One of many Executive Orders to reverse Trump’s successful immigration policies.
President Joe Biden is opposed to nearly everything that Trump stood for. Biden’s dangerous immigration policies have been the focus of a number of my recent articles, for example,
Terror Arrest Highlights How Perilous Biden’s Immigration Plans Are and What Biden’s Immigration Policies Would Do To America .
During his run for the Presidency four years ago, Donald Trump made immigration law enforcement and border security key priorities for his campaign.
At numerous political rallies the raucous and enthusiastic attendees would frequently chant, “Build that wall!”
The need to secure that border and address the myriad other vulnerabilities was made abundantly clear by the 9/11 Commission which determined that the 9/11 terror attacks and other such attacks were only possible because of multiple failures of the immigration system.
Furthermore, large-scale human trafficking and the flood of narcotics flowing into the United States across that dangerous border added to the demand for securing it.
As I have noted many times in previous articles, the preface of the official report, 9/11 and Terrorist Travel begins with the following paragraph:
It is perhaps obvious to state that terrorists cannot plan and carry out attacks in the United States if they are unable to enter the country. Yet prior to September 11, while there were efforts to enhance border security, no agency of the U.S. government thought of border security as a tool in the counterterrorism arsenal. Indeed, even after 19 hijackers demonstrated the relative ease of obtaining a U.S. visa and gaining admission into the United States, border security still is not considered a cornerstone of national security policy. We believe, for reasons we discuss in the following pages, that it must be made one.
Let me be clear, the border wall, by itself, will not end the immigration crisis. It is, however, an important element of what should be an integrated system. I have come to compare the border wall with a wing on an airplane. Without its wings and airplane will not fly, however, a wing by itself goes nowhere.
Opponents of the wall sometimes refer to it as a “Wall of Hate ” allegedly designed to keep Mexicans out of the United States. This is, of course a bald-faced lie. Every day the Border Patrol encounters illegal aliens seeking to enter the U.S. by evading the inspections process conducted at ports of entry to prevent the entry of aliens whose presence in the U.S. would threaten public health, public safety, national security and the jobs and wages of Americans.
A review of a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S. Code § 1182 - Inadmissible aliens will quickly dispel the lies about the nature of our immigration laws that are utterly and totally blind as to race, religion or ethnicity.
Furthermore - and this may shock you - but the wall is not designed to keep anyone out of the United States!
The wall does not block our ports of entry. The wall is simply intended to make certain that all people and all commerce seeking entry into the U.S. are funneled through ports of entry so that they can be vetted in an orderly process and a record of entry is created. To this point I also compare the border wall with the velvet rope at the bank that guides customers to the next available teller; or to the “cattle runs” at airports that guide lines of passengers to the inspections process conducted by the TSA to keep weapons and dangerous individuals off of airplanes.
This gives rise to an interesting question: do you know anyone who would get onboard an airliner if he/she saw fellow passengers evading the TSA inspections process? Why then is it reasonable for Americans and lawful immigrants to be forced to live among millions of illegal aliens who evaded a very similar inspections process conducted by CBP (Customs and Border Protection) at ports of entry for a very similar purpose?
Although the need to construct a secure border was clear to everyone, nothing of consequence was ever done to actually build a physical wall even after the terror attacks of 9/11.
Members of Congress said that we needed to find a “modern” and high-tech way of securing the border. This gave rise to various high-tech proposals such as SBInet (Secure Border Initiative Network).
Many of these supposed high-tech “solutions” came to be referred as a “Virtual Fence.”
SBINet was ultimately abandoned after an expenditure of roughly one billion dollars that was reported on Washington Technology website in the January 14, 2011 article, Boeing's SBInet contract gets the axe that included a link to the DHS report, Report On The Assessment Of The Secure Border Initiative-Network (SBInet) Program .
Donald Trump, the builder, came along and promised that he would build a wall. A real wall! I addressed this in an article several years ago, Why Trump’s Wall Is A Must (And why a “ virtual fence” will stop no one.)
Even with Republicans controlling both the Senate and House of Representatives during Trump’s first two years, the money was never appropriated to construct the vital wall. Lawsuits were filed to block the wall and President Trump decided to use money allocated to the military to secure the border and finally he succeeded.
On July 26, 2019 The Hill reported, Supreme Court rules Trump can use military funds for border wall construction.
The bigger issue is why on earth would anyone be opposed to protecting America and Americans from the influx of huge numbers of illegal aliens whose backgrounds, identities, possible affiliations with criminal or terrorist organizations cannot be determined? Why would anyone act to prevent the flood of dangerous narcotics into the United States - unless, perhaps, they were profiting from these deadly criminal enterprises of human trafficking and drug smuggling?
Trump’s tactic makes perfect sense. The primary shared mission of the U.S. military is to keep America’s enemies as far from our shores as possible. However, “up close and in person” that vital mission falls to the Border Patrol and ICE (Immigration and Customs enforcement).
Arrests along the border dropped as the wall’s construction began. The wall certainly helped to deter illegal immigration, but so did the policies of the Trump administration that included the “Remain in Mexico Program” for political asylum applicants as was reported by NPR on March 11, 2020, U.S. Supreme Court Allows 'Remain In Mexico' Program To Continue .
