Wednesday, February 7, 2024

El Paso Mayor: I Support Senate Bill, But Biden Can Already Close Border if He Wants to - BUT HE FUKING DOES NOT WANT TO - WHY DO YOU THINK HE HAD LA RAZA V.P. CECILA MUNOZ ON HIS PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TEAM???

BIDEN IS A LYING SOCIOPATH GAMER LAWYER. HE'S SPENT HIS ENTIRE CORRUPT POLITICAL LIFE BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE FOR HIS ENDLESS FUK UPS!

Speaker Mike Johnson: Biden Speech Blaming Trump, ‘MAGA Republicans’ for Border Was ‘Offensive’



Exclusive Photos: Migrants Slowly Return to Eagle Pass, Avoid Texas-Seized Park

Migrant groups return to the Eagle Pass, Texas, area of operations. (U.S. Border Patrol/De
U.S. Border Patrol/Del Rio Sector

EAGLE PASS, Texas — After a significant reduction in migrant traffic in January, migrants are slowly returning to the small border city of Eagle Pass. Despite increased law enforcement operations in Mexico designed to clear the immediate border area to move migrants to southern and central Mexico, some migrants are evading the operations and continue to arrive in Eagle Pass. On Tuesday, more than 300 migrants were apprehended just south of the city by agents assigned to one of two stations in the area.

The migrants, mostly Venezuelans and Central Americans, made landfall nearly eight miles south of Eagle Pass and surrendered to Border Patrol agents during the evening hours on Tuesday. Several groups of migrants, totaling less than 100 in size, crossed in the area, according to a source within CBP. The source, not authorized to speak to the media, provided Breitbart Texas with information and photographs of the groups crossing near a Native American Reservation in Texas. Most, the source says, will be released into the United States.

The groups moving into the United States in the area are roughly 50-65 migrants per crossing and make landfall nearly three times per day at one single crossing point. According to the source, intelligence interviews indicate the migrants are being led to the area to avoid being detected by the enhanced law enforcement and military operations in Mexico. According to the source, the crossing point is void of any state law enforcement presence.

The source told Breitbart Texas the migrants interviewed say they have tired waiting for appointments through the CBP One mobile application and managed to elude Mexican authorities searching northbound freight trains from southern Mexico, also known as “La Bestia.” The migrants are aware of the increased law enforcement posture at Shelby Park in the heart of downtown Eagle Pass and are actively moving south of the city to avoid the recent fortifications of the small downtown park and golf course, the source added.

Migrant apprehensions for the Del Rio Sector fell to less than 200 within a 210-mile section of the border surrounding Eagle Pass at the end of January due to the enhanced operations in Mexico. According to the source, Tuesday’s apprehension of more than 300 for just one of the two stations in Eagle Pass is an unwelcome sign. “We know historically, when operations are enhanced, it only takes a few weeks for groups to figure out how to find a workaround to defeat the operations; for law enforcement, staying unpredictable is key. These smaller groups arriving may have figured out the times and places the trains should be avoided,” the source told Breitbart Texas.

As reported by Breitbart Texas, migrant apprehensions dropped significantly in January after high-level meetings were conducted between the Biden administration and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). The details regarding the agreement reached between the two countries are unknown.

The source says the current pace of migrant traffic into Eagle Pass is more than manageable, but the increase in pace is worrying nonetheless. “We get very little notice when the groups begin hitting the border at a rate of 3,000 to 4,000 per day. This increase in traffic is something we’re following, and we are hoping we don’t see a return to December numbers anytime soon,” the source emphasized.

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. 



El Paso Mayor: I Support Senate Bill, But Biden Can Already Close Border if He Wants to 

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” El Paso, TX Mayor Oscar Leeser stated that while he supports the Senate border bill and thinks we need bipartisan legislation, President Joe Biden can shut down the border if he wants to do so.

Host Jake Tapper asked, “What do you make of the Republican argument that President Biden right now has the power to shut down the border if he wants and he’s just not doing that, and so this legislation is not really needed? And, also, a lot of Republicans might say, if President Biden already has the power to do this and he’s still not doing it, why do we need legislation anyway? They just have a mistrust of the process.”

