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FETTERMAN SAYS NO TO DEMS' ORCHESTRATED MASSIVE INVASION - John Fetterman Changes Political Identity as He Fights Democrats on Border

ICE Re-Arrests Illegal Alien Charged With Raping Disabled Person After ‘Sanctuary’ Court Releases Him, Denies Detainer

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After a court in “sanctuary” city Boston released an illegal alien charged with rape back into the community and denied an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer request, ICE arrested the Haitian suspect previously apprehended by local police.

“Disturbingly and despite our filing an immigration detainer, this individual was released back into the community by the criminal court,” Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons said in a statement announcing the arrest on Wednesday.

The illegal alien was first detained when he tried to break into the U.S. at the Texas border, according to the ICE timeline:

December 2022: The 31-year-old Haitian national arrived at the port of entry in Brownsville, Texas, where he was deemed inadmissible and issued a notice to appear before an immigration judge with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) in Boston.

September 2023: Boston police arrested him for rape and indecent assault and battery on a developmentally disabled person, after which ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer with the Dorchester District Court seeking his custody.

November 2023: The sanctuary city court denied the immigration detainer and released the illegal alien rape suspect from a Boston jail, pending the resolution of his criminal charges in a local criminal court.

January 9, 2023: ERO Boston officers arrested him, after learning of his release and presence within their jurisdiction.

The illegal alien charged with rape will now remain in ICE custody pending an upcoming hearing before a Department of Justice (DOJ) immigration judge. Following adjudication of his local criminal charges, ERO Boston will then seek his removal from the United States.


OPEN BORDERS; IT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING WAGES DEPRESSED. IS IT WORKING?



Republican Senators Warn Against Immigration Deal

Mike Braun, Tim Scott, Marsha Blackburn
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Sens. Mike Braun (R-IN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Tim Scott (R-SC) on Breitbart News Saturday warned against the bipartisan immigration deal, believing it would do nothing to stem the migrant crisis at the southern border.

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and congressional Democrats have struck an immigration framework that Breitbart News has detailed would only reward illegal immigration and encourage more foreign graduates to take jobs from American graduates.

An agreed border deal would:

1) Increase green cards by 50,000/year

2) Award work permits for adult children of H-1B holders

3) Give mmediate work permits to every illegal alien released from custody

4) Assign taxpayer funded lawyers to certain UACs and mentally incompetent aliens

5) Increase expulsion authority for a limited number of days ONLY if encounters exceed 5k/day over a seven day period

6) Restrict parole for those who enter without authorization between ports of entry

On Breitbart News Saturday, Blackburn, Braun, and Scott said that the immigration deal would not fix the migrant crisis.

Braun said the border deal “does nothing to fix” the border crisis.

He continued, “If it were H.R. 2, I think that would be something that would probably make sense. If it’s something else, you’re just baselining it at a level that Democrats would probably be happy with in terms of number of crossings.”

“Those are the ruses, the tricks that have been used by the establishment politicians for decades. We can’t fall for it,” the Hoosier senator said.

Blackburn said about the border deal, “I have said all along I cannot support anything that would make illegal entry legal. And that is what we see some of the Democrats really pushing for — they’re trying to find ways to make illegal immigration legal.”

“Matt, you cannot talk about border security without talking about fixing asylum, fixing the parole issue, not with the president waiving hundreds of thousands of people into the country every year,” Blackburn, a Senate Judiciary Committee member, said.

Scott, who just endorsed Trump at a rally in New Hampshire, said that the migrant crisis is “the greatest invasion across our southern border in American history.”

He said, “Don’t negotiate around the edges, the thing that’s missing is confidence and what President Trump brings to the table in negotiating about border security.”

“We want someone at the helm that the American people say, I trust what he says about the border. That brings confidence and that’s what we need in Washington,” Scott added.

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Sean Moran is a policy reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.

John Fetterman Changes Political Identity as He Fights Democrats on Border

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U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to reporters before a Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. The former progressive has gained some support and also had some detractors due to his recent commentary on the Middle East and the influx of migrants crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to reporters before a Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. The former progressive has gained some support and also had some detractors due to his recent commentary on the Middle East and the influx of migrants crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border.© Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Democratic Senator John Fetterman's shedding of the "progressive" label he once proudly espoused is partially due to some liberals' views on immigration and the southern border.

