A scandal but not a surprise: New report reveals devastating details of Biden-Harris border disaster

Published October 4, 2024 5:00pm ET



A SCANDAL BUT NOT A SURPRISE: NEW REPORT REVEALS DEVASTATING DETAILS OF BIDEN-HARRIS BORDER DISASTER. When describing the Biden-Harris administration’s policy of allowing millions of illegal border crossers to stay in the United States, it’s absolutely critical to use the word “unvetted.” What government official would let so many people who entered the country illegally remain in the U.S. without even knowing who they are? That would be crazy. And yet that is exactly what the Biden-Harris administration has done for nearly four years. And by the way, administration officials don’t want you to know how often they have done it.

The details are in a new report from the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security. It has the clunky title “CBP, ICE, and TSA Did Not Fully Assess Risks Associated with Releasing Noncitizens without Identification into the United States and Allowing Them to Travel on Domestic Flights.” (CBP refers to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ICE refers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and TSA is the Transportation Security Administration.) The stated reason for the report is to explore the problem of unvetted migrants being allowed on airliners inside the U.S. But the report also delves into why the unvetted migrants were allowed to stay in the country in the first place. Forgive the long excerpt, but this is the basic story, from the report:

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