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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL With the change of administration at the White House last January, the new U.S. government under President Biden has been quick in changing the various policies implemented by ex-president Donald Trump.

One of the many issues the new administration has been rushing to change is the immigration legal ban the Trump government had imposed on many nationalities trying to enter the U.S., either legally, or illegally.

Under the Trump tenure, migrants coming from Central America and Mexico were not allowed to enter, and if caught by Border Patrol, were systematically sent back to Mexico, while other migrants were asked to wait in Mexico for their paperwork to be processed.

This rather radical change in immigration policy, coupled with the current presidents inability to formulate a comprehensive plan on this ,subject, has led many migrants to believe that this is the time to make a push into the U.S. and try for asylum.

This lack of strategy has led the Mexican government to rush in an attempt to address this new tide of population flow coming through its Southern border with Guatemala; as well as U.S. federal agencies like Border Patrol which has been overwhelmed by this sudden increase in numbers.

The issue is not only political but also ideological. For the current Democratic Party, which is now quite different from what it once was, even under the Obama years, keeping an open border is part of the notion that the old values which had defined a century-old nation-state are now obsolete and needs to be placed into the abyss of history forever.

On the conservative side, the notion of going through the legal process is still important as many immigrants still wait their turn in line to obtain a permanent visa, a work visa, or their green card to be allowed into the US legally.

In fact, it is considered an American value to wait in line like everyone else until it is your turn while trusting that the system works well enough. This legalist mentality is now being pushed aside ever further, hence creating a real sense of unfairness that will continue to slip away from our institutions and the way we see the U.S. as a nation-state.

Along the U.S./Mexican border, the more conservative U.S. media have been quick to react to the facts stated above, in fact, to show to the American people what is happening, while exposing the reality of ideological differences now firmly anchored within American society.

For instance, U.S. vice president, Kamala Harris was appointed over two months ago to the unenvious task of dealing with this current surge in border crossings. This poisoned gift by President Biden has forced her to disappear from the media and consequently from the public scene altogether, which is quite odd and considered by most Americans as unacceptable.

So, what is really happening on the border? Is there indeed a crisis as conservative media report? Yes and No. Yes, because there is a surge in the actual numbers of people crossing over to the U.S. since Biden came to power, a lot more than during the Trump years, who was quite successful in stopping this flow of people under the famous Title 42 law which allowed U.S. authorities to extradite illegal immigrants back to Mexico.

When President Biden took power in the White House, the removal of illegal migrants from the U.S. dropped dramatically. Although it is not entirely clear who gets to stay and who gets to be sent back across the Mexican border, it seems that from Border Patrol sources, lone men are usually sent back, while families, children, pregnant women, and unaccompanied children are processed and may remain in the U.S.

Furthermore, local authorities in Texas have been called upon by the State to help curb the flow and assist the Border Patrol which is now overwhelmed. Hence, local Police forces, as well as Highway patrol and some National Guard Units have been deployed to help border work. This is a clear sign that there is an increase in illegal border crossings throughout the U.S. Southern border.

That being said, however, looking at this current crisis on a grand scale, and therefore in the long term, the crisis should be short-lived, as the migration issue has now been present for decades. This not-very-new phenomenon has never been rectified by either the U.S. or the various Mexican and Central American governments. In fact, Mexico has turned a blind eye on the illegal crossing of tens of millions of its poor citizens into the U.S. This rather sulfurous policy has been implemented by successive Mexican governments on purpose.

Indeed, Mexico was all too happy to have a significant portion of its poor citizens leave its national border, thereby alleviating the economic burden on its treasury, as these individuals while working in the U.S. were sending billions of dollars back to their families in the country through Western Union. This was indeed a win-win situation for Mexico. On the other side of the border, the U.S. was also all too happy to have cheap labor in its fields, kitchens, and other types of jobs U.S. citizens did not want.

However, this odd arrangement is now about to end, and I do believe that we are seeing the end of this great Latin migration into the U.S. Why? Well, for one simple reason. Birth rates in Central America, as well as Mexico, are collapsing rapidly, hence placing a real strain on these countrys labor force requirements. In 1950 there were 6.7 children per woman in the country, currently, the rate stands at 2.07, which is just under the 2.1 needed to sustain population growth, and the collapsing trends are increasing.

In Honduras, it dropped from 7.4 to 2.4 during that same period. These trends are occurring all over North and South America. Demography dictates the future of each nation, empires, kingdoms that once existed, and a population decline is always a clear sign that things will change.

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The White House on Monday reiterated that immigration czar Vice President Kamala Harris has no plans to visit the border as new video shows a group of about 50 illegal immigrants overwhelming Border Patrol agents in Texas on Sunday, in the latest example of the ongoing crisis on the southern crossing.

