A senior Customs and Border Protection source said President Biden’s latest executive order, signed on Tuesday, will only do so much to help Americans get used to the 2 million more migrants entering the U.S. annually. The source, who was not authorized to speak to the media, said even if the order isn’t repealed entirely due to a lawsuit by pro-immigrant civil rights groups, it will likely do little to change the out-of-control situation at the border.
Tuesday’s executive orderBorder Security DeclarationThe proclamation would deny migrants the opportunity to apply for asylum if the number of migrant apprehensions at the southwest border reaches a seven-day average of more than 2,500 per day. Sources say the proclamation could allow nearly a million migrant arrests per year without restrictions on asylum eligibility, if the cartels or the Mexican government were to limit border crossings to under 2,500 per day.
Additionally, sources said other “legal entry routes” into the United States introduced under the Biden administration have allowed nearly one million more migrants to cross the border at ports of entry, often under cover of night.
“The public has already grown accustomed to the administration’s whims allowing 2,400 crossings through land border ports of entry and airports,” a source told Breitbart Texas. “These asylum claims are not vetted as rigorously as illegal port-to-port crossings. The CBP One admissions are merely a mechanism to impact the poor reputation of port-to-port crossings.”
The sources say the order does nothing to address the 800 to 1,000 or more migrant escapes counted by the Border Patrol each day. Overall, counting the fewer than 2,500 illegal border crossers each day through “legal routes,” as well as those the Border Patrol fails to apprehend, the sources say, more than 2 million migrants could potentially cross the border each year without facing any of the consequences outlined in the order signed Tuesday.
“Some of the statements in the order are complete lies,” the source added. “The order attributes the low number of migrant crossings in 2020 to travel restrictions imposed by other countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is a lie.”
“Strong enforcement policies put in place under the previous administration resulted in fewer border crossings in 2020 than the previous year,” the source explained. “Under the Trump administration’s Title 42 COVID-19 authorities, 3 million migrants who reached the border were removed, but most countries didn’t care who was heading to the U.S. illegally.”
The source said a dilemma immediately affecting the Border Patrol is a lack of space to hold migrants who cannot be turned away due to a lack of diplomatic relations or logistical constraints.
“We have a limited number of aircraft and it takes time to prepare to transport migrants to non-neighboring countries,” the source said. “That time has been lengthened by the reversal of a previous policy negotiated under the Trump administration.”
“If anything, this will increase traffic to the CBP One application, keeping the border open but less visible to the public as we enter an election year,” the source lamented.
Randy Clark Randy Clark is a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he served as Chief of the Law Enforcement Operations Division, where he led operations for nine Border Patrol stations in the Del Rio Sector, Texas. Follow him on Twitter: @RandyClarkBBTX.
