Showdown at the Border
Together? No. Perhaps because Biden couldn't -- or chose not to -- pass immigration reform unilaterally when Democrats also controlled the Senate and House.
There have been more than 6.3 million migrant encounters along the southern border since Biden took office.
They're not all folks you'd invite into your living room.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens posted on X Tuesday that in the previous 72 hours, 11 people with violent criminal histories were arrested along the Southwest border. "Their criminal histories include: child molestation, aggravated assault, rape, murder, & manufacture/trafficking of firearms."
Jon Feere of the pro-enforcement Center for Immigration Studies crunched the numbers and figured the Biden administration "has allowed over 200,000 criminal aliens to run free after being arrested by sheriffs across the country." Feere added, "the administration's real intention is to undermine ICE's mission and gut immigration enforcement, rather than improve public safety." No surprise.
As of February, Gallup reported that Americans see immigration as the most important problem facing the country.
Contact Review-Journal Washington columnist Debra J. Saunders at dsaunders@reviewjournal.com. Follow @debrajsaunders on X.
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