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White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby criticized comparisons between the situation on the border and the withdrawal from Afghanistan and stated that “it’s not chaos down there at the border, at least not right now.”

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing cell phones to border crossers and illegal aliens as they are being released into the United States. The phones are used strictly to track their whereabouts following their release. 

The pending 2024 election campaign is forcing several Democrats to partially and temporarily turn against President Joe Biden’s cheap-labor migration policies, according to Politico.

On Friday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Today,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that the federal court ruling blocking the federal government from releasing migrants into the United States without orders to show up in court is a damaging decision and argued that releasing

Border crossers and illegal aliens arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’s Washington, DC, residence as President Joe Biden has ended Title 42, the authority used at the United States-Mexico border to stem waves of illegal immigration.

A federal judge has blocked a new catch-and-release policy that was announced by President Joe Biden’s border deputies shortly before they lifted the Title 42 border barrier at midnight.

A number of migrants, traveling to the United States-Mexico border in the hopes of being released into the nation’s interior, profiled by CNN said they are fleeing crime and looking to secure U.S. jobs. Neither is a valid claim for asylum. 

Texas National Guardsmen and Department of Public Safety troopers set up barbed wire along the northern bank of the Rio Grande creating a barrier to physically keep migrants from climbing out of the Rio Grande. Governor Greg Abbott deployed the Texas Border Force earlier this week to help stop or deter migrant crossings as part of Operation Lone Star.

Republicans “savor” the border crisis and seek to “get back to slavery,” according to Georgia Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) slammed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for claiming that Republicans are creating a “fictional argument” around the invasion on the southern border.

While speaking to NewsNation on Thursday, DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Marsha Espinosa stated that under the plan allowing for the release of migrants if facilities are at capacity, we are relying on those who are released to come back

The House passed a comprehensive border package Thursday, the same day the Biden administration strips border officials of one of the last tools to stem waves of illegal migration.

Border crossers and illegal aliens are forming lines along the United States-Mexico border in the hopes of being released into American communities as President Joe Biden ends Title 42, a highly effective border control, on Thursday evening. 

House Republicans told Breitbart News that the passage of their border bill would send President Joe Biden a message about their seriousness to stopping the cartels and the border crisis. 

Federal authorities under the Biden administration released hundreds of migrants onto the streets of Brownsville, Texas, with notices to appear in court for future hearings. While government officials claim to be taking a hard line on asylum seekers, for the migrants being released, the journey is seen as a success.

Hakeem Jeffries, minority leader of the United States House of Representatives, claimed Thursday that Republicans are creating a “fictional argument” around the invasion on the southern border.

Sen. Roger Marshall told Breitbart News the surge of migrants expected upon the end of Title 42 is an unprecedented “historic border crisis” in the making.

A majority of Americans agree that Title 42 ending will increase illegal border crossers, a recent survey from The Economist/YouGov found.

Citizen journalists are recording the growing flood of poor foreigners moving through President Joe Biden’s unenforced border and into Americans’ communities.

Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 31,000 migrants during the past 72 hours as the end of the CDC’s Title 42 approaches at midnight on May 11. In addition, another 7,300 migrants are known to have gotten away without being apprehended at the border.

In less than 24 hours, the CDC’s Title 42 COVID-19 expulsion authority will expire. The end of the expulsion authority will mark the final departure from any enforcement policies enacted under the Trump administration that saw migrant crossing numbers quickly drop in late 2019 and 2020. Despite the latest media blitz by the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas assuring Americans that the Biden administration has things under control, we should all be skeptical.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that the border will be “overwhelmed” when Title 42 ends and that people will be released onto the streets “on the honor system, and the

President Joe Biden is set to end Title 42, the public health authority turned border control tool, on Thursday, May 11 — a move that is already bringing record-setting droves of border crossers and illegal aliens to the United States-Mexico border.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to release border crossers and illegal aliens directly into American communities when Title 42, one of the administration’s only remaining border controls, ends on Thursday. 

Multiple local, state, and federal law enforcement entities in Mexico posted along the banks of the Rio Grande in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, in a show of force as the end of the Title 42 COVID-19 expulsion authority nears. At daybreak on Wednesday, Breitbart Texas observed the Mexican police exercise that brought migrant crossings to a complete, albeit temporary, shutdown just across the border from Eagle Pass.

There are “massive problems” on the southern border and President Joe Biden is responsible after defaulting on the issue from day one in office, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in a press conference in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday.

Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 20,000 migrants in the past two days who crossed the southwest border with Mexico between ports of entry. Tuesday was the second day in a row where the apprehension rate topped 10,000 per day as the end of Title 42 approached on Thursday.

Thousands of migrants are waiting in Tijuana, Mexico, just across from San Diego, California, to rush the United States-Mexico border as President Joe Biden is scheduled to end Title 42, one of only a few border controls remaining, this week.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has declared a state of emergency for the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, stating that the city has hit a “breaking point” and is “full” due to illegal immigration flows arriving from the United States-Mexico border.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a planned immigration enforcement operation to curtail the flow of migrants crossing the border into El Paso. As nearly two thousand released migrants seek shelter and food in the heart of the city, DHS announced the plan slated to begin on Tuesday. The National Border Patrol Council sharply criticized the plan on Twitter, calling it a “sad joke – another pandering PR stunt”.

On Monday’s “CNN Political Briefing,” CNN Political Director David Chalian stated that the “chaos” around the lifting of Title 42 has started, but “is just beginning.” Chalian said, “So, officials are bracing for a surge of migrants at the border, which

John Martin, who is the Director of the Opportunity Center for the Homeless in El Paso, TX stated that there is “a humanitarian crisis” in the city, “we’ve never seen the situation as critical” as it is now, and “we’re overwhelmed.” Martin also stated that they’re “expecting the worst” as Title 42 is lifted.

On Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” former Director of Border Management on President Joe Biden’s National Security Council Andrea Flores stated that the lifting of Title 42 “is becoming a far greater emergency than it ever needed to

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated Monday that President Joe Biden would veto House bill H.R.2 if given the chance.

President Joe Biden will veto the Republicans’ flagship border reform bill because it reduces the federal government’s ability to extract economic migrants from poor countries, according to a White House statement.

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz tweeted on Monday that 26,382 migrants crossed the border between ports of entry during the past three days. An additional 7,399 crossed and managed to avoid apprehension.