Despite the alarming footage, White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday said Harris, who was appointed by President Biden to oversee the border in March, still has made no arrangements to surveil the situation in person and talk to local officials there.

I expect she will make a trip to the Northern Triangle at some point soon. So that would be where she would travel given her purview, Psaki said when asked during her daily briefing if the veep would go to the area.

The video, taken by a drone by Fox News, shows one agent in a pickup truck trying to capture more than a dozen migrants running along a dirt road as another agent pursued more members of the group as they leaped over a stream near La Joya, Texas.

Two of the migrants fleeing along the road appeared to be handcuffed together, indicating they had escaped custody.

Eventually, the agents were able to capture about 20 of them a group made up of mostly adult males, the report said.

Another group of migrants about 53 people from Romania, Venezuela, Guatemala and Honduras surrendered to Border Patrol agents instead of trying to flee, the report said.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned during an interview on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures that the surge of migrants coming across the southern border is causing a dramatic increase in the amount of drugs being brought into the US.

The Texas Department of Public Safety patrols the border every single day. And they have seen an 800 percent increase in the amount of fentanyl coming across the border. They seized this year enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman and child in the entire state of New York, Abbott said Sunday.

He said that while Texas is cracking down on the illegal drug trade, Americans need to wake up to the crisis.

The border issue is not on the Rio Grande Valley. It goes all the way up to New York or to Minnesota or Chicago, places across the country. And what the border crisis is doing that Biden has opened up, it is enriching the cartels, who profit off of moving fentanyl and other drugs into the United States, Abbott said.

Migrants from the Northern Triangle countries Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have interpreted President Bidens reversal of the majority of the Trump administrations immigration policies as a sign of encouragement to travel to the US.

It has led to the Biden White House being overwhelmed by the surge of migrants especially unaccompanied children making their way to the US.

Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador has blamed the new president for the crisis, arguing that the expectations he set left migrants with the perception that they would be let into the US.

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White House: No plans for Harris to visit border despite disturbing illegal immigrant video - New York Post

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released increasing numbers of illegal immigrants into communities since January -- an indicator of both narrowed enforcement priorities and recently-arrived migrants coming into ICE custody via Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Between October and January, ICE was releasing between 2,500 and 3,600 immigrants a month. In February, that increased to 4,782 and increased again in March to 11,888 and then in April to 12,726.

BORDER PATROL HAS RELEASED MORE THAN 60,000 MIGRANTS INTO US UNDER BIDEN

The vast majority of those released were done so under an order of recognizance, meaning they are released and given paperwork for a court hearing. At the moment, non-detained court cases are not proceeding until July. Others were bonded out, paroled or given an order of supervision. Of those released on an order of recognizance, 1,695 were convicted criminals or had pending criminal charges a number lower than the 2,603 released between November and January.

It is unclear how many were recent migrants transferred into ICE custody from CBP and how many were apprehended in the interior and then released.

"We continue to use the civil immigration enforcement priorities to focus our resources on threats to national security, border security and public safety," an ICE spokesperson told Fox News. "ICE will continue to carry out the duties of enforcing the laws of the United States to further the security and safety of our communities."

ICE PREDICTED 50% DROP IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTS UNDER NEW DHS GUIDANCE, EMAIL SHOWS

The Biden administration initially tried to impose a 100-day moratorium on deportations, but it has since stopped that effort after a lawsuit by the state of Texas. Instead, it has issued interim guidance that dramatically narrows enforcement priorities for the agency.

ICE is now focused on three categories of immigrants: those who pose a threat to national security; those who have crossed the border since Nov. 1, and those who committed "aggravated felonies."

CBP CHIEF SAYS MEXICAN STATE STOPPED TAKING BACK SOME MIGRANT FAMILIES DAYS AFTER BIDEN INAUGURATION

It has led to a dramatic reduction in both arrests and deportation, something ICE says allows it to focus more on criminals and national security threats -- but critics have accused the administration of shirking its responsibilities to enforce the border and enforce U.S. immigration law.

A number of Republican states have sued over the guidance, arguing that it is illegal and will result in the release of criminals into their communities.

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The numbers released by ICE are lower than the number of migrants released by CBP -- which has released more than 61,000 migrants into the U.S. CBP numbers show that it has also transferred more than 70,000 migrants to ICE and Health and Human Services -- which deals primarily with unaccompanied children.

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ICE releases of illegal immigrants increase dramatically since January - Fox News

Dont for one second believe the spin from the Biden White House about the immigration crisis at our southern border that is being parroted by its pious corporate media cronies. There is absolutely nothing normal or seasonal about the border crisis and the unprecedented wave of migrants who are streaming into our country.

Recently released apprehension figures from April show that more than 178,000 people were caught illegally entering the U.S. a 944 percent increase from a year ago. This is the highest total for a single month in more than two decades.

