The Biden administration plans to reopen some borders along the southern border this week, Axios reported Tuesday, even as the U.S. immigration crisis reaches new levels.
The White House announced Tuesday that many border crossings that were closed last month to deal with the migrant surge are scheduled to reopen Thursday. according to To Axios. With thousands of migrants pouring in each day, more than 300,000 people encountered migrants at the southern border in December, the highest monthly record. (Related article: Biden abdicates responsibility after causing border crisis from day one, former border officials say)
Points that will reopen include the Lukeville, Arizona, border crossing, the San Ysidro, California, port of entry crossing, the Nogales, Arizona, intersection, and the Eagle Pass International Bridge I in Texas, according to Axios. The Biden administration also agreed that Mexico will expand efforts to crack down on illegal immigration on its southern border, including increasing deportations to southern Mexico and Venezuela, CBS News announced. report.
🚨🚨🚨 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas dodged a question about whether federal authorities should bring immigrants into the country en masse to await trial years later.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas visited Mexico last month and met with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to discuss joint efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. Biden administration officials plan to meet again with the Mexican government next month to discuss progress.
Nearly 800,000 migrant encounters have been recorded at the southern border since October 1, the start of fiscal year 2024, Fox News report. The total number of migrants encountered at the southern border in fiscal year 2023 exceeded 2.4 million, an increase of 40% from 2021 and 100% from 2019. according to to Customs and Border Protection.
“There's enough authority that the President or Secretary Mayorkas needs to solve this crisis today. I don't know if they'll be able to completely solve it, but they could go a long way in reducing the numbers. They has not used that authority, and hasn't used it in three years,'' Chad Wolf, DHS secretary under Trump, previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The Biden administration created this crisis, but they are capable of solving it.”
DHS and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.
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