During a Monday interview, Hunter Biden inadvertently criticized the immigration policies of his father’s presidential administration.
The Border Patrol encountered millions of illegal immigrants during the Biden administration, according to figures released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), many of whom were released into the United States. Biden told podcaster Shawn Ryan, host of “The Shawn Ryan Show,” that it was a mistake to prioritize immigrants over veterans.
“We need a vibrant immigration, but we don’t want immigrants that are coming here, illegally draining us of resources, and being prioritized above people that are actual, literal heroes that are coming home that are still recovering from, 20 years of endless war or anybody else in our society,” Biden told Ryan during Monday’s episode.
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Since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, encounters have dropped significantly, according to CBP data.
The Biden administration threatened legal action when Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed legislation in December 2023 allowing law enforcement officers to arrest illegal aliens.
Upon taking office, Trump issued several executive orders to address illegal immigration, including designating Mexican drug cartels, the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) and the El Salvadoran prison gang MS-13 as foreign terrorist organizations. Trump also signed an April 15 executive order to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving services.
Long a signature issue for Trump, illegal immigration became a prominent issue in the 2024 campaign after a series of crimes involving illegal immigrants. Authorities in Oklahoma arrested 23-year-old Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, for the August 2023 murder of 37-year-old Rachel Morin in Maryland on June 14, 2024.
Authorities in Houston arrested two men on June 20, 2024, and charged them with capital murder in the rape and murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray. In February 2024, Jose Antonio Ibarra, an immigrant from Venezuela who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, was arrested by University of Georgia police and charged with murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley.
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