Single adults are driving the surge, but the unaccompanied alien children (UACs) the most vulnerable illegal immigrants are a chief concern. Statistics show that 17,171 UACs were apprehended in April, the second highest number in the Border Patrols 96-year history. And not surprisingly, the number of unaccompanied minor children in federal custody (some 20,000) is the highest on record.

Unfortunately, at the helm of the Biden immigration fleet is the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro MayorkasAlejandro MayorkasBiden administration renews Temporary Protected Status for Haiti Additional 22k guest worker visas to become available Tuesday DHS directs end to immigration detention in two jails under investigation MORE, despite his reputation of being no friend of immigration enforcement and a key architect of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. With the nation enduring a pandemic and facing threats of terrorism, Mayorkas was confirmed swiftly by the Senate with a bipartisan vote of 56 to 43. Senators of both parties gave him the benefit of the doubt that hed uphold his pledge to defend and secure our country in the midst of several national crises.

They clearly made a mistake.

Since taking office, Mayorkas has done everything in his power to incentivize illegal immigration into this country. Catch-and-release is in full swing, with tens of thousands of undocumented migrants being released into the country many without COVID-19 test. Their removal from the interior of the country has slowed to a trickle and critical agreements with our Central American neighbors to tamp down on asylum abuses have been canned.

Despite this dereliction of duty, its unlikely that Mayorkas will step down from his job or be fired. Still, he has a responsibility to assess the border crisis that he has helped to create and reconsider the three people hes backing to lead the agencies that work under him to protect the border, enforce immigration laws in the interior of the country, and oversee the legal immigration process. President BidenJoe BidenHarris to 2021 grads: Pandemic prepared you for 'pretty much anything' Senate Armed Services chair throws support behind changing roles of military commanders in sexual assault prosecutions Biden adviser says reducing red meat isn't sole climate change solution MORE has nominated three individuals to fill critical roles who are unacceptable for the positions, given their track records:

Theres a lot the Biden administration could do to curb some of the policy abuses theyve put in place, but what the Senate can do is refuse to confirm these candidates the president has nominated to help enforce the nations immigration laws. Putting yet another layer of people in charge of federal agencies whose very mission they oppose is a colossal mistake. Clearly, a lot of damage has been done with Mayorkas in the lead, but Biden shouldnt make things worse.

Dave Ray is director of communications at Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).

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Biden's immigration agency choices won't help end the border crisis | TheHill - The Hill

Migrants from Venezuela await transportation to a U.S. border patrol facility after crossing the Rio Grande river in Del Rio, Texas, May 11, 2021. (James Breeden/Reuters)

People around the world are responding to La Invitacion delivered by President Biden through his campaign rhetoric and executive actions.

The border crisis continues, with the total number of illegal immigrants encountered at the border in April at a 21-year high for that month, though up just 3 percent from March. But families (adults traveling with minors) from countries other than the usual Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador made up 30 percent of all illegal-alien families apprehended in April, up a whopping 34 percent from the previous month.

The New York Times reports that theyre coming not only from farther afield in Latin America Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil but also from India and the Middle East. The reporter quotes the director of a shelter in Tucson that helps illegal immigrants after theyve been released into the U.S. by the Border Patrol as saying, We never worked with such large numbers with this diversity, including speakers of Arabic, Haitian Creole, Hindi, and Portuguese.

This being the New York Times, the story is framed as being about pandemic refugees, which is not a thing, because fleeing unimaginable levels of illness and death and decimated economies and livelihoods doesnt make you eligible for the line-cutting exemption from immigration limits that is asylum.

But theres no hiding the fact that the border crisis is entirely a creation of President Biden:

While most of the migrants do not necessarily understand the intricacies of U.S. border policy, many said in interviews that they perceived a limited-time offer to enter the United States. Friends and family members already in the country, along with smugglers eager to cash in, have assured them that they will not be turned away and this is proving to be true.

What were hearing back home is that the new president is facilitating entry, and there is demand for labor, said Rodrigo Neto, who came from Brazil, where the pandemic killed his business and left him overwhelmed by debt. I couldnt pass up this opportunity.

The article notes that Border Patrol agents have apprehended people from more than 160 countries, and the geography coincides with the path of the viruss worst devastation but since there are about 190-something countries in the world (depending on how you count), the geography coincides with the entirety of the Third World. As word spreads, more people will be coming from farther and farther afield to take Biden up on his limited-time offer of an open border. Or, as the Times story blandly put it, The numbers in coming months are expected to be higher.

And for anyone who thinks any of these people will ever be made to leave, regardless of what happens with their asylum claims (assuming they even bother to apply for asylum), theres this:

Measures imposed under the Obama administration, such as fitting migrants with ankle monitors to ensure that they attend court hearings later, are only sparingly used.

Were left to pine for the good old days of the Obama administrations slightly less frivolous border policies.

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