VIDEO: ‘We Are About to Experience an Immigration Surge Like Never Before,” Says Texas Border Mayor
2:32 The mayor of one of the main Texas border cities is sounding the alarm about an imminent migrant surge tied to the sunsetting of Title 42 restrictions by the Biden Administration.
In a video statement, McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos asks residents to call federal officials and ask them to fix the immigration problem and stop putting a “political party” over the “American people.”
“Immigration is a federal issue, a federal issue that has been dropped on our lap,” Villalobos said in a video statement. “And, even though it is not our responsibility, we will continue doing whatever is necessary to keep our residents safe.”
The mayor asked residents to call the Biden Administration and their representatives in Washington to demand immigration system fixes, ahead of what he warns will be unprecedented levels of irregular migration.
“Ask them to protect the sovereignty of our nation, our people, and our property,” he said. “Ask them to act not on behalf of a political party, but on behalf of our American people.”
The video statement by Villalobos comes at a time when the Biden Administration has announced an end to Title 42 removals, which allowed federal authorities to remove migrants for health reasons during the Coronavirus pandemic. According to federal officials, the end of Title 42 measures is expected to dramatically impact current immigration enforcement and draw more migrants and asylum seekers to the border.
“Here in the city of McAllen, we take no position as to whether the immigrants are authorized or not to enter our country,” Villalobos said. “We also take no position as to whether they are eligible for asylum. Our position is that we must stand for public safety. McAllen stands ready to act and protect.”
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The mayor of one of the main Texas border cities is sounding the alarm about an imminent migrant surge tied to the sunsetting of Title 42 restrictions by the Biden Administration.
In a video statement, McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos asks residents to call federal officials and ask them to fix the immigration problem and stop putting a “political party” over the “American people.”
“Immigration is a federal issue, a federal issue that has been dropped on our lap,” Villalobos said in a video statement. “And, even though it is not our responsibility, we will continue doing whatever is necessary to keep our residents safe.”
The mayor asked residents to call the Biden Administration and their representatives in Washington to demand immigration system fixes, ahead of what he warns will be unprecedented levels of irregular migration.
“Ask them to protect the sovereignty of our nation, our people, and our property,” he said. “Ask them to act not on behalf of a political party, but on behalf of our American people.”
The video statement by Villalobos comes at a time when the Biden Administration has announced an end to Title 42 removals, which allowed federal authorities to remove migrants for health reasons during the Coronavirus pandemic. According to federal officials, the end of Title 42 measures is expected to dramatically impact current immigration enforcement and draw more migrants and asylum seekers to the border.
“Here in the city of McAllen, we take no position as to whether the immigrants are authorized or not to enter our country,” Villalobos said. “We also take no position as to whether they are eligible for asylum. Our position is that we must stand for public safety. McAllen stands ready to act and protect.”
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.
DHS: No Evidence Released Migrants Will Show Up for Removal Proceedings After Title 42
In a leaked report from the Department of Homeland Security, officials noted that only a low percentage of migrants released under the Biden Administration’s Alternative to Detention program show up for removal proceedings. The report notes “there is no evidence that a higher percentage of noncitizens will report for removal proceedings in the future if released, regardless of how expeditiously they are processed.”
The startling revelation comes in a leaked 115-page DHS Southwest Border Mass Irregular Migration Contingency Plan first reported by Breitbart Texas’ Randy Clark. The plan reveals the expected increase in illegal immigration that is expected to follow the end of the CDC’s Title 42 coronavirus protection protocol that allows Border Patrol agents to quickly expel migrants to Mexico or their country of origin after they illegally cross the border from Mexico.
In March 2021, Clark first reported that the Biden administration began the Alternative to Detention program where migrants were released at the border without a Notice to Appear.
“This is insane, it is another pull factor that will overwhelm us,” a CBP official with knowledge of the plan told Breitbart Texas. “We are creating another entirely different class of aliens we will have to deal with years from now. We will never find most of these aliens once they are released.”
In the DHS contingency plan under a section titled, Critical Assumptions, officials noted “ICE ATD [Alternative to Detention] will be implemented on a greater scale.” The footnote for this paragraph adds:
Increased processing speeds, throughput, and the use of ATD is the quickest solution for processing FMUA [Family Unit Aliens] where T42 is no longer viable. However, relatively low percentages of FMUA reported for removal proceedings in the past once released on ATD. There is no evidence that a higher percentage of noncitizens will report for removal proceedings in the future if released, regardless of how expeditiously they are processed.