The senator from Pennsylvania defeated Republican challenger Dr. Mehmet Oz by a five-point margin in the 2022 election. In that election and the years leading up to it, including during his failed 2016 Senate bid, Fetterman defined himself as a progressive and backed Senator Bernie Sanders as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee that same year. He has shied away from the designation as of late.

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Fetterman has recently become more outspoken about issues like the U.S.-Mexico border and the war in Gaza, saying he's no longer a progressive but "just a regular Democrat." He has sounded an alarm on the situation down south, exacerbated by a monthly record of 300,000 migrants being processed in December, according to data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

"There is a crisis," Fetterman told the New York Post last week, referencing the December influx of migrants. "We have a crisis at our border, and it can't be controversial that we should have a secure border."

He added: "That's larger than the population of Pittsburgh...That's [Pennsylvania's] second largest city—and that's one month."

Newsweek reached out to Fetterman via email for comment.

The first-term senator campaigned on being a progressive, yet said it's not him but others whose positions have changed, adding that President Joe Biden and his administration are aware of the need for "comprehensive" solutions.

Democratic-run cities like New York, which have been inundated with migrant arrivals for nearly two years, should be supported financially at the federal level, Fetterman said.

"I don't understand why it's it controversial to say we need a secure border," Fetterman told CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday. "I've been really clear—in fact, that was weaponized against me by Republicans in my race, that I'm very much a strong supporter of immigration. My wife's family, there's an origin story about that."

Last month, the senator received scrutiny for mentioning his wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, in relation to the border. Gisele, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, came to the United States with her family as an undocumented immigrant at age 7. She was an illegal immigrant until she received her green card in 2004 and became a U.S. citizen five years later.

Gisele was widely praised for being not just a good wife but a campaign surrogate when Fetterman suffered a stroke in the months preceding his election with Oz.

"I think two things can be true at the same time: You can be very supportive of immigration, but we also need to have a secure border," the senator told Tapper. "We want to provide the American Dream for any migrant, but it seems very difficult when you have 300,000 people showing up encountered at our border to do that.

"I think we need to do a reset and work together to develop a new comprehensive solution."

As conservatives, including Donald Trump Jr., have commended Fetterman for speaking out regarding the border and the Middle East, Fetterman has experienced a dwindling of support among young liberals—more of whom sympathize with Palestine than Israel, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll of 1,680 Pennsylvania self-identified registered voters conducted between January 4 and 8.

Only 28 percent of those aged 18-34 have a favorable view of Fetterman, according to the poll. In contrast, 45 percent had an unfavorable view of the senator, with 27 percent saying they hadn't heard enough to answer.





REPUBLICANS PARTNER WITH BIDEN FOR WIDER OPEN BORDERS AND ENDLESS FOREIGN WARS.

5000 ILLEGALS ACCEPTED DAILY. BUT NO ONE WILL BE COUNTING. IN OTHER WORDS, A TOTAL SURRENDER OF OUR BORDER!




Defying cease-and-desist, Texas begins arresting migrants | NewsNation Now



Additionally, the Biden administration made illegal immigration an economic boom for the invaders while shifting costs onto U.S. taxpayers.  Unlike previous generations of legal immigrants required to be financially independent, current illegals get massive state and federal aid.  The Biden administration even diverted Department of Veterans Affairs heath care resources to aid illegals.  Moreover, through various federal departments, the Biden administration gave  billions in taxpayer funds to non-government organizations (NGOs) to provide illegals “free” housing, food, medical care, hotels, and airfare.

‘Their’ Democracy: Tyranny Comes to the US

Spanning across generations, Americans have done extraordinary things during uncertain times.  My father’s genealogy is rich with such memoirs.  My great (x6) grandfather was a colonel in the Berkshire Milita during the Revolutionary War.  My great (x5) grandmother was part of the runaway scrape when the Alamo fell.  During the Civil War, my great, great grandfather fought for the Union in the Ohio Infantry, 81st Regiment.  My grandfather’s long service in the Army included WWII, and my father completed over 20 years in the Army.  Perhaps the remnants of their DNA combined with growing up on military bases contributed to my deep commitment to our Constitution, our heritage, and the people who sacrificed so much.

