{"id":1166787,"date":"2021-12-28T20:34:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T01:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1166787"},"modified":"2021-12-28T20:34:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T01:34:50","slug":"bidens-first-year-illegal-immigration-to-u-s-outpaces-populations-of-major-american-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-year-illegal-immigration-to-u-s-outpaces-populations-of-major-american-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#039;s First Year: Illegal Immigration to U.S. Outpaces Populations of Major American Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-first-year-illegal-immigration-to-u-s-outpaces-populations-of-major-american-cities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1166787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1358450679-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden\u2019s first year in office has resulted in record illegal immigration to the United States and defiance to constructing new border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/21\/analysis-biden-on-pace-to-bring-2m-illegal-aliens-to-u-s-by-year-end\/\">analysts project<\/a> that nearly two million illegal aliens will have attempted to cross the southern border since Biden took office \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/27\/report-joe-biden-releases-more-than-half-a-million-border-crossers-into-u-s\/\">hundreds of thousands<\/a> of which have been released into the U.S. interior.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The record-setting illegal immigration levels will have outpaced the highest calendar year on record, 1986, when then-President Ronald Reagan passed an amnesty for illegal aliens, by nearly 300,000 encounters.<\/p>\n<p>For perspective, the number of illegal alien encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border this year will have surpassed the resident populations of Phoenix, Arizona; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Antonio, Texas; San Diego, California; and Dallas, Texas, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, in response, has focused his efforts on transforming the southern border into a welcoming checkpoint of sorts where border crossers are stopped, briefly apprehended, and subsequently released into the U.S. interior with the hope that they will later appear at an immigration hearing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the administration has spent the year constructing virtually no new border wall to stem the flow of illegal immigration and relieve U.S. Border Patrol agents.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after taking office this year, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2021\/01\/21\/joe-biden-stops-border-wall-construction-suspends-anti-fraud-program\/\">halted all<\/a> border wall construction. On dates throughout the year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/23\/bidens-dhs-cancels-31-miles-of-border-wall-construction-funded-by-trump\/\">Biden then canceled<\/a> border wall construction contracts despite their being previously funded by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/03\/21\/exclusive-biden-spending-millions-per-day-to-halt-border-wall-construction\/\">exclusively reported<\/a> that Biden\u2019s halt to all border wall construction was costing American taxpayers about $6 million a day as materials and construction sites sat idle along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the money <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/27\/bidens-dhs-spending-border-wall-money-on-environmental-restoration\/\">previously allocated<\/a> to construct border wall is now being spent on \u201cenvironmental restoration.\u201d Most recently, the Biden administration announced that they would use border wall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/12\/21\/dhs-mayorkas-oks-closure-of-some-gaps-in-the-border-wall\/\">funds on<\/a> \u201cactivities necessary to address life, safety, environmental, and remediation requirements for border barrier projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Missouri Attorney General&nbsp;Eric Schmitt have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/paxton-asks-court-require-biden-build-wall\">urged<\/a> a federal court to issue a preliminary injunction that would require the Biden administration to continue constructing border wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Administration, again and again, refuses to aid Texans battling the border crisis every day,\u201d Paxton said in a statement. \u201cTheir response to this crisis is irresponsible, inhumane, and inexcusable. It is time for them to quit hiding behind red tape and help Americans in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s first year in office has resulted in record illegal immigration to the United States and defiance to constructing new border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. 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