{"id":2070643,"date":"2023-10-17T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-calls-open-border-more-fortified-than-ever\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T17:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:00:37","slug":"axios-calls-open-border-more-fortified-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-calls-open-border-more-fortified-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Axios declares open border &#8220;stronger than ever&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Faxios-calls-open-border-more-fortified-than-ever%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=2070643&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--><h2>Axios Dismisses the Myth of an Open Border<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/axios\/status\/1714352065164554520?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed<\/a> the idea of \u2064an \u201copen border\u201d as a \u201cmyth\u201d perpetuated by conservatives\u200c who apparently\u200b overlook \u2062the \u2063\u201creality\u201d that \u201cthe southern border \u2064is more fortified than it\u2019s ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Biden administration grapples with the soaring number of migrants\u2062 and asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, conservative\u2064 pundits and politicians\u200b have \u2063upped accusations that some \u200dDemocrats support \u2018open border\u2019 \u200bpolicies,\u201d\u200b Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/17\/us-mexico-border-open-borders-myth?utm_campaign=editorial&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Tuesday. \u201cBy using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politifact-tries-to-fact-check-a-federalist-article-on-democrats-dark-money-election-takeover-and-fails-miserably\/\" title=\"PolitiFact Tries To \u2018Fact-Check\u2019 A Federalist Article On Democrats\u2019 Dark Money Election Takeover And Fails Miserably\">term \u2018open border<\/a>,\u2019 conservatives \u2014 including \u200bRep. Jim \u200dJordan, R-Ohio, who\u2062 is seeking the role of House speaker\u200c \u2014 are \u2062suggesting that anyone\u200d can get into the U.S. without much hassle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the border were truly closed, however, then the FBI might \u200cnot have issued a \u2063weekend\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/17\/biden-admits-terrorism-threats-in-america-are-up-but-wont-stop-welcoming-them-over-the-border\/\">warning<\/a> \u2064 over \u2064the \u201cheightened environment\u201d for terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Saturday, FBI Director\u200b Christopher Way blamed\u2064 the conflict in\u200d Israel for \u200d\u201can increase in \u2063reported threats\u201d at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d encourage you to \u200dstay vigilant because\u200c as the first line of defense protecting our communities, you\u2019re often the first to see the signs that \u200csomeone\u200c may be mobilizing to\u200b violence,\u201d \u2064Wray said.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200dthe FBI chief didn\u2019t mention\u2064 the weak entry points along the southern\u200c U.S.-Mexico border as openings for\u2062 terrorism, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-sanctuary-country-arrests-of-illegal-aliens-cut-in-half-since-2019\/\" title=\"Joe Biden's Sanctuary Country: Arrests of Illegal Aliens Cut in Half Since 2019\">federal data shows<\/a> more than 150 illegal crossers were on the\u2064 Terrorist Screening\u2064 Database \u200c(TSDB).<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:\u2063[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/17\/biden-admits-terrorism-threats-in-america-are-up-but-wont-stop-welcoming-them-over-the-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden Admits Terrorism Threats In America\u2062 Are \u200bUp But Won\u2019t Stop \u200cWelcoming Them Over The Border<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]errorists and criminal actors may exploit the elevated flow \u200cand increasingly complex \u200csecurity\u2063 environment \u2064to enter the\u2063 United States,\u201d the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/11\/dhs-admits-bidens-border-crisis-is-making-it-easier-for-terrorists-to-enter-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cautioned<\/a> last week\u2062 in\u200c the agency\u2019s latest Homeland Threat \u2063Assessment.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Fox\u200c News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2-iranians-who-could-pose-significant-security-threat-captured-us-border-sources-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> with U.S. Customs and Border Protection \u2062(CBP) \u200cthat \u2064a pair of Iranians\u200d were caught by border patrol in \u2062September.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, terrorists are finding it easier to enter the\u2064 United States, along with the millions of \u2064migrants who\u2019ve \u200cfound \u2063their way across under the incumbent administration. Nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/01\/bidens-big-lie-about-the-border-exposed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7 million<\/a> have been \u201cencountered\u201d under President Joe Biden, with 3\u200c million released into communities across\u200d the \u200dcountry. But the border isn\u2019t \u201copen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fentanyl is coming \u200btoo, with a 164 percent increase in CBP seizures within\u2064 Biden\u2019s first \u2063two \u200byears in office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/article\/fentanyl-seizures-southwest-border-breakdown-cbp-areas-responsibility#:~:text=Fentanyl%20seizures%20at%20the%20Mexico,pounds%20(about%206397%20kg).