Consequently, I am angered that Americans are being conditioned to loathe our shared history and the very people who made our modern country possible.  Even our founding documents have been labeled potentially harmful.  Make no mistake: these actions are happening because of unscrupulous politicians, bureaucrats, and others who are intentionally destroying our nation’s heritage to obtain greater power, control, and wealth.

In place of the  constitutional republic gifted to us by our founders, these charlatans promote “their” democracy.  Even though our founders rejected direct democracy because it leads to tyranny through mob rule, our elites have managed to convince Americans otherwise.  As a result, in pursuit of their democracy, our political class has amassed unsustainable national debt and created an enormous welfare state.  While declaring unity, our democracy cheerleaders encourage racial animosity.  One way is by falsely claiming white supremacy as our country’s greatest threat.  To combat their perceived scourge of heritage America, they forced DIE and other race-based initiatives.  They supported violent aggression by BLM and ANTIFA while vigorously  pursuing and prosecuting Trump-supporters.  At the same time, they hid evidence of J6 defendants’ innocence and conspired to persecute their political rivals.  They improperly used government agencies to monitor Catholic churches and parental groups.  They  used federal money to coerce social media to inhibit free speech and abused their government positions to intimidate much of the public into taking an experimental injection.  They justified their unconstitutional actions under the banner of promoting their democracy.  Furthermore, in defending their democracy, they weaponized government by asserting national security.

Their democracy has also advanced the invasion taking place at our southern border.  In F.Y. 2023, an astonishing 2.5 million illegals, that we know about, illegally gained entry to the U.S.  Using various means, the Biden administration enabled the assault.  One way was refusing to uphold its constitutional duty to protect states from invasion as required by Article IV, section 4 of the U.S. Constitution and U.S. immigration laws.  For example, at Eagle Pass, Texas, the Biden administration directed the U.S. Border Patrol to cut razor wire so that illegals could enter.  Absent help from the federal government, and because Article 1, section 10 of the Constitution gives states power to protect themselves if invaded, Texas gave its police authority to arrest illegals.  In response, the Biden administration sued Texas for doing the job Biden refuses to do.

Additionally, the Biden administration made illegal immigration an economic boom for the invaders while shifting costs onto U.S. taxpayers.  Unlike previous generations of legal immigrants required to be financially independent, current illegals get massive state and federal aid.  The Biden administration even diverted Department of Veterans Affairs heath care resources to aid illegals.  Moreover, through various federal departments, the Biden administration gave  billions in taxpayer funds to non-government organizations (NGOs) to provide illegals “free” housing, food, medical care, hotels, and airfare.

Furthermore, in violation of the 13th Amendment, the Biden administration’s open border policies have facilitated modern-day slavery, where approximately 60% of unaccompanied children crossing our border are exploited by cartels and used in child pornography, drug-trafficking, and worse.  Moreover, complex international syndicates use these children to get single adult males through Border Patrol thanks to a Biden policy that puts pressure on border agents to release, within 72 hours of apprehension, “families,” including adult males with young children.  Once released into the U.S., these children are smuggled back across the border to be repurposed for further trafficking.  Despite these known problems, the Biden administration ended a Trump-era pilot program that did DNA testing of children with adults crossing the border illegally.  It was reported that approximately 30 percent of these children were not related to the adults accompanying them.

Even illegals from countries hostile to U.S. interests get help from Biden’s people.  For example, the administration lowered the vetting process for illegal Chinese aliens, resulting in an explosion of wealthy Chinese men invading our border.  Additionally, under the Biden administration, illegals are allowed to board U.S. aircraft without proper identification, something denied to everyone else.  Now we learn that DHS will give illegals U.S.-issued IDs even though many have no official documentation.  Despite confirmation from the government that terrorists are among these illegals, the administration continues to stonewall efforts to stop the invasion.  Giving aid to America’s enemies is considered treason under Article III, sec. 3 of the U.S. Constitution.

