Crisis at our Border

Andrew Arthur is Resident Fellow in Law and Policy for the Center for Immigration Studies. He began his legal career through the Attorney General's Honors Program as a clerk to an Administrative Law Judge in the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer at the United States Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review.

Illegal immigration is continuing at an incredible rate. Early in his administration, President Biden had feared 2 million aliens at our southwest border. That fear has become reality.

States have had enough with some transporting these individuals to areas that have declared themselves to be sanctuaries for illegal aliens. This includes places like Washington (D.C.), Chicago, New York City and Martha's Vineyard. The "left" is outraged, claiming that in doing this, red state governors are using these individuals as political pawns.

President Biden's administration blames the Trump administration for what's going on at the border. That's interesting because when candidate Biden was running in 2008, he indicated he was in favor of a border wall. In fact, in the Secure Fence Act of 2006, then Senator Biden, Senator Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton, all voted in favor, not just for wall funding, but mandated that a wall be erected.

According to Andrew, the Biden administration believes that the border is closed and secure. They establish this definition based upon the idea that most individuals that cross the border are put into removal proceedings in the U.S. This is not what the law says, what Congress says, nor what the American people say should be going on as well. It's a game of semantics.