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the \u2064Wilson Center. Despite appearances to the contrary, the increase in seizures\u200d does not reflect a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leaders-fire-off-letter-demanding-garland-withdraw-memo-to-fbi-about-schools\/\" title=\"GOP Leaders Fire Off Letter Demanding Garland Withdraw Memo To FBI About Schools\">federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> apparatus<\/a> doing its job, as the numbers \u2062illustrate \u200ba surge of illicit substances flowing over\u200c the border, with local police \u200cdepartments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/nearly-60-grams-fentanyl-found-southeast-ohio-county\/MAJ37KKO2BGKPLDVGQHQCTM3IY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finding<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gjcity.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drugs<\/a> all over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/national-international\/enough-to-kill-an-adult-kilogram-of-fentanyl-found-in-nyc-day-care-where-baby-died\/3231051\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">country<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:\u2064[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/28\/corporate-media-panic-over-fentanyl-overdoses-but-wont-talk-about-the-border-crisis-causing-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Corporate\u2063 Media \u2063Panic Over Fentanyl Overdoses But Won\u2019t Talk About The Border Crisis Causing Them<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the fentanyl seizures at the border indicated law enforcement has become\u200c more \u2062effective, Axios didn\u2019t claim it. In fact, the\u200b online outlet failed to even mention \u2063the fentanyl crisis \u200bin Tuesday\u2019s reporting. \u2062Axios reporter Russell Contreras merely compared today\u2019s level of border\u2064 enforcement to where\u2062 it was throughout the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States \u200bhasn\u2019t had an open border since the early 1920s, when it was relatively easy for migrants to cross \u2063from Mexico\u2063 or simply buy a boat\u2062 ticket from Europe,\u201d\u200d Contreras wrote.\u2064 \u201cBefore World War I, there were no American consulates to apply for a visa, and Mexican migrants and Mexican\u2062 Americans \u2064went back and forth between both countries with ease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before World War\u200d I,\u200d however, the entire population of Mexico\u2062 was around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1066995\/population-mexico-historical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15 million<\/a>. There \u200dweren\u2019t 7 million migrants attempting to cross the border under\u200d each consecutive administration. The \u200cproblem has become so severe\u200d today that earlier this month, President Biden capitulated to Republican demands for a border wall and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/05\/in-major-reversal-biden-admin-now-seeks-to-build-trumps-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resumed<\/a> construction of the project in Texas.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan\u200d Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and\u2063 the \u200cauthor of Social \u2063Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture,\u2062 health,\u200c and wellness. He has also written \u200bfor The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has\u2064 also been featured in Real Clear \u200cPolitics and Fox\u200b News. \u2062Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in \u200cpolitical science and minored in journalism. Follow him \u200bon Twitter\u200c at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What evidence supports the claim that the southern \u2063border is more fortified than ever?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  E\u200d more effective, then why \u2062is the United States experiencing a worsening opioid crisis? The truth is that regardless of the rhetoric and claims made by the Biden administration and its supporters, \u200dthe \u200dborder is not as secure as they would\u2063 like us to believe.<\/p>\n<p>The Axios article argues that the idea \u200dof\u2064 an &#8220;open\u200c border&#8221; is\u200c a myth perpetuated by conservatives.\u200c It states that the southern border is more fortified than ever,\u200d implying that anyone suggesting otherwise is misinformed or dishonest. This\u2064 dismissal is a misleading\u200c attempt \u2062to downplay the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-calls-open-border-more-fortified-than-ever\/\" title=\"Axios declares open border \"stronger than ever\".\">real concerns surrounding \u2062border security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the FBI issued a weekend warning about a &#8220;heightened environment&#8221; for terrorism demonstrates that there are \u2063legitimate\u2063 security threats at the \u2062border. FBI \u2064Director Christopher Wray attributed the\u200d increase in reported threats to the conflict in Israel, but it is important to acknowledge the potential for terrorists and criminal actors to exploit\u2062 weak entry \u2062points along the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the\u2062 Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s latest Homeland Threat Assessment warns that terrorists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axios refutes the notion of an &#8220;open border&#8221; as a conservative-driven fallacy, highlighting the increased fortification of the southern border. With the Biden administration facing a surge in migrants and asylum-seekers, conservatives continue to accuse them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2070644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2070643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2070643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2070644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2070643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2070643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}