{"id":2271276,"date":"2024-06-19T09:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-retired-border-chief-says-michigan-other-states-face-impacts-of-border-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T09:09:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:09:13","slug":"exclusive-retired-border-chief-says-michigan-other-states-face-impacts-of-border-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-retired-border-chief-says-michigan-other-states-face-impacts-of-border-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Former border chief claims Michigan and other states are affected by border crisis"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fexclusive-retired-border-chief-says-michigan-other-states-face-impacts-of-border-crisis%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=2271276&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--><p>The summary of the text provided discusses the current state of immigration at the U.S. southern border as described by Chris Clem, a recently retired Border Patrol Chief, during his \u200cvisit to Michigan as part of the &#8220;Secure Borders,\u2062 Secure America&#8221; \u2063tour hosted by Americans for Prosperity. Clem, who served over 27 years under five different presidents, expressed concerns about \u200cthe rapid policy changes under the Biden administration that he believes have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-year-old-among-three-killed-on-texas-side-of-us-point-of-entry\/\" title=\"8-year-old child and two others die at Texas US point of entry.\">weakened border\u2064 security<\/a>. These \u2064changes include\u2062 a substantial \u200bincrease\u2063 in arrests, from \u200b400,000 to over 2.2 million, signaling\u2064 a significant influx of migrants under the current administration. Clem criticized President Biden&#8217;s recently announced immigration amnesty program, which expands DACA protections and speeds up the citizenship process for certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-blast-biden-for-ignoring-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Republicans Blast Biden for Ignoring Border Crisis\">illegal entrants<\/a>, stating that it might exacerbate the situation by encouraging more\u200c illegal entries. Clem also highlighted the unique vulnerabilities faced by Michigan due to its northern border \u2064and high\u2063 levels of human trafficking, despite its robust immigrant community. He expressed concern over the 1.5 million illegal entry attempts and the approximately 1.8 million migrants who have successfully entered the U.S. but remain untracked since Biden&#8217;s tenure began.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The reported immigration wave at the southern border is a crisis of national security, and Michigan is not exempt from its effects, a recently retired Border Patrol chief says.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chief Chris Clem, who is visiting Michigan as part of Americans for Prosperity\u2019s \u201cSecure Borders, Secure America\u201d tour, served more than 27 years and under five presidents as a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">border patrol agent<\/a>. He was promoted to Yuma Sector chief in December 2020, right before President Joe Biden took office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched what I would say was one of the most secure borders and supportive administrations on border security, to have it completely reversed in a matter of days under this administration. And the numbers tell that story as well. You don\u2019t go from 400,000 arrests to 1.66 million, to 2 million, to 2.2 million, without a policy direction issue,\u201d Clem told The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>Biden announced Tuesday an immigration amnesty program that would expand DACA protections and accelerate the pathway to citizenship for those who enter the country illegally and are married to a U.S. citizen for more than 10 years, The Center Square reported.<\/p>\n<p>Clem said he\u2019s concerned the measure is more about gaining political points and that it will send the wrong message to migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that we want to protect the family situation, but we also have to realize there is already a law in place to do this,\u201d Clem said. \u201c[Biden\u2019s proposed program] will encourage more people to come over, because it was under President Obama and DACA that we started seeing a large number of family units and unaccompanied children coming\u2026I\u2019ve seen that play out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Total migrant encounters at the southern border have surpassed 9.57 million since Biden took office, according to the House Committee on Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>Clem said Michigan is vulnerable because of its position along the northern border, and its high rates of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-no-question-drug-cartel-activity-spilling-over-mexican-border-amid-crisis\/\" title=\"FBI Director: \u2018No Question\u2019 Drug Cartel Activity Spilling Over Mexican Border Amid Crisis\">human trafficking activity<\/a>. It also has a large immigrant population, which is a good thing, Clem said, but also tends to attract people who enter the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Clem emphasized that it\u2019s not just the 1.5 million illegal entry attempts that are concerning, but the number of people who have succeeded entering the country illegally and are now unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are approximately 1.8 million known \u2018got-aways\u2019 that have entered since this administration has taken over\u2013that\u2019s somebody who has been detected, we saw them, we tracked them, but we never could arrest them. So we have no idea who those people are,\u201d Clem said.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has sparked concerns among officials about possible terrorist attacks, leading Republican senators to call for a border terrorism hearing, The Center Square previously reported. Clem said he doesn\u2019t normally talk about hypotheticals, but grants that these fears are statistically reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that we have caught over 300 people on the Terrorist Screening Database in the last three and a half years. There were just recently eight Tajikistani nationals who have ISIS-K ties, that entered illegally and were released\u2026So it\u2019s not something that\u2019s made up, it\u2019s not some conspiracy that terrorists are coming across the border\u2026When you\u2019re looking at the number of criminals we\u2019re encountering, the amount of gang members we\u2019re encountering, and the people on the watchlists, statistically speaking we know that they\u2019re going to be in that group of got-aways,\u201d Clem said.<\/p>\n<p>Clem believes the solution is fourfold:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Secure the border by expanding walls, forts and technology.<\/li>\n<li>The immigration system should attract the \u201cbest and brightest\u201d people who can contribute to America in local, meaningful ways.<\/li>\n<li>The administration must articulate and enforce clear, predictable rules and pathways into the United States; this will encourage people to take the legal route and impose consequences on the people who are exploiting the system.<\/li>\n<li>The Department of Homeland Security needs to greatly increase transparency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe numbers and the stories that we get are not what is truly happening. And I understand how politics works \u2013 I was in this world for a long time \u2013 but it\u2019s not fair to the American people to not have an understanding of who and what is coming into the United States and why,\u201d Clem said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reported immigration surge at the southern border poses a national security crisis affecting Michigan, says retired Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem. Visiting Michigan for the &#8220;Secure Borders, Secure America&#8221; tour by Americans for Prosperity, Clem, who served over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3237,"featured_media":2271277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/border-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2271276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/border-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271276","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\/3237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}