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Senior Adviser Explains Why Biden Doesn't Go to Border: Too 'Disruptive'
![President Biden, about to depart for Arizona on Dec. 6, tells reporters he won't visit the border while there because "there are more important things going on." (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)](https://cdn.cnsnews.com/styles/article_big/s3/2022-12/biden%20umbrella.jpg?itok=G8DJfdV7 "President Biden, about to depart for Arizona on Dec. 6, tells reporters he won't visit the border while there because "there are more important things going on." (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)")
(CNSNews.com) - The nation is bracing for record-breaking numbers of migrants to illegally cross the southwest border later this week, when Title 42, the public health order, is lifted as directed by a federal judge.
On Sunday, senior Biden adviser Keisha Lance Bottoms told CBS's "Face the Nation" that President Joe Biden continues "to lean in on this immigration issue."
Host Margaret Brennan asked Bottoms, "Well, why doesn't he go to the border? He was just in Arizona. Why wasn't it worth his time?"
"Well, you have to remember, Margaret, when the president travels, it's not like you or I jumping on an airplane and getting off and going to our destination. Everything comes to a halt.
"So, all of these things are in consideration for the president. Is that the best use of resources? All of the resources that will be diverted on the ground when the president makes a visit."
"Is that why he didn't go?" Brennan asked.
"Well, I can't speak to why he has or has not gone," Bottoms said:
"I'm just speaking to the fact that it's a bit more disruptive for the president of the United States to travel than you or I.
"But what the president has done is continued to lean in on this immigration issue. It's something that he ran on. And what we know, over the past two years, every single thing that the president has run on, he's put time and resources into addressing it.
"So, immigration, we know, is a problem that he did not create. Our issues with immigration are decades-long issues. And he will continue to lean in through the White House and through Congress to get comprehensive immigration reform done."
Biden told reporters on December 6, on his way to Arizona, that he wouldn't visit the border because "there are more important things going on."
Bottoms on Sunday said most of the migrants are not illegal border-crossers:
"And you have to remember, Margaret, these aren't people who are attempting to illegally cross the border. These are people who are presenting themselves, asking that they be processed in accordance with the laws of the United States.
"So, people have to remember, Title 42 is a public health emergency order. If Title 42 goes away, we will then go back to Title 8, which allows for a process, which is the reason why the administration has asked Congress to fund more than $3 billion to help us provide the resources that will be needed to process these migrants, to make sure that people are treated humanely, to make sure that the bordering communities have the resources that they need.
"And we need Congress to be a partner in this. And we need Congress to act because this is - this is a global issue that we are facing. And the White House alone can't do it. We need support from Congress."
Appearing on the same program, Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said the $3.4 billion requested by the Biden administration is "absolutely needed." Some of the money would be used to erect additional migrant processing tents, so border agents can return to their enforcement duties:
"But throwing money at a problem does not solve a problem," Gonzales said.
"You can have an unlimited amount of soft-sided facilities. The problem is enforcing the laws that are already on the books.
"I'd also argue the bulk of people that are coming over are just trying to live a better life. I get that. They're coming here for economic -- economic opportunities. But that doesn't qualify for asylum.
"Going back to immigration reform, I would love to have a conversation with the administration to work through something. Work visas make sense to me.
"Pathway to citizenship, amnesty, that is dead on arrival. What people have tried before have -- has no chance of working. You have got to start and build out from there."
A spokeswoman for President Joe Biden insisted last week that "we are focused and we are prepared" for the anticipated rush, and she tossed the problem to Congress:
"And we are asking Congress — for Congress to act," Karine Jean-Pierre said.
"We are not — we are not asking for political stunts. We’re — we continue to see political stunts from many Republicans out there. And that’s not how we’re going to fix this issue.
"They want to — they want to secure the border. We’ve been doing that work on our own. And we asked — we’re asking them to — hey, you know what? There’s an immigration reform plan that the President put out on the first day. They should work with us and do this in a bipartisan way.
Rep. Cuellar: Biden’s $3 Billion Funding Request Doesn’t Address the Issue We’re Facing at the Border
(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said Sunday that the $3 billion funding request that the Biden administration is asking Congress for to address the border crisis won’t actually “address the issue that we’re facing at the border.”
