Blackburn concluded, “This is what President Biden and Vice President Harris need to hear. … This is happening because the cartels are emboldened, they do not fear the Biden White House, they feel — like the illegal immigrants have said — ‘The border is open so we can come.'”
Exclusive – Marsha Blackburn, Other Senate Republicans Detail Biden Border Crisis in Mini-Documentary
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and other Senate Republicans detailed their experiences with the Biden border crisis in a documentary exclusively obtained by Breitbart News.
Blackburn, who led the delegation to the southern border, traveled with Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS). The Senate Republican delegation traveled to the Del Rio, Texas area, which is the one of the worst southern border regions for illegal border crossings.
The Senate Republicans hoped to gain a greater understanding of the porous southern border as President Joe Biden just wrapped up his trip to the border, which was decried by border control advocates as a photo-op “designed to quell criticism.”
“Every state is a border state. Every town is a border town,” Blackburn said. The Tennessee senator has discussed the Biden border crisis with Jonathan Thompson, the CEO of the National Sheriffs’ Association, on her Unmuted with Marsha podcast.
The mini-documentary featured commentary from law enforcement officials, former Mexican lawmakers, Texas ranchers, and others.
“We have 26,000 children missing in my country. And the border here, no control,” Rosi Orozco, a former Mexican congresswoman, said.
“It is just unbelievable that this Biden administration is not doing any more than they are doing to pass policies that would stop this,” Hyde-Smith said. “Two years have gone by, and how many hundreds of thousands, and we don’t know who they are, we don’t know where they are, and we certainly don’t know what they’re up to. That is what’s causing all of these fentanyl deaths, and we have to do something about it.”
“We’ve got to make sure we have a secure border. We have to put back in Remain-in-Mexico, keep Title 42,” Britt contended.
John Sewell, a Texas rancher, said, “It really is outstanding to me how many do not even know that this is an issue. It’s every day here.”
A Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent chases a group of migrants in an unsecured section of the Arizona border. (U.S. Border Patrol/Jerry Glaser, File photo)
Breitbart News reported that the U.S. Border Patrol officials estimated 72,000 migrants got away in December without being apprehended after they illegally crossed the border.
Unofficial Border Patrol estimates put at roughly 844,000 the number of migrants who were either apprehended after crossing the border or were “got-aways” during the first quarter of 2023.
Blackburn concluded, “This is what President Biden and Vice President Harris need to hear. … This is happening because the cartels are emboldened, they do not fear the Biden White House, they feel — like the illegal immigrants have said — ‘The border is open so we can come.'”
Sean Moran is a policy reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.
Five Migrant Sex Offenders Caught in Texas Border Sector in Two Weeks
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Despite a recent slowdown in migrant crossings in the Del Rio Sector, five convicted sex offenders were arrested trying to elude detection over a recent 14-day period.
During the last week of December, Border Patrol agents in Del Rio arrested Mario Alberto Garcia-Mejia, a Guatemalan national allegedly attempting to sneak through a highway immigration checkpoint. Interviewing agents discovered 28-year-old Garcia-Mejia had two previous felony convictions sexual abuse of a minor in 2021.
Just before New Year’s Day, agents in Brackettville arrested Klever Yunga Pando, a 43-year-old Ecuadorian with three other migrants walking through a private ranch. A check of the criminal database revealed Yunga-Pando to be a previously convicted sex offender. Yunga-Pando was convicted of sexual abuse with a person under 11 years old and acting in manner to injure a child under 17- years-old in New York in 2021.
During the first week of January, agents arrested an additional three migrants also previously convicted of sex offenses in the United States. On January 2, agents discovered six migrants aboard a northbound freight train in Spofford, Texas. Among the group was Juan Zertuche-Castillo. The 45-year-old from Mexico was discovered to have been convicted in 2003 of indecency with a child in San Antonio.
On January 5, agents in Eagle Pass arrested 27-year-old Daniel Barrientos-Salazar of Mexico. Agents soon discovered he had two felony convictions in Dallas for indecency with a child and failure to register as a sex offender.
