{"id":2119404,"date":"2023-12-08T05:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T10:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faced-with-record-illegal-immigration-the-white-house-wants-to-expedite-border-crossings\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T05:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T10:19:01","slug":"faced-with-record-illegal-immigration-the-white-house-wants-to-expedite-border-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faced-with-record-illegal-immigration-the-white-house-wants-to-expedite-border-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"White House aims to speed up border crossings amidst surging illegal immigration"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ffaced-with-record-illegal-immigration-the-white-house-wants-to-expedite-border-crossings%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=2119404&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>Department \u200dof\u2063 Homeland \u200cSecurity Considers Sending Agents to Screen Migrants in \u200bMexico<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"john-moore.jpg\" alt=\"John Moore\/Getty Images\"><figcaption>(John Moore\/Getty\u2062 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As illegal\u2063 border crossings reach\u2063 record highs, the Biden administration is considering a novel idea: make it \u2063even easier for \u2063migrants to enter the \u200ccountry.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>A senior official familiar with the plan told the <em>Washington\u200d Free\u200c Beacon<\/em> that the Department of\u200b Homeland Security\u200b wants to dispatch Customs and Border Protection agents to areas of Mexico\u200b that have \u200dseen large influxes \u2064of migrants. There, documents obtained by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> show, law enforcement \u200cwould begin the\u2062 screening process for migrants and expedite their final journey across the southern border.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Such a program is\u2063 virtually unprecedented, and represents \u2064an\u200c escalation\u2064 of \u2064what critics call\u200c the\u2062 Biden \u200dadministration\u2019s facilitation of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the Department of \u2064Homeland \u200cSecurity \u2062wants to do is\u200d send customs officers to Mexico so we can pre-clear \u200csurges of migrants ostensibly in hopes \u200cthey stop \u200bcrossing illegally,&#8221; the DHS \u200cofficial told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.\u2063 &#8220;They would \u2063be doing background vetting so migrants can be waved through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But \u2063the plan could put further strain on Border \u2064Patrol, which already faces a staffing\u200b shortage ahead of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-push-booster-as-winter-surge-approaches\/\" title=\"Feds push booster as winter surge approaches\">expected winter surge<\/a>. Staff who spoke\u2063 with the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> said\u2062 miles of the southern\u200d border have gone unguarded because agents have \u200bbeen relegated to processing migrants.<\/p>\n<p>President \u200cJoe\u200b Biden has overseen the largest immigration crisis in U.S. history, with law enforcement recording more than five \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-illegal-border-crossings-on-the-way-to-hitting-1m-by-the-end-of-july\/\" title=\"Report: Illegal border crossings on the way to hitting 1M by the end of July\">million illegal crossings<\/a> on\u200d the southern border since he took office. Blue\u200d state governors say the record number of migrants coming\u2062 to their cities\u200d is\u2064 straining their welfare systems, and cities including New York and Chicago\u200b are considering budget cuts to offset the cost of\u2064 housing\u200d and feeding migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of \u2064Homeland Security declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2064 is ample evidence \u200dthe Biden administration \u2063is well aware of large\u200c groups of migrants heading \u2063to the\u2064 United \u2063States\u200c well before they \u200creach the southern border.\u2062 Since September, the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-administration-knew-border-surge-was-coming-internal-documents-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, senior Department of Homeland Security \u2062officials have \u200cbeen in communication with Mexican immigration authorities over large caravans traveling to the United \u2064States but \u2062have seemingly done little to prepare.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has implemented measures\u200d he\u200c says will create a\u200b more orderly immigration system, such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-waives-more-migrants-through-southern-border-than-promised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">program<\/a> \u200bthat would\u200d allow \u200bmigrants to apply for asylum \u2063remotely. Biden claimed \u200bthe program would \u200c&#8221;make things better but will not fix the border problem\u200c completely,&#8221; while Republicans \u200dsay it is illegal.<\/p>\n<p>The program \u2062has not\u2064 led to\u200d a decrease in border crossings.