More than 200 retired Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees have signed an open letter supporting former President Donald Trump as the only candidate to strengthen border security.
The Biden-Harris administration has enacted a policy to “systematically dismantle” border enforcement agencies that prevent crime at the U.S.-Mexico border and across the country. According to There are many retired Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other DHS employees who have spent their careers in the field. Signatories of the letter included former Border Patrol Commissioner Rodney Scott and former ICE Director Tom Homan. (Related: ‘Something Must Be Done’: President Trump Promises Compensation Fund for Immigrant Crime Victims)
These border security experts made their case for why they believe the border crisis has gotten incredibly worse during the current administration and how things were different under the previous administration.
“President Trump respected the experience of border security experts and listened to our advice,” the letter said. “When border security experts explained to President Trump that illegal immigrants are giving cartels the power to control who and what they let into their homes, President Trump listened and acted.”
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott during a ceremony commemorating the completion of 200 miles of border wall on the Mexican border in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB) ) /AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
“The Trump Administration supports policies and programs that reduce illegal immigration and instill integrity in our nation’s legal immigration system, and will do everything it can to ensure that the U.S. government regulates who and what enters our country. “Our borders have never been as secure as they were during the Trump administration,” the letter continues.
Since taking office, the Biden-Harris administration has taken 296 executive actions related to immigration, 89 of which were orders specifically reversing or beginning the process of rescinding President Trump’s immigration policies. The administration also reversed many of President Trump’s major initiatives on border security, including halting construction of the border wall and halting the Remain in Mexico program.
What followed was a historic flow of illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. Data tracked by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows that 2024 will be the second worst year for illegal border crossings in U.S. history, and will not be surpassed until 2023.
Scott, who led the Border Patrol from February 2020 to August 2021, previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the Biden administration has cracked down on what he and his colleagues say about the border crisis. .
Since taking over re-election responsibility from President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris has promoted ads featuring the border wall and pledged to hire more Border Patrol agents if she becomes president. , is trying to rebrand itself as more of a border hawk. Winner in November.
Trump’s support from border security experts is not limited to those who have since left the military. In early October, the Border Patrol formally endorsed the Republican candidate, with the president of the National Border Patrol Council saying a Harris victory would mean “every city and every community in this great country will go to hell.” said.
A letter submitted by retired border experts echoed similar sentiments.
[U]”Under Vice President Harris’ watch, idealistic political appointees with no border security experience were empowered to implement border security policies that were disastrous and deadly to the United States,” the letter states. There is. “The catastrophic consequences are that total control of the border is handed over to the cartels, astronomical profits are given to them, the backlog of legal immigrants swells, and millions of illegal immigrants remain in the country. It was done.”
“Assuming you care about border security as much as we do, the choice is clear: President Trump is the only candidate we can trust to secure our nation’s borders,” the letter concluded. .
Neither the Trump nor Harris campaigns immediately responded to requests for comment from DCNF.
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