• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
Migrant Encounters at US-Mexico Border In March Reaches 15 Year High

Border Patrol Union Leader Slams Biden, Details ‘Horrific’ Situation Taking Place at Border

August 4, 2021
‘We’re Going To Lose’: Steve Bannon Warns Withholding Epstein Files Would Doom GOP

‘We’re Going To Lose’: Steve Bannon Warns Withholding Epstein Files Would Doom GOP

July 11, 2025
Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast

Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast

July 11, 2025
Organized Activists Egged On Chaotic Anti-ICE Riot That Led To Shooting

Organized Activists Egged On Chaotic Anti-ICE Riot That Led To Shooting

July 11, 2025
Trump Admin Cans Foreign Contractors On National Security Grounds

Trump Admin Cans Foreign Contractors On National Security Grounds

July 11, 2025
Major News Orgs Can’t Conspire To Crush Independent Media, DOJ Argues

Major News Orgs Can’t Conspire To Crush Independent Media, DOJ Argues

July 11, 2025
‘Go Back To Broadway’: Fox News Panelists Team Up To Roast Ketanji Brown Jackson

‘Go Back To Broadway’: Fox News Panelists Team Up To Roast Ketanji Brown Jackson

July 11, 2025
NATO To Foot Bill For Missile Shipments To Ukraine

NATO To Foot Bill For Missile Shipments To Ukraine

July 11, 2025
Dems Appear Confused Over Raid At Marijuana Farm Run By Illegal Migrant Children

Dems Appear Confused Over Raid At Marijuana Farm Run By Illegal Migrant Children

July 11, 2025
Trump Raises Tariffs On Canada, Threatens More Over Fentanyl Crisis

Trump Raises Tariffs On Canada, Threatens More Over Fentanyl Crisis

July 11, 2025
‘Perverting Perception To Distort Reality’: Chris Cuomo Rips NYT Over New Iran Strike Headline

‘Perverting Perception To Distort Reality’: Chris Cuomo Rips NYT Over New Iran Strike Headline

July 11, 2025
Trump’s Exec Order Isn’t Stopping Blue State From Radicalizing Kids

Trump’s Exec Order Isn’t Stopping Blue State From Radicalizing Kids

July 11, 2025
Texas Attorney General Declares Abortions Illegal

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Wife Files for Divorce ‘on Biblical Grounds’

July 11, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Friday, July 11, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Border Patrol Union Leader Slams Biden, Details ‘Horrific’ Situation Taking Place at Border

by Western Journal
August 4, 2021 at 7:23 am
in News
240 12
0
Migrant Encounters at US-Mexico Border In March Reaches 15 Year High

FILE PHOTO: Migrants are seen after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 4, 2021. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)

491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto called the migrant surge across the southern border “horrific” in an interview Tuesday.

“I don’t care if you’re on the right side or the left side of the aisle. We all deserve to be safe in our homes,” he told Fox News.

“There should be no difference when it comes to our nation’s borders, and right now, it’s beyond chaotic, it’s horrific with these individuals that are coming across.”

Del Cueto was responding to the current situation at the border — in particular, the high number of apprehensions last month.

[firefly_embed_code]

U.S. authorities apprehended about 210,000 migrants at the border in July, according to The Associated Press.

The number was up from 188,829 apprehended in June and the highest number of border apprehensions in over 20 years.

The U.S. authorities also picked up over 19,000 unaccompanied children in July.

“The sharp increases from June were striking because crossings usually slow during stifling — and sometimes fatal — summer heat,” the AP reported.

Del Cueto said the situation was “overwhelming” and the cartels and drug smugglers can take advantage of it.

“They purposefully send big groups across knowing that agents are going to be distracted, knowing that agents are going to be pulled from certain areas of the line so they can, have to process. All the while they are bringing their drugs across,” he said, calling for the administration to do something.

“America’s Newsroom” host Dana Perino played a clip from June in which Vice President Kamala Harris said that the administration had made progress at the border.

“If what they mean by progress is allowing people to enter and break our laws, then I guess, you know, in their eyes, that’s progress. But realistically, there’s been no progress,” Del Cueto responded.

He added that the issue is being exacerbated by apprehended individuals being sent elsewhere in the country and then testing positive for COVID-19.

“It’s a domino effect that just — there is no end in sight right now unless you go back to the policies that worked under the last administration,” Del Cueto said.

“The ‘Remain in Mexico’ was the humane way to do things because it fast-tracked those that had real asylum claims and at the same time, it discouraged all the people that are coming across right now finding those loopholes in our immigration system.”

In the Rio Grande Valley Sector, over 135 detainees tested positive for the coronavirus in the first two weeks of July, Fox News reported.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Tags: Border PatrolImmigrationJoe BidenU.S. News
Share196Tweet123
Western Journal

Western Journal

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th