What a difference a day or, an election makes! Ever since Joe Biden appeared to have won the elections we have seen massive caravans of thousands of foreign nationals forming up in Central America, heading to the United States.
Biden promised a 100 day moratorium in the deportation of illegal aliens - although that Executive Order was put on hold temporarily, on January 26, 2021. The Blaze reported, Federal judge blocks Biden's deportation pause for two weeks , Biden’s message is clear, any aliens who enter the U.S. by any means will not face consequences and will likely be granted lawful status via Biden’s legislative initiative to create a dangerous massive amnesty program.
These issues all fly in the face of not only the 9/11 Commission but the findings and recommendations of many experts who have testified before numerous House and Senate hearings.
I wrote about one such hearing in my article:
World-Wide Threat Assessment Makes Powerful Case For Border Security
I have testified before more than 15 such hearings and have often said I wish that they had “listenings” instead of “hearings!”
On April 17, 2018 the House Committee on Homeland Security, Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee conducted a hearing on the topic, “ State Sponsors Of Terrorism: An Examination Of Iran’s Global Terrorism Network .”
The prepared testimony of one of the witnesses, Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, included this excerpt that will serve as the final word for my commentary. I want you remember his warning the next time you see coverage of the caravans of foreign nationals heading to the United States or when you hear the leaders of Iran threaten action against the United States:
In recent years, Hezbollah’ s Latin American networks have also increasingly cooperated with violent drug cartels and criminal syndicates, often with the assistance of local corrupt political elites. Cooperation includes laundering of drug money; arranging multi-ton shipments of cocaine to the United States and Europe; and directly distributing and selling illicit substances to distant markets. Proceeds from these activities finance Hezbollah’ s arms procurement; its terror activities overseas; its hold on Lebanon’ s political system; and its efforts, both in Lebanon and overseas, to keep Shi’ a communities loyal to its cause and complicit in its endeavors.
This toxic crime-terror nexus is fueling both the rising threat of global jihadism and the collapse of law and order across Latin America that is helping drive drugs and people northward into the United States. It is sustaining Hezbollah’ s growing financial needs. It is helping Iran and Hezbollah consolidate a local constituency in multiple countries across Latin America. It is thus facilitating their efforts to build safe havens for terrorists and a continent-wide terror infrastructure that they could use to strike U.S. targets.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD FROM THIS BRIBES SUCKER'S MOUTH A SINGLE WORD ABOUT REBUILDING THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS DEVASTED BY OBAMANOMICS FOR BANKSTERS AND THE RICH OR AS RESULTING FROMM MEXICO'S INVASION, OCCUPATION AND LOOTING BY INVITATION OF THE GLOBALIST DEMOCRAT PARTY????
Red State AGs Warn Biden They Will Sue Administration over Changes to Immigration Rules Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 4:13
Six red-state attorneys general are warning the Biden administration they will take legal action if he oversteps his authority to implement radical and wide-ranging agendas, including the rollback of immigration rules.
The six attorneys general, Patrick Morrisey (WV), Ken Paxton (TX), Austin Knudsen (MT), Lynn Fitch (MS), Todd Rokita (IN), and Leslie Rutledge (AR) signed the letter addressed to President Joe Biden, highlighting concerns over the tone he has set in his early days in office by signing a flurry of executive actions, besting the pace of all his predecessors.
The officials noted that Biden’s first week “appears to indicate” that his administration “may be following the unfortunate path of executive unilateralism” and warned that they will take action in the event of “cabinet officials, executive officers, and agencies” moving beyond their authority. The Republicans listed specific issues that may arise — from the administration attempting to implement the “extreme ‘Green New Deal'” agenda to “tearing down immigration statutes” via “executive fiat.”
“Overreaching and defying Congress will not be rewarded or succeed. Our States have led the charge in successfully challenging unauthorized and unlawful executive actions, as you know from your years as Vice President,” they warned. “You can be assured that we will do so again, if necessary”:
Whether it be directing a wide swath of federal agencies to exceed their limited statutory mandates to implement the extreme ‘Green New Deal’ agenda that Congress has not enacted, making transformative changes to our healthcare system that were specifically rejected in passing the Affordable Care Act, strong-arming businesses into changing practices to adhere to unreasonable and twisted interpretations of long-extant statutes, having the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve conjure up massive boondoggle spending sprees without congressional authorizations and appropriations, usurping the authority of the States to protect local streams, or tearing down immigration statutes passed by Congress by executive fiat, we will not hesitate to defend America against illegal executive actions.
“When Presidents do not take care to ensure that executive agencies live up to their obligation of reasoned decision making, the task often falls to us as State Attorneys General to challenge their actions in court,” they continued.
“While we would rather you keep agencies from running amok in the first place, we will not hesitate to step up to the plate when our States are harmed by agency malfeasance,” they added:
2021.01.27 Letter — Presid… by Fox News
The letter comes as Biden breaks records in terms of executive actions in the early days of his presidency. Revoking former President Donald Trump’s constitutional 2017 travel ban, thereby resuming immigration from countries known to harbor terrorists, was one of the first executive actions Biden took upon assuming office last week:
Biden signed executive actions terminating Trump’s orders declaring a national emergency on the Southern border to fund the construction of a border wall, rescinding the exclusion of non-citizens from the census, ending the “Remain in Mexico” policy for refugees, and suspending most deportations for 100 days.
