{"id":1972190,"date":"2023-07-13T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T20:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mike-collins-the-migrant-crisis-is-only-half-the-story-at-our-southern-border\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T16:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T20:12:20","slug":"rep-mike-collins-the-migrant-crisis-is-only-half-the-story-at-our-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mike-collins-the-migrant-crisis-is-only-half-the-story-at-our-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Mike Collins: The Southern Border Crisis is Incomplete"},"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\">18<\/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%2Frep-mike-collins-the-migrant-crisis-is-only-half-the-story-at-our-southern-border%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=1972190&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Immigrants walk through razor wire surrounding a makeshift migrant camp after crossing the border from Mexico on May 11, 2023 in El Paso, Texas. The number of immigrants reaching the border has surged with the end of the U.S. government\u2019s Covid-era Title 42 policy, which for the past three years has allowed for the quick expulsion of irregular migrants entering the country. (Photo by John Moore\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><h2>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/mike-collins\">Representative Mike Collins<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>(Views expressed by guest commentators may not reflect the views of OAN or its affiliates.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>It has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/kamala-harris-avoid-us-mexico-border-thursday-visit-arizona\">two years<\/a> since Vice President Kamala Harris\u2014aka The \u201cBorder Czar\u201d\u2014visited the US-Mexico border. A startling truth as reports reveal the immigration crisis taking place is the worst on US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/border-patrol-chiefs-bidens-border-crisis-is-overwhelming\/\">record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 24 months, CBP reported over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">4.8 million migrant encounters<\/a> with another estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/22\/1-2-million-migrants-crossing-southern-border-evaded-us-authorities-report\/\">1.2 million<\/a> evading authorities altogether since January 2021. Perhaps more frightening though is the <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/factsheet-post-title-42-border-numbers-confirm-mayorkas-shell-game-unprecedented-national-security-crisis\/\">skyrocketing<\/a> number of individuals on the terrorist watchlist attempting to cross the border between ports of entry. As of June 2023, 125 individuals on the watchlist have been apprehended in the fiscal year to date, a 27% increase from last year\u2019s total of 98. It\u2019s worth noting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/cbp-enforcement-statistics\">this number<\/a> never exceeded 16 at any point under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, however, the migrant crisis is only half the story at our southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl, as well as other deadly substances, are being seized at record levels. In fact, CBP intercepted <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/factsheet-post-title-42-border-numbers-confirm-mayorkas-shell-game-unprecedented-national-security-crisis\/\">20,000 pounds of fentanyl<\/a> in Fiscal Year 2023 to date\u2014a number equivalent to 4.6 billion fatal doses. This does not include dangerous, and often undetectable, opioid analogs which are rising rapidly in prevalence.<\/p>\n<p>Regrettably, the Supreme Court has given the green light on the Biden administration\u2019s lax enforcement policies after ruling in its favor in <em>United States v. Texas.<\/em> The Department of Homeland Security will now narrow the guidelines for the arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants. Under this new guidance, we could see an even larger increase in crime and fentanyl flooding into America\u2019s communities.<\/p>\n<p>This, even as synthetic opioids are devastating neighborhoods across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Xylazine (\u2018Tranq\u2019), a veterinary tranquilizer and fentanyl analog, is the latest venom being trafficked over our border by cartels. Tranq has become known as the \u2018Zombie Drug\u2019 for its necrotizing effects and resistance to the usual opioid overdose treatments. <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-science.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/0\/6\/064509d0-a87d-4efc-8446-07c9e407a008\/B4E9BC78EA2C2765E10D53E9FA0CE77F.fact-sheet---tranq-research-act.pdf\">According to the DEA<\/a>, over the past two years, the Southern and Western US have experienced an over 100% increase in Xylazine detection.<\/p>\n<p>Our federal and local law enforcement officers are working themselves to the bone and receiving inadequate support from the Biden administration in return.<\/p>\n<p>This is why 25 of my colleagues and I in Congress introduced the TRANQ Research Act in March.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mike-collins-the-migrant-crisis-is-only-half-the-story-at-our-southern-border\/\" title=\"Rep. Mike Collins: The Southern Border Crisis is Incomplete\">common-sense legislation directs<\/a> the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide up-to-date research on the detection and handling of the newest, most dangerous synthetic opioids. Detection capabilities will extend to our law enforcement and other first responders so they are better equipped to stem the flow of deadly drugs into our country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The TRANQ Act proves that bipartisan solutions can be found to counter the crisis unfolding at our southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Our bill has already passed through the House with a unanimous vote. When the amended TRANQ Act is returned from the Senate to the House this Congress, I urge my colleagues to once again deliver for the American people where the Biden administration has failed and protect our brave men and women of law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Michael Allen Collins Jr. (born July 2, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia\u2019s 10th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>In an exclusive interview, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul announces the introduction of his Free Speech Protection Act coming off the heels of a ruling by a federal judge saying that the Biden Administration \u201cseems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian Ministry of Truth.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>While legacy media outlets fixate on President Trump\u2019s battle to postpone his trial regarding classified items, there has been hardly any coverage of President Biden\u2019s own ongoing investigation.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>FBI Director Christopher Wray swore he was not giving the Biden family preferable treatment during a contentious congressional hearing Wednesday.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>with Steve Boulton<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>(Reuters) &#8211; Britain\u2019s antitrust regulator on Thursday announced an in-depth probe of Adobe\u2019s $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma, after the\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) &#8211; China issued interim measures on Thursday to manage its booming generative artificial intelligence (AI) industry, saying\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies received $560 million in royalty revenues in 2022, Alan Fan, its head of\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h3>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 German auto supplier Bosch will invest almost 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in hydrogen fuel cell technology from 2021\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigrants cross the border into El Paso, Texas, passing through razor wire surrounding a makeshift camp. The surge in border arrivals follows the termination of the U.S. government&#8217;s Covid-era Title 42 policy. 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