While Biden’s democracy also includes killing unborn babies on demand, dismantling Even illegals from countries hostile to U.S. interests get help from Biden’s people.  For example, the administration lowered the vetting process for illegal Chinese aliens, resulting in an explosion of wealthy Chinese men invading our border.  Additionally, under the Biden administration, illegals are allowed to board U.S. aircraft without proper identification, something denied to everyone else.  Now we learn that DHS will give illegals U.S.-issued IDs even though many have no official documentation.  Despite confirmation from the government that terrorists are among these illegals, the administration continues to stonewall efforts to stop the invasion.  Giving aid to America’s enemies is considered treason under Article III, sec. 3 of the U.S. Constitution. 2nd amendment rights, transferring student debts to taxpayers, and persecuting his enemies, our leaders merely spew poppycock and act like pompous peacocks before the cameras to avoid stopping the carnage.  Therefore, if our constitutional republic is to be preserved, ordinary Americans must step up to safeguard our foundational documents and history from those who are distorting or removing it.  Because government has been weaponized, even speaking out is risky.  Nevertheless, we must not be afraid to counter their lies with facts, particularly among the youth.  Most of all, we must not be ashamed of or apologize for our ancestors’ legacy.  Rather, in response to their incessant hate of heritage America, put on the full armor of God and emulate Esther of the Bible, who stood firm against a powerful government employee devising evil laws to eliminate his enemies.  For such a time as this, we too must hold firm against those that want to replace our constitutional republic with tyranny in the guise of “their” democracy.

Peter Schweizer, author of “Secret Empires: How the American Politic


Watch–Angel Mom Rips into DHS Chief Mayorkas: He is ‘Partially Responsible’ for My Daughter’s Fentanyl Poisoning

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Angel Mom Josephine Dunn ripped into Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday, saying he is “partially responsible” for her 26-year-old daughter, Ashley Marie, being poisoned by fentanyl.

During Thursday’s House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Dunn testified to lawmakers about her daughter, Ashley, who died from fentanyl poisoning in May 2021, the day after her son’s fifth birthday.

Mayorkas was invited to testify at the hearing and meet with Dunn as well as Angel Mom Tammy Nobles. On behalf of her 20-year-old daughter Kayla Hamilton, Nobles is suing President Joe Biden’s administration for releasing an illegal alien MS-13 Gang member into the United States, who is charged with murdering and raping Hamilton.

WATCH — Mother of MS-13 Victim Kayla Hamilton Testifies: “I Am Her Voice Now”

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Mayorkas declined to attend the hearing and speak with the Angel Moms, telling Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) in a letter that he would not be in attendance.

“In my humble opinion, Mr. Mayorkas’s border policy is partially responsible for my daughter’s death,” Dunn said:

His wide-open border policy allows massive quantities of poisonous fentanyl into our country. Arizona is the fentanyl superhighway into the United States. I personally feel Mr. Mayorkas is responsible for opening that border to allow more than ten million border crossings since February of 2021, which supports most of the illegal fentanyl into this country. [Emphasis added]

This weapon of mass destruction has killed over 100,000 Americans on our soil for two years in a row. Under Secretary Mayorkas’s leadership, or lack thereof, fentanyl is an invasion. The weapon of mass destruction has caused unimaginable numbers of deaths, unmeasurable damage to our country’s families, including my own. [Emphasis added]

Ashley Marie Dunn (Photo via Dunn family)

Dunn said Americans deserve to live in a nation “free of fentanyl,” which starts with Mayorkas closing the southern border through fierce enforcement of federal law to prevent drug trafficking as well as illegal immigration.

“My family is broken. My heart is broken, and [Mayorkas] couldn’t even be here to listen to me today,” Dunn said. “Whatever he is doing that is more important than facing me today, I don’t know what that could be. Our country deserves a secure border. Our country deserves to feel safe.”

“We need to close the fentanyl superhighway. We need to close the border,” Dunn said.

Dunn revealed that she was testifying on behalf of her daughter on what would have been her 29th birthday, slamming Mayorkas for not having the decency to face her.

“Today is my daughter’s 29th birthday. I would have rather been home with my poor husband grieving her today,” Dunn said. “I didn’t need to be here today. So whatever he’s doing, I hope it’s more important than that.”

In Biden’s first two years in office, more than 200,000 Americans died from drug overdoses and poisonings — the overwhelming majority of which involved fentanyl. Put another way, drugs and fentanyl have killed 70 times as many Americans in 2021 and 2022 than those who died in the September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorist attacks.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.


Dem Rep. Correa: Despite Fentanyl, Border, Mayorkas Is Doing ‘Good’ Because We Haven’t Had Terrorist Attack

On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) stated that while there are problems on the border and with fentanyl, “Alejandro Mayorkas is not the reason” and is “doing a good job” because we haven’t had any terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and we’ve “essentially minimized” cyberattacks on the U.S.

