Migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border say they’re ‘hoping’ [President Joe] While some are aiming for a Biden victory in the 2024 presidential election, they hope to be released into the interior by Election Day, knowing that former President Donald Trump’s chances for a second term will all but disappear. Some people are.
in interview This year, he and Peter Savodnik of the Free Press argue that migrants waiting to cross the southern border are likely to be released into the U.S. interior largely under the current administration. He said he much prefers Biden over Trump in the election.
But with the rise of President Trump, they see those opportunities disappearing.
“I want Biden to win,” Daniel Cortes, 45, from Honduras, currently living in a migrant camp in northern Mexico, told Savodnik.
Richard Betancourt, 46, a Venezuelan national who also lives in the migrant camp, said, “If Mr. Trump were to work, no matter how hard I worked, no matter how much I wanted to work, he wouldn’t let me in.”
Migrants stand behind a fence in Eagle Pass, Texas, after entering the United States from Mexico on August 25, 2023. The orange buoy stretches for about 300 meters. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)
Alejandra Falcon, 26, a Venezuelan national, made a border appointment through Biden’s mobile app CBP One and waited for him to use the magic words “credible fear” to get into the United States. He said he was there.
Mr. Falcon told Mr. Savodnik that he was not particularly concerned about what his life would be like once he crossed the border. Instead, she’s concerned with who wins on her November 5th. Mainly, she wants to get into the United States by that date to secure her chance to stay.
“if [Biden] You can’t win, you can’t imagine what’s going to happen,” Falcon said.
Migrants cross a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Jacumba Hot Springs, California, on December 22, 2023. (Qian Weizhong/VCG, via Getty Images)
From February 2021 to February 2024, Biden oversaw 9 million border encounters, more than 7.4 million of which occurred at the southern border.
These numbers include the approximately 2 million “known fugitives” who have successfully crossed the U.S. border and the millions more who are estimated to have successfully crossed the border but remain unknown to Border Patrol. Nearby people are not included.
Similarly, under the Biden administration, the foreign-born population has reached unprecedented levels.
The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that the country’s foreign-born population 51 million —The highest amount in American history. Put another way, the foreign-born population is her 15.5 percent of the total U.S. population.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
