The Biden administration is resorting to empty dialogue on the border because it will not abandon policies that promote illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and many other illegal activities. This is why Texas is relying on razor wire fences to protect itself and why Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is facing impeachment. Don’t be fooled by their actions, not their words.
Since President Biden took office, more than 5.5 million illegal immigrants have been encountered at the border, and at least 1.7 million more have become “abstracts.”Non-custodial record swelled Over 6 millionincluding hundreds of thousands of convicted criminals.
This is where they expose themselves as hypocrites when they suddenly talk about “closing” the southern border. Biden widens the “third border” between the United States and the Caribbean. Not only does his administration have no intention of shutting it down, he is funneling political gifts and taxpayer dollars to crony Caribbean countries. These islands are now busy transit points for illegal immigrants, gangs, drugs, and human trafficking returning to our country.
One example is the Dominican Republic, which is rife with drugs, forced labor, and human trafficking. It is just 130 miles from the U.S. coast of Puerto Rico, which is controlled by border authorities. phone It is a “major area for drug traffickers and human smugglers” of illegal immigrants.
In this October 8, 2013 photo, a Dominican drug enforcement officer stands behind a package of seized drugs during a press conference at the National Drug Enforcement Agency in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is currently the largest transit point for drugs in the region. The U.S. military estimates that 6 percent of cocaine destined for the United States this year will pass through the Dominican Republic alone. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz)
Thanks to its anti-border policy priorities, the Biden administration has a schizophrenic relationship with the Dominican Republic. They acknowledge how bad the situation is in the DR, yet they warmly embrace the leaders and never pressure them to do anything about it. Because putting in the effort necessary to alleviate the problem will draw attention to our own failures and selfish ends.
Meanwhile, Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), said:Excited” She is receiving aid from the Dominican government, handing out tens of millions of dollars in aid, but Undersecretary of State Uzra Zeya praise it is “Bright Spot of Democracy” Biden himself staged all the pomp and circumstance for the Dominican president at the White House in November. sent Tom Perez, the country’s top political advisor, traveled to Santo Domingo and apparently talked about everything but the misery that the DR is fostering at home and exporting to our country.
U.S. President Joe Biden (right) speaks with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, November 2, 2023 in Washington, DC, USA. Biden on Friday will host nearly a dozen leaders from across the country. As an administration, the Americas will establish a new forum to strengthen regional competitiveness, address migration and its causes, and offer the United States as a strategic alternative to China.Photographer: Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Meanwhile, the State Department demoted In its latest human trafficking report, the DR detailed how the government fell short of minimum standards in combating human trafficking. Criminal trafficking networks bring the victim The DR can be accessed from other countries in Latin America, making it a potential regional hub close to the mainland United States.
Dominican drug traffickers have taken advantage of our country’s weak immigration system and established themselves in the DEA-controlled northeastern United States. state They are “We will monopolize the wholesale distribution of heroin and fentanyl.” Just this year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested He is a Dominican citizen living in Boston who was previously imprisoned for distributing fentanyl and was deported in 2021. Taking advantage of the vast transnational web of Dominican drug traffickers, he quickly returned to our country and went back to his job as if nothing had happened.
Border security, law enforcement, and human trafficking officials have never been clearer about the crisis at the “third border,” and the Dominican Republic is one of the worst parts of that border. But the White House isn’t going to listen to that.
Since taking office, the Biden administration has sent Foreign aid to the Dominican Republic exceeds $100 million. It is time to examine the return on investment of these massive expenditures and find out whether U.S. taxpayers are subsidizing the Dominican government’s inactions and misdeeds that are directly harming its people and national security. Time is running out.
While Biden hasn’t taken action, members of Congress are starting to take notice. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said: Asked We asked the State Department for a breakdown of the funds going to the Dominican Republic.Representative Troy Neals prompted The Department of Justice’s Inspector General has ordered an investigation into taxpayer dollars wasted in Dominica’s criminal justice system.
WASHINGTON, DC – September 16: Ranking Member Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) presents the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the firing of State Department Inspector General Stephen Linick at the Washington State Capitol on September 16, 2020. Examine witnesses at committee hearings. , D.C. The Foreign Relations Committee issued the subpoena as part of a panel investigation into accusations that Linick was fired while investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s role in a controversial $8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. .
The Biden administration’s coddling of the Dominican government has achieved nothing but more cocaine, fentanyl, gangs, and illegal immigrants on America’s streets. When officials at the highest levels of government create a border crisis and cut corners on countries that contribute to the problem, it is the American people who ultimately suffer. Speaker McCaul and Congressman Nehls deserve credit for ensuring that the “third border” crisis received the attention and priority it deserved.
Tom Homan is Immigration Reform Law Institute Former Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
