Jim Chilton, an Arizona rancher who has collected more than 3,000 images of illegal immigrants entering the United States over the past three years, told Fox News on Wednesday that he never saw Border Patrol agents on his property. He said he hadn’t seen it in “four months.”
Chilton appeared on “The Ingraham Angle” to discuss the ongoing southern border crisis and its impact on his ranch, which stretches five miles across the Arizona-Mexico border. Fox host Laura Ingraham asked ranchers what they “find on a regular basis” that most Americans would be “shocked” to know. (Related: Police arrest illegal immigrant on suspicion of assaulting family member)
“Well, I have five motion-activated cameras. Over the past three years, I’ve collected 3,050 images of people wearing camouflage clothing, carpet shoes, and similar backpacks. – [I’ve] “We’re hearing that at least 20 percent are coming into our country loaded with drugs to poison our people,” Chilton said.
“You heard what the Biden administration is thinking of doing at the border. Does that give you any comfort, Jim?” Ingraham asked.
“No, we’re busy processing people because there are so many people coming. I haven’t seen a Border Patrol agent inside the ranch in over four months,” Chilton replied.
Mr. Ingraham appeared shocked by Mr. Chilton’s statement that there was inadequate security by U.S. Border Patrol agents on his property and asked if he had contacted authorities. The Fox host introduced Chilton’s land along the border in eastern Arizona, which is flush with an opening in the Mexican border wall.
“Basically, Border Patrol people tell me that they are just taxi drivers who pick up people who want to come across the border, get arrested, be processed and released into the country. ”
“This is actually a border hole on your ranch, a fence or whatever you want to call it, and they’re coming in through it?” Ingraham pressed.
“That’s one place, the end of the wall is our ranch. It went east from Sasabe and on Biden’s first day in office he stopped it. [with] It’s 0.5 miles to my ranch. ”
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), nearly 7.3 million illegal immigrants have been encountered by agents at the southern border since President Joe Biden entered the White House in 2021, a record high. did. data. Many lawmakers have continued to call on Biden to close the border through executive action, but the president said in a recent interview with Univision that his team is still considering whether Biden has the “authority” to do so. He said there is.
