of Mayorkas migration machine It has turned immigration chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona into a system that is terrifyingly mechanized, sanitized, and still lawless.
That’s what I learned after visiting the US-Mexico border in Arizona. texasPresident Joe Biden has visited the southern border once in his 51 years in Washington.
Many places in Arizona simply have wide open borders. Unidentified people can walk in from anywhere in the world. It’s that simple.
Visited a gap in the border wall near Morelos Dam. About 20 yards wide, it was supposed to be a vehicle gate when completed, but the day Biden took office, he ordered workers to unload their tools. Since then, he has become one of the most popular places for foreigners to illegally enter the United States on foot.
The Colorado River drains low here, supplying America’s cities and farms while delivering promised water to Mexico. Illegal immigrants do not have to swim, and Mexican authorities have built a causeway to keep their shoes dry.
We visited Gap during the day and visited again at 3am. During the day there were signs of mass migration. To hide evidence from the American public, activist groups routinely clean up trash left behind by illegal immigrants. Still, some traces remained.
I walked in the sand and collected coins from Mexico – as expected – but also from Peru and the Republic of Georgia. I received a Cuban passport, Mexican and Turkish debit cards, several Peruvian national ID cards, and an Ecuadorian Mexican refugee card.
My favorite find was a Polish bank card belonging to Gurpreet Singh. It’s a Sikh name, and this man supposedly left his home in the Indian state of Punjab, went to Poland for a while, supposedly claimed refugee status, and traveled to the United States via Biden’s open borders. It means that you have completed your journey.
At 3am, over 100 people walked and ran around the wall to join a long line to be “handled.” They all waited patiently to be photographed by Border Patrol, and most began a process that ended with their release back into the interior of the United States a few days later.
To my surprise, they handed the package over to a Border Patrol officer who collected the “Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection Baggage Inspection” tag for later collection. Probably credit to DHS. Can I check my first bag for free with my card?
It was a linear Tower of Babel. We met and talked with people from Cameroon, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, India and Russia. I’ve seen poverty all over the world and I know what it’s like. This was not the case. People in line were cold but perky, just looking for jobs and opportunities. Some told us so when I asked them in rusty Hindi and Spanish.
As a former consular officer who interviewed thousands of visa applicants, I see the same aspiring economic immigrants I met at foreign embassies lining up to facilitate entry into the United States. was unrealistic.
This is the difference. When consular officials interview overseas applicants, they assess the applicant’s intentions and the likelihood of complying with the visa. The biggest requirement for a visa is to return home after a temporary stay. See Disney World and go to Miami Beach. go home See a Yankees game and the Statue of Liberty. go home
Applicants for a permanent (immigrant) visa must present a local police clearance certificate. In many countries it’s not worth much, but it’s better than nothing. Tourist visa applicants do not have to show anything, but on several occasions I have had local staff recognize newspaper applicants as having criminal records.
Currently, people showing up at the border outside the port of entry do not have to prove anything. They name his DHS agent whatever they want – no proof needed.
Immigration does not bother to retrieve destroyed documents in case illegal immigrants later disagree with what they claim about themselves. But their claims will determine whether they get the right to live and work in the United States – perhaps forever. No one checks foreign criminal records.
How likely is it that some people are hiding crimes? thief,some murderer and rapistand occasionally suspected terrorist Every month with your average Joe. Criminals are so common that sooner or later they will be revealed. reoffend.
But real bad apples simply come in without any inspection. Authorities refer to them as “getaways.”
After Yuma, we rode horses in an area a few hours east with a smuggler from the Pinal County, Arizona Police Department. After trekking through the desert from the border, he showed me the many places where smugglers were hiding with drugs and illegal immigrants waiting for their rides.
They dump piles of carpet slippers, backpacks and plastic jugs to hide their footprints, thousands scattered across the fragile desert landscape, another sign that we’ve lost control. .
This lawless and corrupt farce at the southern border will play out daily until DHS detains and detains most illegal immigrants into the United States (as required by US immigration law) and spreads its message.
Simon Hankinson, a former State Department official, is a Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Affairs.
