President Biden and former President Trump are scheduled to head to the southern border on Thursday, as the besieged southern border becomes a top political issue and reports of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants grip the nation.
All of this violent crime and arrests have occurred in the past two weeks, adding to the immigration chaos in places like New York City, which says it is overwhelmed by the sheer numbers. However, the number of immigrant-related crimes that many immigrants are exposed to has decreased, and the city is currently reconsidering its sanctuary city policy.
An illegal Venezuelan immigrant has been charged with killing a nursing student while she was jogging in Georgia.
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Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. (Getty Images)
An illegal Salvadoran immigrant has been charged with murder in the death of a 2-year-old child in Maryland.
An illegal Honduran immigrant has been charged with raping a 14-year-old girl at knifepoint in Louisiana.
An illegal Venezuelan immigrant has been arrested in Virginia on suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor.
An undocumented Honduran immigrant is facing multiple charges related to child pornography in Virginia.
These charges come on the heels of a record-setting fiscal year of more than 2.4 million migrant encounters and a historic December surge of more than 300,000 encounters. Recent polls, including this week’s poll by Gallup, show that voters view the large number of illegal immigrants entering the United States as a “significant” threat to the country.
Biden is scheduled to visit Brownsville in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, even as his administration continues to face intense criticism for its handling of the crisis, now in its third year. He plans to meet with Border Patrol, law enforcement and local leaders.
The White House renewed its call for Congress to pass a bipartisan border agreement that would increase border staffing, tighten asylum rules, tackle fentanyl smuggling, and increase funding for immigrant-hosting communities and NGOs. Stated.
Illegal Salvadoran immigrant arrested in connection with murder of 2-year-old Maryland boy
Hundreds of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, cross the Rio Grande River at the Mexico-U.S. border in search of humanitarian asylum in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 5, 2023. Upon reaching the Rio Grande, they encountered a barrier. Barbed wire and the Texas National Guard prohibit crossing the river. Nevertheless, many found a way to cross the river and lined up in front of the wall gate marked number 36, hoping to be processed by Border Patrol and then apply for humanitarian asylum. (David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images)
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Air Force One: “The president has passed a bipartisan border security agreement in the Senate that is the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure our borders in decades.” “We will discuss the urgent need to pass it.” “He will repeatedly call on Congressional Republicans to stop playing politics and provide needed funding for additional U.S. Border Patrol agents, more asylum workers, fentanyl detection technology, and more.
Meanwhile, the White House told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that it is encouraging cooperation with ICE by local law enforcement, including in “sanctuary” jurisdictions.
“We welcome the assistance and cooperation of local law enforcement in apprehending and removing individuals who pose a risk to national security or public safety,” the White House press secretary said Wednesday in response to questions about the administration’s stance on sanctuary cities. he told Fox News Digital. “If local governments have information about individuals who may pose a threat to public safety, we ask them to share that information with ICE.”
“Since May 12, DHS has deported or returned more than 565,000 people, the majority of whom crossed the Southwest border. more than all fiscal years,” they said.
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President Trump, who has made restoring border order one of the main pillars of his 2024 presidential campaign, will be staying in Eagle Pass, the center of an ongoing standoff and legal battle between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and his administration over the border. I will do it. It also includes related issues such as the installation of razor wire and new anti-illegal immigration laws.
President Trump and the Republican Party hold the Biden administration responsible for the crisis, saying that rolling back Trump-era policies and implementing an “open borders” policy fueled the crisis and allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country. He blames it.
“Joe Biden has ignored our southern border and denied the existence of a crisis for years, but now he pretends to change his tune when it’s politically expedient,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement. “I’m doing it,” he said. “There is no question: Biden’s open borders policy has brought criminals into the country, brought deadly fentanyl into our communities, and created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. No matter how he interprets it, Joe Under Biden, every state is a border state.”
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President Trump has promised to move aggressively away from Biden-era policies and aim for stronger enforcement. President Trump has promised to continue building the wall, return to the Remain in Mexico policy, and expand deportations.
“If I become president, I will immediately close our borders, stop this invasion, and on day one begin the largest deportation operation of illegal criminals in American history!” President Trump said on TruthSocial this week.
