“I love you Joe Biden, thank you for everything, Joe Biden,” one migrant told reporter Bill Melugin, who regularly covers immigration and the U.S. southern border. Both men said they came to the U.S. for economic reasons and to find work. However, economic migrants do not have valid asylum claims. As explained by the Center for Immigration Studies:Two African men who traveled from Morocco and Liberia to enter the U.S. illegally through the southern border this week are now thanking President Joe Biden for making their entry possible.
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Under US law, most migrants coming here without permission must be expelled. The only exceptions are migrants fleeing torture or racial, religious, ethnic, political or social-group persecution. “Economic refugee” is a contradiction, and “seeking a better life” means nothing if a migrant lacks permission to enter. Otherwise, millions would seek entry and local governments would go bankrupt, medical and public-school systems would be strained, and America’s poor would remain in poverty for generations. To avoid such harms, Congress requires the Department of Homeland Security to prevent all illegal entries and has given it authority to quickly remove migrants who enter illegally or come without proper documents. The two men were part of a massive surge of migrants crossing into Arizona. Following Texas officials enacting stronger border measures and passing legislation allowing authorities to arrest and deport illegal aliens without involvement from the federal government, Mexican cartels have redirected migrants to the Tucson sector. Personnel within the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) told Melugin that in just a single day this week, there were more than 10,000 migrant encounters at the southern border. Smugglers have been using tools to breach the south side of the border wall. While federal contractors are busy repairing cut sections of the wall, cartels cut openings in other sections and re-direct migrants — a back-and-forth contest that has left U.S. border agents frustrated and overworked.Loading...
Many of the foreign nationals who’ve crossed into the U.S. are no longer evading authorities. They are simply waiting to be detained in order to obtain the necessary paperwork to appear for a court date, which they need in order to be able to remain in the U.S.Loading...
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