In a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation at the Houston airport, a Venezuelan man who recently entered the country thanked President Joe Biden and expressed concern about a possible Donald Trump presidency.
The migrant, who said he crossed the southern border into the United States illegally, thanked Mr. Biden as he waited at the airport with a group of migrants from Venezuela and Guinea. Border Patrol has recorded record numbers of illegal immigrants at the southern border under the Biden administration, encountering more than 2.2 million people in fiscal year 2022 and more than 2 million in fiscal year 2023. according to Submit to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). (Related: Border Patrol Agents Quietly Support Texas' Move to Seize Border Area)
“Honestly, thank you for this opportunity… It means a lot and it means a lot to me because we couldn’t be here without your help, and It also means a lot to all of us. We have a lot of friends across borders and they are grateful [now that they have] Good financial situation. They're also trying to help and take families from Venezuela, and I think that's great,'' said the migrant, who declined to give his name, who lost his passport and used Border Patrol documents to cross.
He also said he was at risk of being deported if Trump wins the 2024 presidential election.President Trump won the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, promising the largest deportation campaign in his victory “since Dwight Eisenhower.” speech.
In October, the Biden administration announced the start of deportation flights to Venezuela to combat the surge.
December 2024 has already been a record month with more than 300,000 migrant encounters. according to This was reported to Fox News, citing sources within the government.
The Venezuelan migrant said he entered Eagle Pass, Texas, days before the site of a recent standoff between state and federal authorities over border enforcement authority. The Texas Department of Public Safety took control of city-owned land in Eagle Pass in early January.
The immigrants join a backlog of approximately 3 million cases in the immigration court system, as Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) previously reported. He said he was confident his appeal would be accepted.
“I'm going to stay here in Houston and go to my brother's house and hopefully get a job and help my family,” he said.
“I want to work here,” he said, adding, “I asked for asylum and they gave me a year so I have to fight my case. No,” he added.
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