Correa said, “Well, think about what’s going on around the world right now. We have two wars. We have fentanyl [on] our doorstep everywhere on Main Street across the country. We have challenges of fentanyl, sad, tragic deaths, parents mourning. And then, of course, we have a worldwide refugee challenge. So, naturally, we want to find out why this is happening. But Alejandro Mayorkas is not the reason. Alejandro’s doing his job. If you think about those two world wars going on in the Middle East and in Europe…what you’re not talking about is the fact that we haven’t had a terrorist attack, thank God, on our soil, the fact that we’ve essentially minimized any attack — cyberattacks on our society. So, Mayorkas is doing a good job. But we still have a lot more to do in this country. And, in my opinion, instead of spending our time going through these hearings to impeach the guy, he hasn’t committed any crimes. Let’s focus on working together. Senate Republicans, Senate Democrats, the president, we’re all working together. I ask my Republicans in Congress, work with us come up with solutions.”

He added that there are worldwide migrant issues and Border Patrol needs more resources.

Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett



Cygnal Poll: Republicans Should ‘Tap into’ Voter Anger over Illegal Migration

Migrants walk along the highway through Arriaga, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente

Republican candidates should recognize that 70 percent of swing-voting independents “strongly” or “somewhat” favor the deportation of illegal migrants, according to a poll by Cygnal released Tuesday.

“This new national data shows just how voters view an unsecure border and the subsequent illegal immigration as a crisis, one that they believe is not being addressed by the Biden Administration,” said Brent Buchanan, president of the Cygnal polling firm. He continued:

Republican candidates at all levels would be wise to tap into this sentiment and contrast themselves with a sheepish bench of Democrats who have largely let the issue fester to a boiling point no locality can afford to further ignore because it’s impacting voters day-to-day lives.

The detailed results from the January 11-12 poll of 2,000 likely voters show that 61 percent of Republican supporters “strongly” support deportations.

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Forty percent of independents, and 21 percent of Democrats, blacks, and Biden’s 2020 voters “strongly” favor deportations.

The “strongly” opinions are more important than “somewhat” opinions because they are the most likely to determine how a person votes.

The survey showed that 50 percent of all Democrats favor deportations of illegals — 21 percent “strongly,” and 29 percent “somewhat.”

UNITED STATES -January 9: Migrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field arrive at James Madison High School on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City during a storm on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. (Photo by Gardiner Anderson for NY Daily News via Getty Images)

Migrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field arrive at James Madison High School on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City during a storm on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. (Gardiner Anderson for NY Daily News via Getty Images)

Many other polls show rising public opposition to legal and illegal migration amid President Joe Biden’s business-backed, easy-migration border policy.

The poll comes as Republican leaders in the Senate intensify their push to reach a border deal with Democrats, despite Democrats’ record of using legal and illegal methods to extract millions of poor and desperate migrants from poor countries. Many Democrats — and some Republicans — want the draft deal so they can minimize the visibility of Biden’s aggressive migration policy during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Support for deportations is weaker among some groups: Roughly 33 percent among women, 5 percent among women younger than 55, 34 percent among voters who vote in presidential elections, and 28 percent among “swing voters.” An additional 32 percent of “swing voters” say they “somewhat” support deportation.


Federal Appeals Court Reverses Position, Allows Texas Floating Barrier to Remain

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico walk past large buoys being deployed as a border barrier on the river in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
AP Photo/Eric Gay

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The State of Texas secured a rehearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that will allow the floating buoy barrier installed in the Rio Grande to remain in place until the full court hears the case. The en banc court hearing will take place in May 2024 and reverses a prior ruling ordering the state to remove the barrier system.

In December 2023, the Fifth Circuit panel issued a split 2-1 ruling affirming the Biden administration’s Department of Justice argument that the buoys posed a threat to public safety and blocked navigation in the Rio Grande. As reported by Breitbart Texas, the decision of the appeals court at the time upheld a lower court injunction that instructed the state to remove the 1000-foot floating barrier within ten days.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement promising constituents he and Attorney General Ken Paxton would be filing the request for a full court hearing on the matter and expressed his willingness to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.