Instead, it will be used for processing, food, shelter, and transportation of migrants, he told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
When asked about the morale of Border Patrol agents and whether they’re prepared to deal with upwards of 8,000 border crossings per day - possibly as much as 16,000 - the congressman said, “Well, first of all, morale is not good, because they feel that the administration doesn't have their backs, number one.
“Number two, are they prepared? No. Even the $3 billion that you mentioned a while ago, that money is going to be used for processing, is going to be used for food and shelter, and transportation of migrants. It doesn't address the issue that we're facing at the border. There's -- thousands of people are coming in, but you got to look at one thing,” Cuellar said.
“In the last few years, we had over 35,000 rescues, Border Patrol saving people that could have died. We also had 1,400 people that died, including children. Now, is this the most humane way that we ought to address asylum? No. I think what we need to do is have a pathway where they go through the bridges in an orderly way, and then, and then, Margaret, if they don't follow that pathway, I think we need to send them back and say, follow it away,” he said.
“I will finish with this analogy quickly. It's like if somebody invites me to go to their house for lunch, but I decide to go through the back door. I come through windows. I decide to bring a whole bunch of people. I decide what hours I come in. It doesn't work that way. We as a country need to set the asylum procedures in place,” Cuellar said.
Host Margaret Brennan said that “it’s extra complicated” with Venezuelans, Haitians, and Cubans coming to the U.S. who can’t be sent back to their countries of origin.
When asked how you solve that, the congressman said, “Yes, I mean, without a doubt, those three countries, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, those are countries that are a little bit more complicated, but the top 15 countries include Colombia, Mexico.
“It includes also Peru, Ecuador, and, in the top 15, you also have Russia, India, Georgia, the state, also, and Turkey also. So the top 15 -- people are understanding across the world that -- the fact that the Southern border is open,” Cuellar said.
BRENNAN: Congressman, in a letter to the president this week you warned that this week, when Title 42 lifts, they'll have a complete loss of operational control over the southern border, and that's going to have a profoundly negative impact on border communities. You know, the White House is saying that they've got a plan here. Why are you saying they don't? What is it that you are hearing?
CUELLAR: You know, they've been talking about this plan for the last two years. They've been playing - they've been playing -- blaming the Republicans, they've been blaming Congress. How long is this plan going to be - take -- when will it take an effect?
I've seen that plan, with all due respect. A lot of it deals with processing, moving migrants from the border over to the interior. We need to have a way that we can have a policy where if Title 42 goes away, looks like it's going to go away, unless the Supreme Court steps in.
If it goes away, they have to have a policy of an orderly pathway to asylum through our bridges, and if they don't follow that pathway, they need to go back. You know, they've got to have something in place.
I've looked -- with all due respect, I've looked at that plan and I - I don't think it's -- you know, they've been talking about it. It hasn't worked. Now, they're asking for the $3 billion or so. It's mainly for food and shelters, processing, transportation, but it doesn't really talk about security.
BRENNAN: So, you also pledge in this letter to work on bipartisan legislation. That's not going to get done in the next few days. What is it that you're envisioning in the new congress that is going to be possible with a Republican-controlled House?
CUELLAR: Yes, I mean, definitely -- the - the only thing we can do is add more money. I don't know if it will be the $3 billion, but it will be moneys there to meet the president's request, or as much as possible, number one.
Next year, I mean, it's going to be a show in so many ways and, you know, impeaching the secretary doesn't move us one inch closer to solving the issues, and I hope that we can have the president -- the president can do this, can implement a policy of an orderly process for asylum at the bridges and, if not, they go back. They've got to have a consequence. The president can do that because, look, keep in mind, in 2014
BRENNAN: Through executive order?
CUELLAR: Yes. Well -- well, look at it. I mean, if President Obama didn't have immigrational reform, didn't have all the things that people have been asking for, but he was able to manage the border in a much better place - a way. So, the president, President Biden can do this, but with all due respect, I think his advisers are doing a disservice to him.
