Absolute honesty has never been a hallmark of politics. But the prevalence of lies and deception concerning illegal immigration reached a new low. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Biden administration’s comments about the flood of illegal immigration.
Shortly after taking office, Biden signed executive orders reversing Trump’s restrictive immigration policies. He proclaimed that “I’m not making new law. I’m eliminating bad policy.”
Despite dramatic, record-breaking illegal immigration across the southern border, verified by the House Committee on Homeland Security border encounter data, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre states “The president has done more to secure the border… than anybody else. He really has.”
The vast numbers flooding into the nation clearly present dangers. The House Judiciary Committee notes that “the DHS is not protecting the U.S. from terrorists.”
In addition to concerns about terror, crime is a major threat. A Heritage Foundation Analysis states that “In 2023 alone, Border Patrol agents have encountered thousands of illegal aliens with prior criminal convictions, including assault, rape, and murder. The true extent of crimes committed by illegal aliens remains unknown because there are also over 1.5 million unaccounted for ‘gotaways’ since Biden’s term began.”
None of these threats are discussed by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The extent of his deceptive testimony to Congress rises to the level of perjury.
The House Judiciary Committee has been outraged. In a September, letter, Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan stressed that On July 26, 2023, during testimony before the Committee, Mayorkas repeatedly stated that aliens who are encountered at the southwest U.S. border are screened and vetted by Department of Homeland Security personnel. “When pressed about the status of the record number of aliens on the terrorist watchlist who have been encountered since President Biden took office, you [Mayorkas] reiterated that ‘individuals that present a national security or public safety threat are detained and are a priority for removal.’ Mayorkas’ testimony seemed incredible at the time, Jordan stated, and “now recent press reports appear to confirm that the Department is not securing the border from terrorists who pose a direct threat to our national security. According to reports, a foreign national with ties to ISIS, an Islamic State terrorist organization, helped to smuggle over 120 nationals of Uzbekistan, Russia, Georgia, and Chechnya into the United States through the southwest border. These foreign nationals reportedly arrived at the border, claimed asylum, and were released into the country by the Biden Administration. These reports seem to directly contradict your testimony under oath that all aliens encountered at the border who pose national security threats are detained and removed. Even if the national security threat was not apparent when these aliens were screened, the Administration’s open-border policies still has created a national security threat to all Americans.”
The Biden Administration contends that he inherited a “broken system.” However, a 2022 Senate Minority Report found that “Illegal migration to the United States has reached astronomical levels since the Biden Administration entered office in January 2021. The sheer number of illegal migrants, combined with the evolving tactics that transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) employ to smuggle and traffic individuals, presents an untenable security and humanitarian situation.”
In June, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote, “The only concern this administration has is optics; it is giving illegal, inadmissible entrants the trappings of legality – whether through unlawful parole or the use of an app—just to manage the illegal flow and hide the truth from the American people.”
The Biden Administration’s illegal immigration deceptions will have dire consequences for years in the future, as rising crime and the potential of many more 9/11 attacks will be prevalent.
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