On the same day, Brackettville agents arrested six migrants attempting to avoid detection on a ranch. Within the group was Ricardo Nino-Espinoza, a 43-year-old Mexican national. Agents discovered he had been previously convicted of sexual assault in 2011 in Austin, Texas.
The criminal penalties for convicted felons returning to the United States are significant. According to CBP, each of the migrants arrested during this period are amenable to a felony charge under Title 8 USC § 1326 – Re-entry after Deportation. If convicted, they could face a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
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.
Shooting of Four Women, Two Children in London Drive-By Linked to Colombian Cartel
A drive-by shooting at a church memorial service in London that left four women and two children injured, including a seven-year-old girl still fighting for her life, may have been linked to a Colombian drug cartel.
The memorial service in Euston, London was for Fresia Calderon and Sara Sanchez, the wife and daughter, respectively, of Carlos Arturo Sanchez-Coronado, who was extradited from Colombia to the United Kingdom and imprisoned for crimes connected to the Colombian Cali drug cartel in 2009, according to a Telegraph report.
Police have declined to make a connection between the cartel and the shooting, which has left a 48-year-old woman with “potentially life-changing injuries” and a seven-year-old girl in “life-threatening” condition, also injuring three women aged 21, 41, and 54 and a girl aged 12, but the funeral’s links to Sanchez-Coronado, have fueled widespread speculation.
Sanchez-Coronado is himself believed to have died last year, aged 56, after completing his British prison sentence and returning to Colombia.
“Four women, aged 21, 41, 48 and 54, were taken to central London hospitals. Thankfully their injuries were assessed as non-life threatening. The 48-year-old woman has sustained potentially life-changing injuries,” said Superintendent Jack Rowlands on behalf of the Metropolitan Police, recounting the incident.
“Two children were also injured. A 12-year-old girl sustained a leg injury. She was treated at hospital before being discharged [on Saturday] afternoon. She is expected to make a full recovery.
“A seven-year-old girl was more seriously injured. She remains in hospital in a stable but life-threatening condition, and our thoughts are with her and her family.”
The police officer added that it was believed that the “suspects discharged a shotgun from a moving vehicle, which was a black Toyota C-HR, likely a 2019 model or similar.”
One 22-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the case, according to reports, but no name, information about his national and ethnic background, or physical description beyond his age and sex has been disclosed as of the time of publication.
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California Deputy Public Defender Slain on Mexican Vacation: Officials
An attorney working for the Orange County Public Defender’s office was killed on Saturday while celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife in Mexico, California officials said.
Elliot D. Blair, a 33-year-old assistant public defender, died in Rosarito Beach, a popular resort town close to Mexico’s northern border, county Public Defender Martin Schwarz said in a statement given to The Orange County Register.
It was not immediately clear how Blair was killed, but a GoFundMe set up on behalf of his family said he had been the victim of “a brutal crime.”
“Elliot was known as a patient and caring advocate,” wrote the page’s author, Annie Rodriguez, another staffer in the public defender’s office. “He was the best of us and was loved by countless members of our office and the Orange County legal community. We are heartbroken.”
His wife, identified on the fundraising page as a woman named Kim, was not involved in the incident. She was also a public defender, according to Rodriguez.
“There are not enough words to express the level of love he had for Kim,” Rodriguez added. “Kim was his life... Kim’s heart is shattered.”
Kim and Blair’s other loved ones were in the process of negotiating the repatriation of his body to the United States on Sunday.
A Spanish-language report from Rosarito outlet Noticias B.C. attributed Blair’s death to a fall from a fourth-floor balcony at Las Rocas Resort and Spa, a local hotel. A police writeup of the incident reportedly detailed how municipal officers were summoned to the scene and found a man, later identified as Blair, unresponsive and face-down around 1 a.m. Saturday.
Blair, who began working in the public defender’s office immediately after passing the bar in 2017, was described by Schwarz as a “devoted husband, terrific person and a fantastic lawyer who dedicated his life to serving his clients and helping the county’s most vulnerable.”
Schwarz also said that he was “working with local and federal officials” to gather more details on the case, with little information on the case having been shared with Blair’s family by Mexican authorities so far.
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