\u200c The 2023 fiscal year, which ended in October, saw 2.47 million migrant encounters on the southern border\u2014the most in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal to pre-screen migrants\u2062 comes as the Senate negotiates a border security plan,\u2063 which\u200c Democrats have bundled with \u2063a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-doubles-down-on-calls-for-putins-assassination\/\" title=\"Lindsey Graham Doubles Down On Calls For Putin\u2019s Assassination\">provide military aid<\/a> for Ukraine and Israel. House \u2062Speaker Mike Johnson \u2064(R., \u200bLa.) has\u200d insisted \u200bthat any Ukraine aid bill must\u2063 include the Secure the \u200dBorder \u200cAct,\u2063 which would cap\u200c the number\u200d of people who can claim asylum, as well as fund the construction of a \u2062border wall.<\/p>\n<p>As Biden has\u2062 faced bipartisan\u2062 criticism over\u200c his handling of\u200b the southern border, he has \u200dattempted to place blame on Republicans. His\u2062 reelection campaign\u200d called former president Donald Trump,\u2062 who leads the Republican field for the 2024 presidential nomination, &#8220;extreme&#8221; and &#8220;racist&#8221; on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>A Biden spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/11\/11\/biden-campaign-slams-extreme-and-racist-trump-immigration-plans-00126712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em> last \u2062month \u2063that another \u200dTrump term would bring &#8220;mass detention \u200ccamps \u200d [and] attempts to deny \u200cchildren born here citizenship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That message has not appeared to resonate with voters. \u2062An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/biden-immigration-border-plan-voters-senate-negotiations-rcna125151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> poll released earlier\u2063 this month\u2064 found Republicans \u2063had an 18-point \u2063lead \u200dover Democrats on\u2064 the issue of immigration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the concerns raised about diverting Customs \u200band Border\u2062 Protection agents \u2064to Mexico for\u2064 screening migrants?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Tion\/biden-rolls-back-trump-era-title-42-policies\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;\u2062 rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>rollback<\/a> \u200dof the Trump-era Title 42 policy, which allowed for the expulsion \u200cof illegal\u200c immigrants to prevent the spread of\u200d COVID-19.\u2064 However, critics \u2063argue that\u2062 these \u2063measures have only encouraged more illegal border\u2063 crossings \u2063and weakened \u2063immigration\u200b enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal\u200b to \u2062send Customs and Border Protection agents to Mexico raises several concerns. \u2063First, it could potentially divert\u200d resources from critical points of entry along the southern border. With \u200cborder patrol agents already stretched thin, \u200csending them to Mexico to screen migrants may leave parts of the border unguarded and \u2063vulnerable to \u2062illegal crossings.<\/p>\n<p>Second, the plan could incentivize more migrants \u2063to make the dangerous \u2064journey to \u2063the United States, knowing that the screening\u2064 process \u2063is already underway in Mexico. This could lead to even larger waves \u2062of migrants attempting to enter the country \u200billegally, further \u200coverwhelming border\u2063 patrol \u2063and immigration authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, critics\u200c argue \u2062that \u200bsuch \u2063a program may violate U.S. immigration \u2063laws and \u2064international agreements. The Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s role\u2063 is to protect the integrity of the\u2064 U.S. border \u200band enforce immigration laws. \u200dBy outsourcing the screening process to Mexico, there are concerns that this may undermine the sovereignty of the United States \u2063and the responsibility of the U.S.\u200c government to regulate who\u2062 enters\u200b the \u200bcountry.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden\u200c administration&#8217;s focus on\u200c facilitating the entry \u2062of migrants has already strained welfare systems in blue states. With \u2063a\u200c record number\u200b of migrants \u200dcoming \u2063to cities like New York and \u2064Chicago, local\u200c governments are\u200b grappling with the cost of \u200chousing and\u2064 feeding these individuals.\u200b As a result, budget cuts are being considered, \u2062which could impact the\u2064 provision of essential services to both migrants and U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s proposal to send Customs\u2063 and Border Protection agents to \u2063screen migrants in\u2062 Mexico is \u2064a controversial \u2062move. While it \u2063aims to expedite the \u2064process\u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-blames-trump-for-issues-at-border-labels-jan-6-protesters-as-white-supremacists\/\" title=\"Biden admin. blames Trump for issues at border, labels Jan. 6 protesters as white supremacists\">reduce illegal border crossings<\/a>, critics argue that it may\u2063 further strain resources, incentivize \u2063more\u200b illegal \u200dimmigration, and potentially violate immigration\u200c laws and \u200dinternational\u200c agreements. As the \u2064Biden \u2062administration grapples with\u2063 the immigration \u2062crisis, finding \u2063a balance between border security and \u2064humanitarian \u2064concerns remains \u200ca major \u200bchallenge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Homeland Security is contemplating deploying agents to Mexico to assess migrants, as border crossings surge. The Biden administration aims to facilitate entry for migrants, despite the escalating numbers. 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