Further in the Critical Assumptions section, officials stated:
Current pathways to removal will be limited. Component use of broadscale release mechanisms (i.e., Own Recognizance (OR) with issuance of a Notice to Appear (NTA), or parole and Altematives to Detention (ATD) with administrative tools are necessary to ensure humane and efficient treatment of migrants.
The footnote for this section clarifies that officials believe the traditional screening processes will become overwhelmed and DHS will focus on “increasing broadscale release techniques.”
Unofficial reports from Border Patrol revealed that more than one million migrants were apprehended so far this fiscal year. Official numbers reported by CBP show that between October 1, 2021, and February 28, 2022, Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 137,000 FMUAs under Title 8 authority — an increase of approximately 36 percent over the prior year. An additional 53,000 FMUAs were processed under the sunsetting Title 42 authority and returned to Mexico or their country of origin. Most of these have been released into the public and, as noted above, most will not show up for ICE removal proceedings as required under the terms of their release.
An additional 53,000 FMUAs were processed under the sunsetting Title 42 authority and returned to Mexico or their country of origin. Once Title 42 is terminated, migrants in this category would add to the number being released.
During FY21, agents arrested just over 324,000 FMUAs under Title 8.
McAllen, Texas, Mayor Javier Villalobos — a border community mayor — said the end of Title 42 will lead to an unprecedented level of irregular migration, Breitbart Texas reported.
When the administration announced the pending end of Title 42 last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott responded, calling the Biden administration’s open borders policies an “unmitigated disaster.”
“Ending Title 42 expulsions will signal to cartels and migrants alike that our southern border is now wide open — inciting even more violence, more trafficking, and more lawlessness,” Governor Abbott said in a written statement. “President Biden clearly has no intention to secure the border by faithfully executing Congress’ command to detain and deport illegal immigrants.”
“Instead of listening to the millions of Americans that his administration has endangered — and instead of enforcing immigration laws passed by Congress — President Biden has chosen to jeopardize the safety and security of those very Americans he swore to protect and defend by ending Title 42 expulsions,” the governor added.
Southwest Border Mass Irreg… by BreitbartTexas
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Biden Mass Migration Plan: $4B to Prop Central American Economies After $1.5B Given Since 2014
The Department of Homeland Security disseminated a recently drafted mass migration plan which includes a focus on a “Whole of Western Hemisphere” approach as a solution to the worsening border crisis. Part of the plan includes efforts to improve living conditions outside the United States as the country contends with the hottest inflation since 1982.
The agency’s outreach plan includes a focus on working with countries throughout the hemisphere on issues such as job creation, credit access, improved law enforcement cooperation, and stimulating industry. The document shifts blame for the immigration crisis away from pull factors within the United States.
The draft goals include:
Promote appropriate policies on migration, promote savings and investment opportunities to create jobs, and develop sustainable means of livelihood for the poorest and most vulnerable sectors.
Recognize remittances as an important source of capital in many countries of the hemisphere.
Strengthen social inclusion of migrants.
Increasing access to credit and micro-credit
Improving security, among other factors, so that the impulse to migrate is reduced.
Stimulating industrial and technology sectors.
Ensure appropriate legal protections, defense of human rights, and safe and healthy labor conditions for migrants.
Reduce their vulnerable conditions at work.
The document, provided by a senior level Department of Homeland Security source, lists several factors abroad which are reportedly contributing to the increase in irregular migration to the United States. Among them, COVID-19, extreme weather, earthquakes, and severe economic decline. All, according to the document, have been worsened by climate change.
The document offers little hope of increased enforcement along the southwest border. The CDC Title 42 emergency authority that allows for swift expulsion of some migrants from the United States is predicted to cause an additional surge of migrants in short order. As reported by Breitbart Texas, the program will soon end. On Friday, the CDC announced the end of the program effective May 23 and will no longer be used as a removal mechanism for migrants who enter the United States illegally.
The new mass migration plan fails to address domestic pull factors. Several programs for migrant removal pathways developed under the Trump administration were cancelled in the early days of the Biden White House. These programs included international agreements with Central American countries known as Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ASA). These agreements provided a safe third country for asylum applicants to await the adjudication of petitions.