Leeser responded, “Well, we need to continue to work together. And does the President have the opportunity to do that? Yes. But do we need to make sure that we work as a country and that we work together? It’s really important. So, again, I go back to what I was…saying, was that we need a bipartisan bill that keeps our country — and we put our country first, and that’s something that’s really important. Let’s put our country first and not a party.”

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Joe Biden Promises 2024 Campaign for More Migration and Amnesty

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An angry President Joe Biden said he would make immigration a central issue in his 2024 campaign if Senate Republicans do not back his more-migration bill on Wednesday.

“If the bill fails, I want to be absolutely clear about something,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.

The American people are going to know why it fails. I’ll be taking this issue to the country … Every day between now and November, the American people are going to know that the only reason the border is not secure is Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican friends.

“It is great news if the President wants to make immigration a key issue for the 2024 election,” responded Chris Chmielenski, president of the Immigration Accountability Project. “People know that the chaos started when Biden took over the White House,” he said.

In his Tuesday speech, Biden touted support for his migration-expanding bill from the investor-dominated U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Wall Street Journal, saying:

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports this bill because they know this bill is not just good for the border, it’s also good for American business and for the American economy. And it’s why the [editorial board of the] Wall Street Journal endorsed the bill. The headline this morning reads “A Border Security Bill Worth Passing.”

But Americans do not want business groups to run the nation’s immigration system, Chmielenski noted:

Americans don’t want to see more migrants coming into the country to help boost the economy if it means American workers are going to lose … They understand that our current immigration system is a detriment to our economy because we’re bringing in millions of workers that we don’t need for lower-skilled jobs … [and many] white-collar workers to take jobs that Americans are willing to take for higher wages.

“That’s what the Chamber of Commerce and Wall Street are pushing for … [but] Americans [prefer migrants] that won’t directly compete with them but will complement them,” he said.

Biden also insisted he would push for amnesties in the 2024 campaign, saying “We’re not walking away from true immigration reform including permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for young DREAMers who came here when they were children.”

McConnell: Open Borders Bill Has “No Real Chance” to Pass

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Biden’s 2024 challenge to Trump came after the caucus of 49 GOP Senators decided not to support the bill in a Wednesday vote, despite advocacy by GOP Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), and other Senators.

The GOP decision came despite much establishment pressure — but amid a populist pushback that GOP Senators are closely tracking.

“A vote for this border surrender bill is a vote for Biden’s open-border policies,” said William Gheen, the president of ALIPAC, a grassroots group that opposes politicians who back pro-migration policies.

Many polls show that the public wants reduced migration, especially reduced labor migration.

In 2014, the GOP gained five Senate seats after Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) helped pass the very unpopular “Gang of Eight amnesty through the Senate. The bill was blocked in the House by GOP activists.

Yet the Democrats’ 2024 bill only promises more — albeit better-organized — migration into Americans’ communities and workplaces.

Many polls also show that Biden’s easy-migration policy is a political deadweight in 2024, raising the GOP’s hope of winning a majority in the U.S. Senate.

ABC News reported on February 5:

According to a Nov. 3-4 poll from ABC News/Ipsos, American adults said they trusted Republicans to do a better job handling immigration than Democrats, 36 percent to 24 percent. That 12-point gap was tied for Republicans’ second-biggest advantage on any issue (out of 11 tested).

And acrosssevennonpartisanpollsconductedinJanuary,* President Joe Biden’s average approval rating on immigration and/or the southern border was just 29 percent, and his average disapproval rating was 63 percent. That’s significantly worse than his already-poor 39-percent-to-57-percent average approval and disapproval ratings in those same polls.

ABC added, “16 percent of independents also identified immigration as their most important problem, which was up from 6 percent in July.”

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 that was released mid-January. The report advised:

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.

Biden’s migration failure also worsens voters’ worries about the economy. The polling firm of TIPP Insights issued a report on February 4 noting:

Nearly four in ten (38%) Americans picked the economy as the country’s most important issue, followed by immigration/border security at 36 percent and crime at 19 percent as the other top concerns. Interestingly, the importance of immigration increased sharply from 29% in December to 36% in January and remained at that level in February.

A recent TIPP Poll and Bankrate survey revealed that the majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Their wages have not grown, while stubborn Bidenflation, at 17 percent, has taken a toll on their finances. Only one-third (34%) say they’re better off than four years ago.

