IT’S ANOTHER MIGRANT SURGE AT THE U-S SOUTHERN BORDER.

THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS – MOSTLY FROM VENEZUELA – CROSSED THE RIO GRANDE RIVER THIS WEEK – TREKKING INTO EAGLE PASS, TEXAS. BORDER OFFICIALS REPORT THAT AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE DROWNED IN THE RIVER – INCLUDING A THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILD.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH CNN.

EAGLE PASS’ DEMOCRATIC MAYOR — ROLANDO SALINAS – SLAMMED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR the influx of migrants… AND HAS SINCE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY – seeking federal aid and assistance.

“I’ll be honest with you… I believe 100% he does bear some responsibility for this crisis. I haven’t heard from anybody in the administration. the president hasn’t put out a statement. the vice president. I haven’t heard from anybody. nobody has bothered to call me or anyone on the city staff saying ‘hey this is the federal government, we know what you’re going through, we’re worried about you, this is our plan of action.’ nothing. we’re here abandoned. we’re on the border asking for help. this is unacceptable.” – Mayor Salinas on CNN

ACCORDING TO THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY – THESE DAILY LARGE MIGRANT CROSSING NUMBERS HAVEN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE JUST BEFORE TITLE-42 WAS LIFTED IN MAY.

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC-ERA POLICY ALLOWED U-S OFFICIALS TO TURN AWAY MIGRANTS CITING HEALTH CONCERNS.

ON MAY 8, 2023 – BORDER OFFICIALS REPORTED MORE THAN 10,000 MIGRANT CROSSINGS IN A SINGLE DAY. AND NOW – 4.5 MONTHS LATER – THEY’RE SEEING SIMILAR NUMBERS… AS CNN REPORTS – THERE WERE MORE THAN 8,000 APPREHENSIONS ON MONDAY ALONE… AND MORE THAN 8,600 CROSSINGS IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD – BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY – THIS WEEK.

POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE RESPONDING.

FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW – TEXAS’ REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT — HAS BEEN BUSSING THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS – TO SANCTUARY CITIES… INCLUDING CHICAGO, L-A, D-C, AND N-Y-C.

NEW YORK CITY’S DEMOCRATIC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS AND PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS – HAD DECLARED THE CITY A “SANCTUARY CITY”…
AND THIS YEAR — MORE THAN 100,000 THOUSAND MIGRANTS HAVE SHOWN UP IN NYC. NOW – JUST LAST WEEK – MAYOR ADAMS SAID THE INFLUX WOULD “DESTROY” NEW YORK. IN RESPONSE – THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED IT’S EXTENDING TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR VENEZUELANS – WHO’VE BEEN IN THE U-S SINCE BEFORE JULY 31ST – SO THEY CAN LIVE AND WORK IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY.

DHS ESTIMATES THIS WILL HELP 470,000 MIGRANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

MAYOR ADAMS IS NOW PLANNING TO START EVICTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS TO DISCOURAGE NEW ARRIVALS.

BUT FOR NOW… THAT’S NOT STOPPING MIGRANTS FROM COMING FROM CROSSING THE U-S SOUTHERN BORDER.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAID THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD INSTALLED MILES OF RAZOR WIRE– TO HELP DETER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM POURING INTO TEXAS.

THAT PLAN BACKFIRED.

“and we have repelled tens of thousands of migrants who’ve tried to get into Texas illegally and then yesterday, joe biden had his border patrol officers cut through that razor wire and then they pulled the razor wire and then suddenly let in hundreds if not thousands of people illegally into Texas, into the United States.”

GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAYS HE THEN ORDERED THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD TO DOUBLE THE RAZOR WIRE ALONG THE BORDER – TO HELP KEEP DENYING ACCESS TO MIGRANTS.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED IT WILL ALSO DEPLOY 800 TROOPS TO ASSIST CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL IN PROCESSING MIGRANTS THAT HAVE CROSSED THE SOUTHERN BORDER.