BRENNAN: I'm sure the White House would say it's a hemispheric surge. It's worse than it's ever been. I want to get to something you've been raising consistently as you've been faulting President Biden for failing to visit the border. Policy experts would say, you know, a photo op doesn't do much.
To you, what does going to the border actually achieve? And do you think it's -- the reason he hasn't gone is because the White House is afraid it's going to backfire, that the border agents you're talking about will be disrespectful to him?
CUELLAR: Well, look, there's different ways of visiting the border. He doesn't have to go there for just a photo op, but, you know, a leader has to show images of - of being up there in the front. He - he can do that.
He can do it in so many ways, and I'm not asking for a photo op, but I think the message that will go to not only the men and women in green and blue but to the border communities. I'm more interested in the border communities who will say, hey, look, I'm the president of the United States. I'm here at the border. Border communities, I feel your pain
Virginia Governor: 'Beyond Belief' That Biden Is Ignoring 'Catastrophic Situation at Our Border'
(CNSNews.com) - As congressional Democrats focus on destroying the political ambitions of a past president, many other Americans have bigger concerns about the national security of the United States.
Despite the pleas of some Republicans, including Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, President Biden has not addressed the crisis at the southwest border, which grows worse by the day, even before the expiration of Title 42, the public health order that allows the immediate expulsion of some migrants.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily blocked the lifting of Title 42, which was due to expire on Wednesday.
"We have a catastrophic situation at our border," Gov. Youngkin told Fox News on Monday, before the Supreme Court order was issued.
"And it's beyond belief that we're having to appeal to our Supreme Court to do something that the Biden administration should have already done, or we should get Congress to do it.
"But we have got to extend Title 42. But this is not a holistic solution. This catastrophic issue at the border has got to result in a decision to secure the border. The free flow of people and illegal drugs across the border is unprecedented.
“Title 42 goes away, they're expecting there are going to be five million people a year to come across the border. In 20 months, that's an entire state of Virginia coming across the border. It's unbelievable.
"We must secure the border. And we must stop the flow of illegal drugs. We had a record number of overdoses in Virginia, and 76 percent of them come from fentanyl.
“And we know where the fentanyl comes from. It's time to act. We have got to get Washington to stop sitting on their hands and secure our border."
Host Sandra Smith asked Youngkin what he's doing to prepare the commonwealth for an anticipated surge of migrants.
"Well, we're starting with the fentanyl epidemic," Youngkin said.
"And we have just an extraordinary number of young people who are dying from fentanyl. We are paying -- we're paying for Narcan to be available across the commonwealth. We're training people. We're rolling out a statewide communication program. We have partnered with our attorney general, Jason Miyares, in a program called One Pill Can Kill.
"And we have got to make sure everybody's aware of this pandemic that we're having with fentanyl. And, by the way, the federal government has got to get on it because they have ignored the fentanyl problem, in addition to allowing the free flow of people.
"This is a national issue. Every state is a border state. And that's why you will see governors, Republican governors, standing up together in order to try to pressure Washington to please secure our border."
Youngkin said border security should not be a partisan issue.
"There is a crisis at the border. It's inhumane, what's happening, millions of people flowing into the United States, illegal drugs. And it has to stop," he said.
"Extend Title 42. But, on top of that, go further and secure our border," he said.
Video that aired on Fox News Monday night showed hundreds of illegal border-crossers shivering in the streets of El Paso; shelters overwhelmed; and hundreds of migrants sleeping on the floor of the El Paso airport.
Press reports say thousands of migrants are now massing in Mexico, just across the border, ready to move into the U.S. when Title 42 goes away.
DEA Counts 379,000,000 Deadly Doses of Fentanyl Seized in 2022
(CNSNews.com) - Here's a stunning year-ender: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday announced the seizure of more than 50.6 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills and more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder this calendar year.
The DEA Laboratory estimates that those seizures represent more than 379,000,000 potentially deadly doses of fentanyl -- enough to kill everyone in this country, plus another 46,000,000 people.
As of December 19, 2022 the Census Bureau estimated the U.S. population to be 333,339,357.
"Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat facing this country," the DEA said in a news release. "It is a highly addictive man-made opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, the small amount that fits on the tip of a pencil, is considered a potentially deadly dose."
DEA said its top operational priority is to "defeat" the two Mexican drug cartels -- Sinaloa and Jalisco (CJNG) -- that are primarily responsible for the fentanyl that is killing Americans today.
Anne Milgram, the agency's administrator, said most of the fentanyl trafficked by the Sinaloa and CJNG cartels is being mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China.
In 2021, the DEA issued a Public Safety Alert on the widespread drug trafficking of fentanyl in the form of fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills, which are often deadly. DEA says the only safe pills are those prescribed by a doctor and dispensed by a licensed pharmacist.
In 2022, DEA says it seized more than double the amount of fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills than it seized in 2021, so the problem is getting much worse.
According to the CDC, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings in the 12-month period ending in January 2022. Sixty-seven percent of those deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Fentanyl isn't the only cross-border threat: DEA says in 2022, it also seized nearly 131,000 pounds of methamphetamine; more than 4,300 pounds of heroin; and over 444,000 pounds of cocaine.
In addition, human trafficking is surging as people from many poor countries flood across the southwest border, enriching the same cartels that are killing so many Americans with fentanyl.
W.Va. Attorney General Calls for Fentanyl to Be Listed as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
(CNSNews.com) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday that fentanyl should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction because of its potency.
“I don't think that the media wants to acknowledge what’s going on because if you have to point fingers at China, the Mexican drug cartels, then all of a sudden, hey what is Secretary of State Blinken doing? By the way, not nearly enough. What is Mayorkas doing? He should be impeached or fired, and then what’s Merrick Garland doing?” he told Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo.”
“They’re not increasing the number of fentanyl prosecutions. This has been an unmitigated disaster. The only agency I think that’s trying to some degree is the DEA, but they need a lot of help. That’s why I’ve called for fentanyl to be listed as a weapon of mass destruction, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what we need to do,” Morrisey said.
When asked what he expects when Title 42 ends next week, the attorney general said that he’s “concerned we are going to get another stream of people, flooding across the border, and with it of course comes more human trafficking, more deadly fentanyl, more invasion into the heartland, so we’ve been worried.”
“I mean this administration is a disaster in terms of how it’s handling the border, so it’s just going to be another seminal event, gonna flood more people, and that means more drugs, more death, and we have to keep educating Americans as to what is going on,” he said.
When asked how many times he has filed lawsuits against the Biden administration for various issues, like climate change, the border, et cetera, Morrisey said, “I know we're up in at least individually and with my colleagues I think in the high 20s, in terms of original actions. Then we’ve joined other briefs. We’ve sued dozens and dozens and dozens of times.
“Let me tell you, it’s not enough. If I had more lawyers, I would be suing them even more frequently because the reality is, this administration violates the rule of law every day, and it’s nowhere more evident than what’s going on at the border,” the attorney general said.
“Maria, just a few weeks ago I had families of the victims of fentanyl in my office, and they were talking about what was going on what happened to them personally, and the stream of fentanyl flooding from China through the border. This is very real. It is killing West Virginians, and it has to stop,” he said.
Morrisey said that “we pour so much money and time into addressing first responders' needs, because they are the ones on the front line, and the saying is if you touch it, you could die or one pill kills.”
“That is what we're seeing right now. Law enforcement needs to have so many different versions of Narcan available just to avoid having first responders and our brave policemen die. it is a serious problem, and I see this, and my heart goes out to all the families of the victims who have died from this,” the attorney general said.
“As you all know, you touch fentanyl or you have some of it laced, and it could even be through a vaping tool, which we’ve have heard of more and more and then you are going to die in a very short period of time, so I have been getting out to the schools in West Virginia,” Morrisey said.
“We’re trying to educate a lot of people, because a lot of these kids don't realize the potency of it, and we have to educate people. Meanwhile though, half the country doesn't even know about it because other than Fox and few other stations, they’re not covering it. So that’s why I am excited for the House to come in and start doing oversight so that everyone in America knows this crisis,” he said.