Biden also released a bill to give amnesty to all illegal immigrants in the United States.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended Biden’s immediate focus on immigration as a broader approach to fighting for “racial equity.”
Further executive actions on immigration currently face delays , according to a Thursday report from Fox News. Even so, Democrat lawmakers are seeking to recruit Republicans to join their amnesty-driven agenda.
This week, dozens of progressive House lawmakers sent a letter to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, demanding future coronavirus relief measures to include recurring payments that extend to those who may be residing in the country illegally.
EXCLUSIVE: Gulf Cartel Killing Field Discovered in Mexico near Texas Border Breitbart Texas / Cartel Chronicles 2:32
Mexican activists searching for victims of cartel kidnappings found a killing field only miles from the Texas border. The property, which appears to be an abandoned ranch, is believed to have been used by the Gulf Cartel to murder and dispose of the bodies.
The discovery took place in recent days when activists searching for their loved ones found several drums believed used to incinerate victims. Also found were human remains on a property known as Ranch San Gerardo between the cities of Rio Bravo and Valle Hermoso. The region is controlled by the Gulf Cartel, a criminal organization responsible for a large part of the violence in Tamaulipas.
Sources with direct knowledge of the event confirmed to Breitbart Texas the discovery of the killing field and the forensic fieldwork being done at the site. Activists who were looking for remains of missing victims were walking and combing rural areas near Rio Bravo. It was during those walks that an activist happened upon an abandoned warehouse that housed 55-gallon drums containing human remains.
Outside the drums, the activists found bullet casings, suggesting the victims were shot shortly before being stuffed into the drums for burning in a practice known as “guiso” or cooking. It is common for cartels to use fuel, tires, and wood, thus reducing their victims to mostly ash.
Soon after the discovery, Mexico’s National Guard and a special office within the federal attorney general’s office responded. Authorities subsequently sealed the area, documented the scene, and began collecting samples. Despite the gruesome discovery, no authorities have released any information about the cartel killing field.
The Gulf Cartel has a history of clandestine crematoriums and killing fields in northern Tamaulipas, even in the middle of large border cities .
Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish . This article was written by “Francisco Morales” from Tamaulipas
U.S.-Mexico Top 10 Cartel ‘Most Wanted’ List Gets Update Breitbart Texas / Cartel Chronicles 3:39
Authorities on both sides of the border updated a regional list of the top 10 wanted cartel figures responsible for most of the violence and smuggling activities in recent months. The list includes Gulf Cartel and Cartel Del Noreste-Los Zetas members.
The list is a joint effort by authorities on both sides of the border that has helped lead to the captures of several cartel operators .
Known as the Se Busca campaign, the list is a joint effort between the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Tamaulipas State Police.
The updated list features the current regional leader for the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, Juan Gerardo “El Huevo” Trevino, who authorities say is responsible for multiple shootouts and atrocities as part of his turf war.
The list features other figures, including the leader of the Reynosa faction of the Gulf Cartel Cesar “El Primito” Morfin. Under El Primito’s leadership, the Gulf Cartel continues to control all the drug and human smuggling activities from Reynosa to Miguel Aleman and most of the Rio Grande Valley . In recent months, the drug boss has, however, seen his power and influence start to fade due to constant fighting with the Matamoros faction of the Gulf Cartel and the CDN-Los Zetas.
The list features two commanders for the Gulf Cartel in Reynosa that were reported on exclusively by Breitbart Texas in 2019 for leading human smuggling operations. Known as “La Mimi” and “La Mierda,” Hector Sanchez Rivera and brother Ernesto are responsible for most of the violence in Reynosa.
Missing from the list is the leader of the Matamoros faction of the Gulf Cartel, Evaristo “El Vaquero” Cruz, responsible for numerous shootouts and disappearances. He also made recent headlines for being able to deliver toys, gifts, food, and supplies to needy families during holidays . It remains unclear why El Vaquero was removed from Se Busca. The Tamaulipas government still offers a cash reward for his capture.
The complete list includes:
1) Juan Gerardo Treviño-Chavez aka “El Huevo”
2) Humberto Alejandro URIBE-Mendoza aka “Soruyo”
3) Ernesto SANCHEZ-Rivera aka “M22” or “Cuate”
4) Pablo Misael RAMOS-Lara aka “El Pantera” or “El Mezqui”
5) Hector SANCHEZ-Rivera aka “La Mimi, El Cuate, M1”
6) Cesar MORFIN-Morfin aka “El Primito”
7) Alvaro Noe Morfin Morfin aka “R-8”
8) Jose Martin Cardenas-Garcia aka “Chiwilly”
9) Agustin Ordorica-Lopez
10) Carlos Roel COLLAZO-Rodriguez aka “Chuy 7” or “Chuy Sierra” or “Collazo”
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook . He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com .
Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook . He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com .