The report is titled “America’s Immigration Anxiety Amidst A Gloomy Outlook On The Direction Of Country.”

Biden’s eagerness to challenge Trump on immigration politics likely reflects his growing dislike of Trump. On February 1, Politico reported:

The president [Biden]  has described Trump to longtime friends and close aides as a “sick fuck” who delights in others’ misfortunes, according to three people who have heard the president use the profane description. According to one of the people who has spoken with the president, Biden recently said of Trump: “What a fucking asshole the guy is.”

Extraction Migration

Since at least 1990, the federal government has relied on Extraction Migration to grow the economy after allowing investors to move the high-wage manufacturing sector to lower-wage countries.

The migration policy extracts vast amounts of human resources from needy countries. The additional workers, consumers, and renters push up stock values by shrinking Americans’ wages, subsidizing low-productivity companies, boosting rents, and spiking real estate prices.

The economic policy has pushed many native-born Americans out of careers in a wide variety of business sectors, reduced native-born Americans’ productivity and political clout, reduced high-tech innovation, crippled civic solidarity, and allowed government officials and progressives to ignore the rising death rate of discarded Americans.

The policy also sucks jobs and wealth from heartland states by subsidizing coastal investors and government agencies with a flood of low-wage workers, high-occupancy renters, and government-aided consumers.

The colonialism-like policy has also killed many thousands of migrants, including many on the taxpayer-funded jungle trail through the Darien Gap in Panama.

 

Speaker Mike Johnson: Biden Speech Blaming Trump, ‘MAGA Republicans’ for Border Was ‘Offensive’

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks while standing with Republican members of Congress,
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told Breitbart News exclusively that Democrat President Joe Biden’s speech on Tuesday, in which he blamed former President Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans” for the border crisis Biden created, was “offensive.”

“It was offensive,” Johnson said in a Wednesday afternoon phone interview when asked to react to Biden’s address. “I don’t think anyone is buying it. Everyone understands this all changed dramatically when he walked into the White House. Now, we’ve shown, and we continue to show the American people step-by-step, how he and Mayorkas orchestrated this. There is a reason why only 18 percent of Americans in the latest polls approve of the administration’s handling of the border. His overall approval rating is only 37 percent in the last poll I saw. That means they know he has to do something to address the border, and he won’t. The idea that he could blame Republicans for the catastrophe they created is laughable. It’s time for him to take ownership.”

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Biden’s comments came after Johnson helped derail a Senate supplemental funding package that would have provided aid to Ukraine and Israel tied together with immigration provisions. Johnson had called the package “dead on arrival” in the House, and when the text came out on Sunday evening, declared it “worse” than expected. Within 24 hours, Senate Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the lead GOP negotiator of the plan, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), were forced to abandon it as Republicans threatened to filibuster the bill in the Senate, denying Democrats the requisite 60 votes to advance the legislation. Biden, in his Tuesday address responding to the Monday evening collapse of the Senate proposal, blasted Trump—who had urged Republicans to reject any deal that was not “perfect”—and “MAGA Republicans,” whom Biden falsely claims mindlessly follow Trump.

Despite Biden’s “offensive’ speech—where he attempts to shift blame for the crisis—throughout the entire process, Johnson has made clear publicly that he has pressed Biden in White House meetings, phone calls, and official correspondence in writing that he has the executive authority to undo the madness he has unleashed at the border. Johnson told Breitbart News on Wednesday that Biden has acknowledged in private conservatives with him that he does, in fact, have the executive authority to fix it but that the president simply refuses to correct the mistakes he made. Johnson noted that White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has also agreed, from the White House podium, that Biden has the executive authority needed to stop this.

“I will tell you, in private conversations, he has acknowledged that the executive authority exists,” Johnson said. “Karine Jean-Pierre has said it from the podium. I think it was early last week that he changed his tune and said he needs further authority from Congress. She had to correct it from the podium and said, ‘The president acknowledges he has the authority.’ So, he knows it’s there. He refuses to utilize it. That’s why we’re so insistent he do the job he is supposed to do, and that is to protect the country. It’s not, as I’ve said so many times in interviews, this is not Republican talking points. The reason we put the five primary provisions in our bill, HR2—reinstate Remain-in-Mexico, end catch-and-release, fix the broken amnesty process and parole process, and rebuild the wall—the reasons we have all those components is that’s what the people in charge say they need. This is Border Patrol agents, veterans of the agency who have been there for decades, and you’ve got the sheriffs on the ground—everybody involved. They say if you don’t do all of these things, you will not solve the problem. He has the executive authority to do every one of those things, and he refuses to act. It is completely and 100 percent his burden and his responsibility.”