As Mayorkas Visits Beseiged El Paso, Republicans Call for His Impeachment: 'Willful' Mismanagement
(CNSNews.com) - While Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday, meeting with Customs and Border Protection agents who are dealing with a de facto invasion, Republicans back in Washington were calling for the secretary's impeachment
"In August 2021, I was the first member of Congress to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas," Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told a news conference at the Capitol. "And now that we have the majority in the House of Representatives, I expect our party to pursue impeachment next Congress.
"Secretary Mayorkas has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. His conduct is not incompetent; it is not negligent; it is willful and intentional," Biggs said.
Mayorkas did not hold a news conference in El Paso, but his office released an "update" on how it is preparing for the end of Title 42, the COVID-related measure that expires a week from today.
Without Title 42 in place, Border Patrol agents will no longer be able to immediately expel illegal border-crossers for public health reasons.
In his update, Mayorkas blamed "the highest levels of migration since World War II" on "economic and political instability around the world."
But Republicans argue that the Biden administration has encouraged illegal immigration by rolling back Trump-era policies that actively discouraged it.
"The Title 42 public health order remains in place through December 20, 2022, and until then, DHS will continue to expel single adults and families encountered at the southwest border under that authority," Mayorkas said -- even as overwhelmed border agents in El Paso were mass-releasing migrants onto city streets.
“Once the Title 42 order is no longer in place, DHS will process individuals encountered at the border without proper travel documents using its longstanding Title 8 authorities, which provide for meaningful consequences, including barring individuals who are removed from re-entry for five years.
“These consequences include placing individuals in expedited removal, which allows DHS to quickly repatriate individuals who do not have a legal basis to stay in the United States," Mayorkas said in his statement.
“Nonetheless, we know that smugglers will spread misinformation to take advantage of vulnerable migrants. Let me be clear: Title 42 or not, those unable to establish a legal basis to remain in the United States will be removed."
Many migrants claim asylum, however -- an application process that allows them to remain in the United States until their cases are adjudicated by (overwhelmed) immigration courts -- if they even show up for the hearings, that is.
Mayorkas continues to insist that "we have maintained safe, orderly, and humane processes" at the border, despite video showing thousands of people daily flocking into El Paso, Eagle Pass, Yuma, and other border cities and states.
“Since the launch of the Southwest Border Coordination Center in February, DHS has led a whole-of-government plan to prepare for and manage increased encounters of noncitizens at our southwest border," Mayorkas said.
"Thanks to prudent planning and execution, and the talent and unwavering dedication of the DHS workforce and our partners, we have maintained safe, orderly, and humane processes that are managing more than twice as many people than they were built for, while ensuring national security and public safety.
“Despite our efforts, our outdated immigration system is under strain," Mayorkas said. "In the absence of congressional action to reform the immigration and asylum systems, a significant increase in migrant encounters will strain our system even further."
Mayorkas said a "real solution" can come only from immigration reform legislation.
‘Failure to maintain operational control’
In Washington on Tuesday, Rep. Biggs outlined Republican grounds for ending Mayorkas' tenure as Homeland Security Secretary:
"First Secretary Mayorkas has failed to maintain operational control of the border as required under the law...As a result, more than four million illegal aliens have been apprehended under Secretary Mayorkas leadership. This number does not include known or unknown got-aways," Biggs said.
"His failure to maintain operational control of the border is allowing deadly illegal drugs such as fentanyl to come into the country. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45. His failure to maintain operational control of the border is creating a national security threat as well because potential terror threats are entering the country."
Biggs said Mayorkas may have lied to Congress when he testified that he was maintaining operational control of the border; he said Mayorkas is failing to detain illegal aliens as required by law, releasing more than a million of them instead; and he is "abusing the narrow authority that Congress gave to him to parole aliens into the United States."
"I expect the House Judiciary Committee to open an impeachment inquiry in the 118th Congress formally investigate Secretary Mayorkas and finally to proceed to impeach him," Biggs concluded.
"The investigation will further prove that what we've been saying all along about Secretary Mayorkas -- every day Secretary Mayorkas remains in office, America becomes less safe.""
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