{"id":2176775,"date":"2024-02-14T23:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T04:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-congressman-mexican-drug-cartels-dialing-it-back-before-election-to-help-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T23:57:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T04:57:38","slug":"border-congressman-mexican-drug-cartels-dialing-it-back-before-election-to-help-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-congressman-mexican-drug-cartels-dialing-it-back-before-election-to-help-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Congressman: Mexican Cartels Ease Activities Before Election to Support Biden"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fborder-congressman-mexican-drug-cartels-dialing-it-back-before-election-to-help-biden%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=2176775&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>Rep. Tony \u2064Gonzales: \u200bMexican \u200bDrug Cartels Dialing Back Human Smuggling Operations\u2064 to Help Biden<\/h2>\n<p>Rep.\u200b Tony Gonzales (R-TX), whose district \u200cin southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> includes hundreds of miles of\u200c the U.S. border, believes that Mexican drug cartels are strategically reducing \u2064their\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-will-allow-solicitation-of-human-smuggling-on-its-platforms\/\" title=\"Meta Will Allow Solicitation of Human Smuggling on Its Platforms\">human smuggling operations<\/a> ahead of the 2024 presidential election to support President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>After\u200c months \u2064of record-breaking\u200b illegal border crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border, the \u2062numbers in \u200bJanuary decreased to \u2064around\u200c 128,410. The administration tried to present \u2063this as a significant\u200b achievement, emphasizing the \u200csubstantial drop from the previous month&#8217;s encounter with\u200c over \u2063302,000 illegal aliens, the highest in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Gonzales, these figures still represent the highest \u2062January numbers \u2062ever\u2063 recorded by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Gonzales: &#8220;Not Good, Still Astronomical&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;When \u2063you say border crossings are\u2063 down, you\u2019re talking about \u200cJanuary being the most encounters ever,&#8221; Gonzales told Newsweek. &#8220;So,\u2063 was it as bad as December? No, because that was [an] all-time, but it still was the \u2062worst \u2064January ever. So, that\u2019s not good. It\u2019s not good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do think the \u2064cartels are trying to carry the Biden administration a couple rounds,&#8221; he continued. \u200d&#8221;Mexico has an election in June that no one\u2019s really\u200c tracking. And, I suspect, for\u200c the next couple\u200c of months, everything\u200b will be cleaned up a little bit. \u2064I mean, over 7,000 people \u2064a day is still astronomical.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Addressing\u2064 the issue\u200c of Mexican drug cartels adapting their operations to U.S. politics, National\u2063 Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd expressed his concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Judd was asked\u2063 if he anticipates another major surge of illegal aliens entering the U.S. ahead of November due to \u2062the increasing \u2063possibility of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s re-election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Judd: Cartels Adjusting\u200b to Political Climate<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We do,&#8221; Judd said. &#8220;We saw this back \u2063when President Trump\u200d was up for\u2063 re-election again,\u2062 we saw a huge surge expecting that Biden was going to win, \u200dthey wanted to get here before Biden took \u2064office knowing that he was going to put policies in place that were going to \u2063protect them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see the cartels, they\u200d are very \u200bintelligent \u2063in everything that they do,&#8221; he continued. \u2062&#8221;They know what the ebbs and flows of our politics are. \u2062They know how to generate money based\u2064 on what\u2063 our politics are. They also \u200bunderstand what the media is reporting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE \u200cDAILYWIRE+\u200c APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dWhat reasons does Rep. Tony Gonzales give for the decrease in human smuggling operations by Mexican drug cartels?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Enior.&#8221; <\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales, a former Navy cryptologist, has been \u200bknown for his strong stance on border security and his commitment to protecting the \u2063safety\u2063 of \u2063American citizens. In his view, \u2062the decrease in human smuggling\u200d operations by Mexican drug cartels is not a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-residents-stunned-as-illegal-immigrants-make-landfall-on-us-shore-and-scatter-into-community\/\" title=\"Video: Illegal Immigrants Shock Locals as They Arrive on US Shore and Disperse in Community\">improved border security measures<\/a>, but rather \u2064a strategic move to\u2063 support President Joe Biden and his political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales argues that the drug cartels, \u2063who have \u200blong profited from smuggling drugs and people across\u200c the U.S.-Mexico border, are now dialing back their human smuggling operations to create a\u200b false narrative of success for the \u2063Biden administration. By reducing the number of illegal border crossings and showcasing these lower\u200c numbers as an achievement, the administration hopes to pacify critics and portray themselves as effective in dealing with the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Gonzales, this approach is deeply flawed. While it is true \u2064that the numbers have decreased compared to the\u2062 previous month, they are still alarmingly high for a January, a historically slow \u2064month for illegal\u2063 border crossings. In\u2062 fact,\u2063 the \u200b128,410 encounters reported in January still represent the highest ever recorded for that month by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Gonzales raises\u200b concerns about the long-term implications\u2063 of such a strategy. By allowing drug cartels to dictate the narrative and\u2063 control the flow of illegal\u200b immigration, the Biden administration runs\u2064 the risk of emboldening these criminal organizations. If the cartels believe that their actions can influence U.S. policy and support their preferred political candidates, they may \u2062feel\u200b empowered to expand their operations and engage in even more illicit \u2063activities.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales underscores the importance of addressing the root causes of illegal immigration and taking a strong stance against drug cartels. He \u2063advocates for increased border security efforts, including the completion of the border wall, enhanced technology and surveillance, and cooperation with Mexican authorities to disrupt the operations of these \u200ccriminal organizations.<\/p>\n<p>While the decrease \u200bin \u2062human smuggling operations may temporarily ease the pressure \u200con <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-willing-to-use-drone-strikes-on-mexican-cartels\/\" title=\"DeSantis open to employing drone strikes against Mexican cartels.\">border patrol\u200c agents<\/a> and immigration facilities, Gonzales warns against complacency. The border crisis is far from over, and as long as drug cartels continue to profit from \u2062illegal activities, they will\u2063 always find new ways to exploit vulnerabilities in \u2063the system.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Rep. Tony Gonzales\u200b raises serious concerns about the motivations behind the decrease in human smuggling\u200b operations by Mexican drug\u200b cartels. \u200cHe\u200d argues that this is not a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-130-pm-et-senate-republicans-hold-press-conference-on-biden-border-crisis\/\" title=\"LIVE NOW: Senate GOP Press Conference on Biden's Border Crisis at 1:30 PM ET.\">effective border security measures<\/a>, but rather\u2063 a calculated move to support\u200d President Joe Biden and his political\u2062 agenda. Gonzales emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach to address the root causes\u2063 of illegal immigration and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-gop-senators-question-mayorkas-over-influx-of-chinese-nationals-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"5 GOP Senators query Mayorkas on surge of Chinese nationals at US-Mexico border.\">strengthen\u200b border security<\/a>. Only by taking a strong stance against drug cartels and their criminal activities can the \u2063United States effectively protect its borders \u2064and ensure the safety \u2064of its citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) claims Mexican drug cartels are reducing human smuggling operations in his border district to support President Biden for the 2024 election. 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