Undocumented immigrants from the San Diego area on the U.S.-Mexico border thanked President Joe Biden after they were released into the country from the region’s overburdened immigration processing facilities, the New York Post says. The paper reported Friday.
After being dropped off by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and allowed to enter the United States, the Indian migrant reportedly said, “Thank you America, thank you Mr. President of the United States.” Exit.
Other migrants who were dropped off said they came from a variety of countries, including China, India, Egypt, Jordan, Mauritania and Colombia.
The San Diego division’s processing facilities are at 245% capacity, and facilities designed to hold up to 750 immigrants are currently holding 1,812 immigrants, the paper reported. In this sector he has 8 stations, according to To CBP.
U.S. policy states that migrants cannot be detained for more than 72 hours, so more than 125,000 migrants have reportedly been released onto the streets of San Diego since September 2023.
A family of Chinese immigrants said they took the same route in China, passing through Thailand and Turkey, and it cost them $70,000. The newspaper said they were in the United States to visit relatives. (Related: ‘Why the filibuster?’ Mayorkas stumbles over answer when asked what powers he lacks to protect the border)
Migrants thank Biden for letting them in as U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego processing center reaches an astonishing 245% capacity https://t.co/BVul2Nnam9 pic.twitter.com/B1cQ0qgQG9
— New York Post (@nypost) April 12, 2024
The release of migrants raises national security concerns, given the arrests of serial deportees and gang members in February 2024 and the arrests of 59 terrorist suspects from October 2023 to January 2024. ing. By comparison, CBP reportedly arrested 30 terrorist suspects between 2017 and 2021.
“We have to keep in mind that all we know is what is in the database, but if they come from another country, without the cooperation of the United States, they will We don’t know what their background is,” Manny Bayon, president of the National Border Patrol Council in the San Diego area, told the outlet.
The San Diego area is one of the two busiest illegal immigration hotspots. The other is the Tucson area in southern Arizona. But in the Del Rio area of Texas, such encounters have reportedly decreased after a spate of arrests as part of the state’s Operation Lone Star.
The state of Texas continues to install razor wire and fences to deter illegal immigration into the state, the paper said.
However, San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond told the outlet that California’s sanctuary state status and mass exodus of immigrants are encouraging illegal immigration.
“People are coming into the country illegally. We’re not enforcing the law,” Desmond was quoted as saying.