The Migrant Protection Protocols, another Trump era policy, also known as the Remain in Mexico program, was discontinued as well. Under the program, tens of thousands of migrants were forced to wait in Mexico as the asylum process unfolded. Although reinstated by a federal court order, the Biden Administration is not subjecting most migrants to the program and are instead allowing many to remain in the United States to wait.
The recently distributed DHS Southern Border Mass Irregular Migration Contingency Plan is likely to prove a costly solution to the expected increase in migrants encountered at the southern border.
U.S. Combating ‘Root Cause’ Aid Amounts Per Year
2021-24 (Total Projection) — $4 million
2016 — $750 million
2015 — $560 million
2014 — $260 million
President Biden has pledged to invest $4 billion throughout his presidency to address root causes of migration in Central America. As of October 2021, the Biden Administration has provided more than $331 million in humanitarian assistance for Central America and Mexico. As Vice President, Biden oversaw previous attempts to use U.S. tax dollars to address root causes in 2014. That year, Biden met with Central American leaders in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador pledging more than $260 million to address a wave of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico Border and other security issues in the area. In 2016, $750 million were sent to the region in another attempt to address root causes of migration. This amount represented a 34 percent increase over the $560 million allocated to the region in 2015.
The infusion of additional funding to Northern Triangle Central American governments is likely to find its way into the coffers of those least intended to receive them. Governments in the region have a history of corruption. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, corruption in the Northern Triangle results in the loss of $13 billion per year, or more than 5% of GDP.
Southwest Border Mass Irreg… by BreitbartTexas
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked DHS Document Reveals Biden’s Mass-Migration Plan Offers ‘Broadscale Release Mechanisms’
The Department of Homeland Security is disseminating a mass migration plan devoid of removal mechanisms to replace the soon-to-end CDC Title 42 emergency order. The plan predicts that DHS traditional processing capabilities will be overwhelmed and require an increase in the use of “broadscale release mechanisms.”
The plan, reviewed by Breitbart Texas, acknowledges the end of Title 42 will likely result in a surge in illegal migration along the southwest border. The increase is already manifesting itself as apprehensions rise. In March, Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 200,000 migrants.
The draft plan, recently circulated to senior DHS staff, is dated February 17, 2022. A source within the agency, not authorized to speak to the media, says the plan offers no concrete options other than to exhaust more resources to absorb what will likely be a historic wave of migrants at the southern border.
The source says the agency is already exceeding temporary detention capacity at most facilities and the plan will likely mean more holding space will be needed. Cost estimates to operate one temporary facility exceed $5 million per month, according to the source.
The DHS Southwest Border Mass Irregular Migration Contingency Plan tells senior leadership to prepare “federal to federal” support agreements to quickly move personnel and funds to DHS agencies.
The plan offers assumptions once Title 42 is ended and includes the acknowledgement that few legal pathways to removal are left in the wake of early executive actions under the Biden Administration.
The document offers ominous predictions about the impacts of the pending surge to the U.S.-Mexico Border. The DHS document claims most released migrants do not appear for subsequent removal proceedings. It continues:
- Current pathways to removal will be limited. Component use of broadscale release mechanisms (i.e., Own Recognizance (OR) with issuance of a Notice to Appear (NTA), or parole and Alternatives to Detention (ATD)) with administrative tools are necessary to ensure humane and efficient treatment of migrants)
- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) will continue to leverage the FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to provide life sustaining food, shelter, and supporting services. In addition, NGOs shall provide travel assistance from CBP custody. (Footnote: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 made available $110 million to FEMA EFSP for this purpose.)
- ICE Alternatives to Detention (ATD) will be implemented on a greater scale. (Footnote: Increased processing speeds, throughput, and the use of ATD is the quickest solution for processing FMUAs where Title 42 is no longer viable. However, relatively low percentages of FMUAs reported for removal proceedings in the past once released on ATD. There is no evidence that a higher percentage of noncitizens will report for removal proceedings in the future if released, regardless of how expeditiously they are processed.)
The plan includes an additional focus on a “Whole of Western Hemisphere” approach as a solution to the worsening border crisis. Part of the plan, reviewed by Breitbart Texas, includes efforts to improve living conditions outside the United States.
The plan does not specify a cost associated with the pending surge in migration.
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.
Editor’s note: Breitbart Texas is currently digitizing the 115-page document for full publication.
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