In fact, Johnson’s office in early January identified more than 60—64, to be precise—executive actions that Biden took, many of them in his first day or first weeks as president, that opened up the border. Johnson told Breitbart News that this list proves that Biden purposefully did this and that he and his administration “created” the crisis at the border “by design.”

EXCLUSIVE: Massive Group of Migrants from Many Nations Cross Border into Arizona

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“That’s exactly right. He began, to your point, on day one,” Johnson said. “As soon as he walked into the Oval Office, President Biden and his administration began to intentionally undermine our border security. They encouraged more illegal immigration. It is by design. There is no other way to assess what happened. When we took the time to back and document those 64 actions, it’s just beyond refute. On day one, he stopped construction of the border wall. He did it reflexively because that was Donald Trump’s initiative, Donald Trump’s talking point. He announced a ban on deportations. He doubled down on DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]. They released legislation that would provide amnesty to millions of people. He rolled back all the Trump policies that would restrict immigration from countries associated with terrorism. That was just the beginning. Then they methodically and deliberately opened it wide, put out the welcome mat, and sent the message around the world to ‘come on in; we’ll allow you.’ So, the catastrophe was created. There’s no other way to see it.”

This is all why, Johnson said, Biden’s speech on Tuesday was so “offensive.” Asked if he agreed with some who compared what Biden said, blaming Trump and Republicans for the border crisis that he created, to failed 2016 Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s out-of-touch speech in which she bashed Americans who support Trump as “deplorables” and “irredeemable,” Johnson said that comparison is “completely true.”

“I’m basing this on my own observation. I’ve been in 16 states in the last 12 weeks, going to all my members’ districts and helping them campaign,” Johnson said. “We’re talking to large crowds of people all around the country, from coast to coast and north to south. The border is the number one burning issue in every state because every state really is a border state now. People feel this acutely. They are incensed that the president will not take leadership on the issue. I think he’s going to pay a terrible price for this in this election cycle. I just don’t see any way around it.”

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a news conference following a caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on January 30, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As such, Johnson believes that the 2024 presidential election will be an up-or-down referendum not just on border security—a vote for Biden is a vote for open borders, and a vote for Trump is a vote for a secure border—but also more generally a referendum on security writ large.

“I believe that is going to be a large part of the election,” Johnson told Breitbart News. “To back up a few more feet, it’s really about security in general because not only do we have a wide open border and we’re sacrificing our own national security and sovereignty, we also have the most dangerous time on the world stage since probably World War II. Why? Because the president is projecting weakness on the world stage. That is precisely the reason our adversaries are acting so provocatively. It’s terribly dangerous for America to not project strength. We project peace through strength. That’s the Reagan doctrine, and that’s what Donald Trump continued. We have to get back to it as quickly as possible because there are conflicts all around the globe.”

Johnson said, too, he and House Republicans will keep fighting to take this case to the public and mentioned Tuesday evening’s failed impeachment vote of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as a “setback” but said Republicans will try again next week. The reason he is so insistent on that, Johnson told Breitbart News, is because he believes Mayorkas is the worst cabinet secretary in American history and must be held accountable.

“I’ll tell you what: It’s a challenge sometimes to keep up with the lies from the White House, but we are. We’ve got our members out,” Johnson said. “We had our last votes for this week, and everybody went home to their districts, and I know it will be the number one topic of conversation all around the country. We’ve also wanted everybody to know that even though the Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment vote was a setback last night—democracy is messy—everyone here understands we have a duty to hold him accountable and hold this administration accountable. We are going to pass those Articles of Impeachment. We’ll do it next week when we return. The reason we have to continue and we cannot let up is because this is such a catastrophe. I’ve made the case, and I believe this, by any measure, that Mayorkas is the worst cabinet secretary in the history of the country. No one has exacted such a toll and done so much damage to America, and he deserves to be impeached, and it should have been done before now.”

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