The barrier, installed at a busy migrant crossing point near Eagle Pass, Texas, in July 2023, is a product manufactured by the Cochrane USA corporation. Abbott announced the installation of the floating barrier system in 2023 as he signed a host of border security bills in Austin. The project quickly came under fire by open-border protesters unhappy with the installation of the buoys and Governor Abbott’s enhanced border security efforts under Operation Lone Star.

Wednesday’s ruling issued by the Fifth Circuit is a part of several legal battles between the state and the Biden Administration over steps Texas is taking to reduce migrant crossings at its border with Mexico. The announcement of the ruling by the Texas Attorney General comes on the heels of another potential legal battle between the Biden Administration and Paxton over the recent seizure of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass by the Texas Military Department.

As a result of last week’s seizure of the border park adjacent to the Rio Grande, the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security issued Paxton a cease-and-desist letter claiming the Border Patrol’s right to enter the park to perform official duties had been unlawfully impeded by the move. The letter demanded the state to remove temporary gates from the park’s entrance and allow the Border Patrol full access by the end of the day on Wednesday or face legal action.

As reported by Breitbart Texas, Paxton responded to the letter by sending correspondence to the Department of Homeland Security refuting the legal issues contained in the cease-and-desist letter and vowing to stand firm on the State’s seizure and conditions for entry into the area by the Border Patrol.

That issue, as well as another federal court case regarding the Border Patrol’s right to cut or move concertina wire installed along the border, remains unresolved.

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.

House Denounces Biden Admin’s ‘Open Border Policies’ in Bipartisan Resolution

Southwest Border Crossings (File Photos: Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas)
File Photos: Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas

The U.S. House of Representatives denounced the Biden administration’s “open border policies” in a bipartisan resolution passed on Wednesday. The resolution, with the support of 14 Democrats, condemned President Joe Biden’s border security and immigration policies while praising those of former President Donald Trump.

House members voted 225-187 to approve H.Res.957 on Wednesday evening. Texas Democrat Representatives Henry Cuellar, Colin Allred, and Vincente Gonzalez voted with 11 other Democrats in support of the resolution. Other Democrats from Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina, Maine, Minnesota, and Washington voted Yea on the resolution. Democrats in the border states of Arizona, California, and New Mexico either voted no or did not vote on the measure. Republicans voted 211 Yeas and 9 Not Voting.

The resolution “condemns the national security and public safety crisis that President Joe Biden, ‘Border Czar’ Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and other Biden administration officials have created along the southwest border.”

The “Biden administration refuses to use tools already at its disposal to end the border crisis,” the resolution states, referring, in part, to the Remain in Mexico program put in place by President Trump.

The full resolution states:

118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 957

Denouncing the Biden administration’s open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration’s open-borders policies.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 11, 2024
Mr. Moran submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

RESOLUTION
Denouncing the Biden administration’s open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration’s open-borders policies.

Whereas the United States is in the midst of the worst border security crisis in the Nation’s history;

Whereas, during every month of the Biden administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered more than 100,000 illegal aliens along the southwest border;

Whereas the total number of illegal aliens encountered along the southwest border during the Biden administration exceeds 7 million;

Whereas the Biden administration has released at least 3.3 million of those illegal aliens into the interior of the United States;

Whereas, during the Biden administration, more than 1.7 million known illegal alien “gotaways” have successfully evaded U.S. Border Patrol along the southwest border;

Whereas, during the Biden administration, an untold number of unknown illegal alien “gotaways” have evaded detection along the southwest border;

Whereas the record 312 illegal aliens on the Terrorist Screening Dataset encountered by Border Patrol along the southwest border during the Biden administration represents a more than 2,700-percent increase when compared to the total number of such aliens encountered during all four years of the previous administration;

Whereas the Biden administration created the illegal alien crisis at the southwest border by terminating the Migrant Protection Protocols, halting border wall construction, abusing parole authority, mass releasing millions of illegal aliens into the country, and implementing policies that incentivize illegal immigration, among other actions;

Whereas the Biden administration systematically dismantled immigration enforcement and restricted the ability of immigration officials to deport aliens who violate United States law, ensuring relatively few aliens, including criminal aliens, are removed from the country;

Whereas the Biden administration’s lax immigration enforcement policies have resulted in numerous violent criminal aliens being released into United States communities;

Whereas the Biden administration’s lax border enforcement policies have allowed fentanyl to saturate United States communities and kill Americans;

Whereas the Biden administration’s historic border crisis has made every State a border State;

Whereas the Biden administration refuses to use tools already at its disposal to end the border crisis; and

Whereas the Biden administration’s proposed solution to the historic border crisis—legislation to grant amnesty to tens of millions of illegal aliens—will do nothing but incentivize additional illegal immigration: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

(1) denounces the Biden administration’s open-borders policies;

(2) condemns the national security and public safety crisis that President Joe Biden, “Border Czar” Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and other Biden administration officials have created along the southwest border; and

(3) urges President Biden to end his administration’s open-borders policies.

Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) blamed President Biden’s policies for the crisis along our nation’s borders.

“Joe Biden’s Far Left open border policies are responsible for the crisis happening at our Northern and Southern Borders, turning every community into a border community. House Republicans passed the strongest border security bill in history. It’s well past time for Biden to end his failed open border policies and secure our Northern and Southern Borders,” Congresswoman Stefanik said in a written statement. “Every day Biden’s Border Crisis rages on, lives are endangered and hardworking taxpayer dollars are needlessly spent which is why I voted to condemn Biden’s open border policies and demand he secure our nation’s borders at once.”

Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) wrote, “Illegal immigration threatens our national security and undermines American jobs. It’s time for Congress and the Biden administration to come together and pass legislation to meaningfully address issues at the border. It should be a top priority in Washington, just like it is in most of America.”

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson led a delegation of 64 Republican lawmakers to the border on January 3, Breitbart Texas reported. During the visit, the speaker called President Biden’s policies “an unmitigated disaster.”

“Last month alone, we saw the most illegal border crossings in recorded history,” Speaker Johnson said after touring the border region, visiting a Border Patrol processing facility nearby, and receiving a security briefing. “It’s an unmitigated disaster, it’s a disaster of the president’s own design.”

During the first three months of Fiscal Year 2024, which began on October 1, Border Patrol agents in the nine southwest sectors apprehended 673,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry, Breitbart Texas reported.

Bob Price is the Breitbart Texas-Border team’s associate editor and senior news contributor. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday morning talk show. He also serves as president of Blue Wonder Gun Care ProductsFollow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX.

REPORT: Monthly Migrant Encounters in December Exceed 300K for First Time

Migrants wait to be processed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Starting in March, Texas will give police even broader power to arrest migrants while also allowing local judges …
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For the first time ever, migrant encounters along the southern border exceeded 300,000 in a single month, according to a report citing unofficial CBP sources. The report states December was the highest month in history for migrant encounters along the southwest border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials, including Border Patrol agents and CBP OFO officer, encountered 302,000 migrants along the southwest border in December, according to an official source speaking with Fox News on Tuesday. The reported encounters set a new single-month record for CBP encounters and mark the first time this number has exceeded the 300,000-migrant threshold.

If the numbers reported by Fox News are accurate, this brings the first-quarter total number of encounters to more than 785,000 migrants.

The majority of the 302,000 reported migrant encounters in December were migrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border between ports of entry. During the first 28 days of December, that number exceeded 232,000, Breitbart Texas reported.

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The historic surge in migrant apprehensions is hitting the Del Rio and Tucson Sectors especially hard. During the first 21 days of December, Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin reported his sector apprehended nearly 74,000 migrant apprehensions. This represents the largest single-month total for the Tucson Sector since the last year of the Clinton administration, when agents encountered 76,245 in March 2020. In contrast, during FY20, President Donald Trump’s last full year in office, Tucson Sector agents apprehended only 66,076 migrants.

Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent John Bernal reported the apprehension of more than  22,000 migrants during the week before Christmas — plus another 1,600 known gotaways.

During the first two months of Fiscal Year 24, which began on October 1, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended 81,159 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. This represents an apprehension rate of approximately 1,330 migrants per day. The daily apprehension rate in December appears to be in the 2,500 to 3,000 migrants range.

On New Year’s Day, overcrowded NGO shelters and Border Patrol processing centers forced federal officials to release busloads of migrants directly onto the streets of Eagle Pass, Breitbart’s Randy Clark reported. “Most of the migrants huddled outside a local transportation company, hoping to make a quick exit from the small border city,” Clark wrote.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will report official numbers for December in mid-January.

Bob Price is the Breitbart Texas-Border team’s associate editor and senior news contributor. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday morning talk show. He also serves as president of Blue Wonder Gun Care ProductsFollow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX.

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