Biden finally admits: There’s a crisis at the border

Published January 30, 2024 4:39pm ET



BIDEN FINALLY ADMITS: THERE’S A CRISIS AT THE BORDER. What do you call it when somewhere between 6 million and 8 million people enter the United States illegally in the course of three years? Many people would call it a crisis, albeit a man-made one, since the reason so many have been able to cross illegally into the U.S. is the refusal, by President Joe Biden, to enforce immigration laws that authorize him to stop the incursion at any time.

For years, the Biden administration denied the seriousness of the situation and steadfastly refused to call the crisis a crisis. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, in particular, has gone to great lengths to avoid the word. On many occasions Mayorkas has conceded that the situation is a “challenge” but definitely, absolutely, totally not a crisis.

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