Fox’s first appearance: House Speaker Mike Johnson highlights 100 news stories showing the “danger and destruction” of the “Biden border catastrophe,” including crime, violence, fentanyl smuggling, national security threats, and more. He blames American actions and policies. Biden administration – Republicans and administration are at odds over who is responsible for the crisis.
“The mass release of illegal immigrants into our country is wreaking havoc on families, communities, and law enforcement. It’s showing us how we’re flooding the streets with increased traffic, increased violence, bankrupting local governments, killing people,” Johnson said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
story They include dozens of immigration crimes, including a recent case in which tens of thousands of Venezuelans and other immigrants committed crimes in New York City after they were released into the United States.
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It also highlighted reports that immigration is draining resources at the state and city level, including in Denver, New York City, and Chicago, and that the crisis is having a significant impact on housing, hospitals, schools, and state budgets. ing.
Other stories include the impact of the fentanyl crisis, which has plagued the United States for years but has exploded in recent years. The illegal drug is primarily manufactured in Mexico and then smuggled across the U.S. border, and can be deadly in small doses.
Other articles include how the border crisis has fueled cross-border smuggling, a multibillion-dollar industry for cartels, and its impact on front-line Border Patrol agents. Separately, the 100 stories also include national security threats and people on terrorist watch lists encountered across borders.
Hundreds of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, cross the Rio Grande River in search of humanitarian asylum, crossing the Mexico-U.S. border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 5, 2023. (David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Republicans have blamed the crisis on the administration’s policies, including increasing “catch-and-release,” reducing domestic enforcement and deportations, halting border wall construction, and reversing many Trump-era policies. I am trying to do. , including the Remain in Mexico policy.
The House of Representatives last week voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on an article accusing him of “refusing to comply with federal immigration law” and violating the “public trust.” The matter will now be heard in the Senate.
“President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas have made a colossal failure of leadership and refused to protect our homeland. They have the power to stop the catastrophe now and secure our borders, but they will never do so,” Johnson said. I won’t.” Statement to Fox News Digital.
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The Biden administration has pushed back, arguing that it needs funding from Congress and comprehensive immigration reform, including a $20 billion superfund for border improvements while restricting asylum as part of a larger sweep. He urged the House and Senate to pass a partisan agreement. Regarding immigration measures. The White House said the increased staffing and other measures would help secure the border and protect against fentanyl smuggling, and argued that a no vote was a “yes for fentanyl” vote.
Conservatives said this was not a sufficient result and that high levels of illegal immigration would become the norm. They instead called for the House Republican border bill to be passed as part of a supplemental spending deal.
The administration denies claims that it has opened the door to illegal immigration, citing statistics showing that total deportations and deportations of illegal immigrants since May have exceeded all fiscal years since 2015 and that DHS has of fentanyl and more smugglers arrested. There are more fentanyl-related crimes than in the previous five years combined. He also said that the apprehension rate for illegal immigrants is about the same as under the Trump administration.
Mr. Biden himself condemned the Republican impeachment of Mr. Mayorkas as “baseless,” while renewing his calls for passage of border legislation.
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“We will continue to pursue real solutions to the challenges facing the American people,” he said in a statement last week. “House Republicans must decide whether they will join us in solving the problems or continue playing border politics.” It must be done,” he said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.
