Recently, President Joe Biden spoke about his administration’s recent decision to pick up border wall construction amid record-high illegal immigration. However, the president indicated that he attempted to “redirect” funding for the initiative while simultaneously denying that the concept of a border wall was effective.
“I’ll answer one question on the border wall, the border wall where money was appropriated for the border wall. I tried to get them to reappropriate, to redirect that money,” Biden said. “They didn’t. They wouldn’t. And in the meantime, there’s nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated. I can’t stop that.” Biden answered “no” when questioned if a border wall worked.
According to a post on X from White House communications director Ben LaBolt, “funds for ~20 miles of border reinforcements were appropriated in 2019 before [Biden] took office.” LaBolt continued, “He called on Congress to reappropriate the funds for smarter, more effective enforcement uses. Congress failed to do so. Rule of law requires the project be completed in 2023.”
The American Tribune recently reported on calls from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who called for an “acute and immediate need” to waive federal regulations and begin imminent construction of a border wall along the southern border in Texas.
“There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996],” Mayorkas said.
The Biden administration previously took a hostile approach to the concept of a border wall, particularly when it was a major campaign initiative of former President Donald Trump. However, according to a DHS announcement in the U.S. Federal Register, a “high entry point” in the Rio Grande Valley Sector has seen nearly 250,000 migrant encounters just this fiscal year.
“The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in Starr County, Texas,” the announcement stated.
Subsequently, the Trump campaign weighed in on the seeming change of heart toward a border the Biden administration is displaying. Mr. Trump’s campaign backed him up, claiming he was right when campaigning for America’s need for a border wall. “President Trump is always right. That’s why he built close to 500 miles of powerful new wall on the border, and it would have been finished by now. Instead, Crooked Joe Biden turned our country into one giant sanctuary for dangerous criminal aliens,” the Trump campaign stated.
The skyrocketing surge in illegal immigration has put an undeniable strain on the infrastructure of border states and woke “sanctuary cities” migrants flock to. New York City has recently been dealing with a surging migrant crisis that is crippling the city. Enduring the consequences of advertising themself as a sanctuary to the world, New York’s leaders have petitioned the federal government for action.
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