americans support immigration, but they also support border security. Unlike the Biden people, most ordinary Americans do not believe that vetting people at the border is racist. Most ordinary Americans think that it's prudent.
Texas Gov. Abbott, appearing on Hannity's show with Trump, recently announced a state crackdown on border jumpers, since the feds are giving them a free pass:
So the first error that the Biden administration is making is they have abandoned the rule of law, they are not enforcing the immigration laws that have been passed by Congress. And hence, we have this complete open border policy.
The state can make the same apprehensions that the Border Patrol can make, but we would just turn them over to the federal officials who believe in catch and release.
So, what Texas is doing, because I declared a disaster, the penalties have increased for anybody trespassing, anybody who vandalizes anything, and they can -- they're going to go to jail. We are working with sheriffs, men and women in the White House behind me...What I've been working for the last several weeks with these sheriffs on, we're going to start arresting people, putting people behind bars, putting them in jail, not giving them the red-carpet treatment the Biden administration has been giving them.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was among those joining Trump at the border on Wednesday. He told Fox News on Thursday morning that the Biden administration's border policies "have created a crisis that is a threat to every single American."
“And the thing that stood out to us the most is really the human tragedy of it all. We saw droves of migrants coming over. We stayed there late into the night, after one o'clock in the morning. Groups come across 24 hours a day, particularly at night because they think they'll be undetected,” Johnson said.
“There are unaccompanied minors, there are children abandoned literally by the cartels there. And the scope of this humanitarian crisis is something that I think should alarm every single person in this country, of course, in addition to the safety and security measures that every American ought to be concerned about. "
Johnson noted that Biden hasn't even acknowledged the unfolding "crisis."
Although Vice President Kamala Harris "finally" went to the border last week, she avoided "ground zero."
"Where we were with Donald Trump yesterday is the real problem area," Johnson said. "That's about 750 miles to the southeast of where the vice president did her photo up.
DHS Secretary Mayorkas Uses Border Visit to Tout Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas used his visit to the United States-Mexico border with Vice President Kamala Harris to tout amnesty for illegal aliens.
On Friday, during a press conference in El Paso, Texas, alongside Harris, Mayorkas said he was “hopeful” that an amnesty for illegal aliens would be approved by Congress.
“I am hopeful that Congress will pass immigration reform to fix a system that everyone recognizes is broke and I am thankful for [Sen. Dick Durbin’s] years-long effort and championing this effort,” Mayorkas said.
Mayorkas also suggested that the role of DHS, under his and President Joe Biden’s direction, is “to build safe and legal pathways for people” to stay in the U.S. indefinitely — a stark contrast to former President Trump’s DHS, which sought to stem illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
The amnesty push by Mayorkas comes as Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has said he is crafting amnesty legislation that would be sent off to Senate Democrats for negotiating.
In March, the Democrat-controlled House — with support from 30 House Republicans — passed H.R. 1603, known as the “Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021,” and H.R. 6, known as “American Dream and Promise Act of 2021.”
Together, the two plans would give amnesty to about 2.1 million illegal aliens working on U.S. farms and another 4.4 million Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)-enrolled and eligible illegal aliens and those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Already, many Senate Democrats are seeking to slip an amnesty past Congress through a little-known “reconciliation” maneuver. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is crafting a proposal that would include forcing American taxpayers to spend $150 billion on providing amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.
An amnesty would come as nearly 16 million remain jobless, all of whom want full-time jobs. Another 5.3 million Americans are underemployed but likewise, want full-time employment.
An analysis released this week by the Center for Immigration Studies revealed that amnesty for illegal aliens, which would immediately flood the U.S. labor market with millions of newly legalized foreign workers for whom employers can legally hire, would have a devastating impact on the nation’s ongoing unemployment problem.
Every year, 1.2 million legal immigrants are given green cards to permanently resettle in the U.S. In addition, 1.4 million foreign nationals are given visas to take American jobs while hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens enter the U.S. annually.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday urged landowners in border communities affected by the influx of unlawful immigration to complete a Self-Reporting Damage Survey administered by the Division of Emergency Management’s iSTAT tool.
Abbott’s urged in a statement, “I strongly encourage Texas landowners along the border to report any personal property damages they incur due to unlawful immigration, by completing the Self Reporting Damage Survey, our state will be equipped with the necessary data to continue addressing the ongoing crisis at our southern border and provide the support our landowners and communities need to stay safe and secure.”
According to the Governor’ office, the voluntary survey is available in both English and Spanish and does not substitute for damage reports submitted to insurance companies.
The current border surge has impacted ranchers who suffer significant fence damage on a daily basis as a result of migrants attempting to elude apprehension. This fiscal year, more than 250,000 have reportedly escaped.
As the migrants move through the brushland, hunting camps are sometimes burglarized in search of food and water. Farm vehicles, ATVs, and firearms have been reported stolen as well.
Damages incurred are also caused by human smugglers fleeing law enforcement who crash through fencing. According to Deputy Constable Manuel Sauceda of La Salle County, the damage can be costly.
“The damage to game-proof fences typically involves about 6 hours of labor by 3 workers and costs the rancher $3,500.00 to restore the fence. That’s the only way to avoid the loss of livestock or exotic game.” he told Breitbart Texas recently.
According to one sheriff along the border, the pursuits of human smugglers is a daily event often ending in property damage.
Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.
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