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President Joe Biden wrapped upA record-breaking year that saw a devastating humanitarian toll of drugs and destruction at the southwest border, as well as complete dereliction of duties. This administration saw a record number terrorist encounters at its border and copious amounts seized of drugs. There were also tragic consequences of politically motivated policy decisions. Fiscal year 2022 was October 2021 to September 2022. This tragedy has only gotten worse. Biden has not been able to travel to the southwest border to confront the terrible consequences of his partisanship. Instead, he has spent 236 days in Delaware and on vacations during his time in office. While the president refuses to acknowledge the erosion of America’s sovereign border, Vice President Kamala Harris, appointed as the administration’s “border czar,” falsely insists the border is secure.
For many records that had deadly consequences, the fiscal year ended up at the top of the charts. The American people and border security U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded an unprecedented 2,766,582 border encounters nationwide, not including the nearly 600,000 gotaways who evaded Border Patrol and other law enforcement.
Even more chilling, CBP encountered 98 individuals attempting to illegally cross in between ports of entry who are on the U.S. Terrorist Watchlist. This is more than the five-year total of possible terrorists.
OVER 200,000 FENTANYL, COCAINE, AND METH HIDDEN IN VEHICLES STOP ARIZONA BOARD OFFICERS
A record-breaking number of possible terrorists wasn’t the only threat encountered at the border as CBP seized a record of nearly 15,000 pounds of fentanyl last fiscal year alone — enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States 10 times over.
Alejandro Mayorkas (US Secretary of Homeland Security) has been criticized over his border policies.
(Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images).
Equally as tragic, CBP saw a record 856 migrants last fiscal year who were abandoned by human smugglers and died as they attempted to cross the Southwest border.
There have now been seven consecutive months and nine total months last year where migrant encounters exceeded 200,000. In fact, in September, CBP saw a staggering 227,547 migrant encounters, another historic record for the books.
Moreover, there has been an increase in the flow of illicit drugs flooding the nation, leading to yet another grim record under the Biden administration as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over 109,000 Americans have died due to a drug overdose in a 12-month period ending in March 2022. 95 percent of synthetic opioids seized by CBP are trafficked across the southwest border and every five minutes, an American dies from a drug overdose. Drug poisoning is now the leading killer for Americans ages 18-45 years old.
As they expand their market, the profitability of drug trafficking only encourages cartels. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently warned that cartels have added a new tactic, targeting their poison at children with “rainbow fentanyl,” which comes in a variety of colors and shapes and can be packaged to look like candy.
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Cartels use sophisticated tactics to transport their drugs past Border Patrol. They also send groups across the border to distract agents and turn themselves in to CBP. Once cartels realize that they have the best chance of evading border authorities they send migrants across the border to allow them to enter the United States. They include gang members, criminals, drug smugglers and human traffickers.
While demonized by high level members of the Biden administration and understaffed and overworked due to the president’s open border policies, the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol are working tirelessly against all odds to keep our country safe and secure. The actions of the Biden administration are enabling and facilitating the numerous mentioned tragedies facing the United States, and the president, the vice president, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, and Chris Magnus, commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, must be held accountable for the consequences of their actions.
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Despite the administration’s attempts to bury last fiscal year’s border data, these numbers should erase any remaining doubt that what the Republicans have been saying for the past two years is right: the border is not secure and the border is open. Americans deserve security and safety, and a Congressional majority who will deliver real solutions and not dangerous policies that weaken law enforcement or open our borders. If it is possible, the House will have a Republican majority.
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