{"id":2272251,"date":"2024-06-20T07:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-border-chief-says-michigan-other-states-face-impacts-of-border-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T07:33:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:33:38","slug":"retired-border-chief-says-michigan-other-states-face-impacts-of-border-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-border-chief-says-michigan-other-states-face-impacts-of-border-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Former border chief warns that Michigan and other states are affected by the 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\">30<\/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%2Fretired-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=2272251&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>In a\u2062 recent interview with The Center Square, retired Border Patrol Chief \u200dChris Clem highlighted\u200b the ongoing immigration \u200dcrisis at the \u2064U.S. southern\u2062 border, describing it as a national security issue that also affects states like Michigan. Chris Clem, who \u200bserved as a Border Patrol agent \u2062for over 27 \u200dyears and was the Yuma Sector chief, criticizes the current\u200d administration for its immigration policies, \u2062which \u2063he believes have\u2063 significantly reversed the\u2062 progress made on border security by previous administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Clem responded to President Biden\u2019s\u2064 recent announcement\u2064 of an immigration amnesty program aimed at expanding DACA protections and facilitating a pathway to\u2064 citizenship for certain undocumented immigrants. \u200dHe expressed concerns that\u200d the new program \u200dis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/his-glory-music-festival-supports-judeo-christian-values-in-america\/\" title=\"His Glory music festival supports Judeo-Christian values in America\">primarily politically motivated<\/a> and could worsen\u2063 the situation by encouraging more illegal \u200dimmigration, \u200ca\u200b trend he observed during Obama&#8217;s presidency under\u2062 the DACA initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Clem emphasized the vulnerability\u2063 of states\u2064 like\u2062 Michigan, not \u200bonly due to its \u200clocation along the \u2063northern U.S. border and issues with human trafficking \u2063but \u2062also because of its\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rhode-island-bill-would-open-elections-to-illegal-aliens-in-democrats-latest-push-for-noncitizen-voting\/\" title=\"Rhode Island Bill Would Open Elections To Illegal Aliens, In Democrats\u2019 Latest Push For Noncitizen Voting\">large immigrant population<\/a> \u2062which, according to \u200dClem, can\u200d attract more \u200cillegal entry\u2062 attempts.\u200c He warned about the huge number of undocumented immigrants, known \u2063as &#8216;got-aways&#8217;, that remain \u2063unaccounted for since the\u200d current administration took\u200d office. This, according to Clem, underscores the broader \u2062implications and challenges of the border crisis on \u200cnational security and immigration policy.  <\/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 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_a0a543dc-2d67-11ef-9cb8-4b986ffa2c9f.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/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 human trafficking activity. 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.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-retired-border-chief-says-michigan-other-states-face-impacts-of-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Former border chief claims Michigan and other states are affected by border crisis\">5 million illegal entry attempts<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_ada631a4-2d7b-11ef-b95a-cbdab687872a.html\">reported<\/a>. 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<p>* Secure the border by expanding walls, forts and technology. <\/p>\n<p>* The immigration system should attract the \u201cbest and brightest\u201d people who can contribute to America in local, meaningful ways.<\/p>\n<p>* 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.<\/p>\n<p>* The Department of Homeland Security needs to greatly increase transparency.<\/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 Center Square) \u2013 Michigan feels the impact of the southern border&#8217;s immigration crisis, says retired Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem. 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