Consultants are sounding the alarm on the border crisis, issuing stark warnings on the nationwide safety implications of the surge after the variety of migrant encounters for December shattered data.
Former El Paso U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte joined “Fox News Live” to debate the record-breaking variety of migrant encounters and why he’s nervous about doable terrorist assaults as unlawful immigrants flood into the porous southern border.
“I was bracing myself for a terrorist attack Christmas and New Year’s,” Almonte informed host Molly Line on Monday.
“Thankfully, that didn’t happen, but I think the terrorists are already in the United States. They’re planning a terrorist attack, and they’re going to do it when we least expect it, and then that’ll be the wake-up call when finally [we] will secure the borders.”
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO – DECEMBER 27: Folks camp as they wait to cross the border between Mexico and the USA in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on December 27, 2023. (Christian Torres/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)
“I just don’t understand what’s going on,” he continued. “I’m very worried about the situation on our border right now.”
CBP sources confirmed to Fox that there have been greater than 302,000 migrant encounters in December, making it the best quantity on file. Moreover, there have been 785,000 migrant encounters since October 1, which additionally shattered previous quarterly records.
In keeping with CBP, there have been 17 encounters of individuals between ports of entry on the southern border on the FBI’s terror watch checklist in November.
“It’s really unbelievable what’s going on on the southwest border,” Almonte stated.
Cochise County, Arizona Sheriff Mark Dannels additionally addressed the continued disaster and reacted to the record-breaking numbers, noting there may be not a profitable element to the Biden administration’s handing of border safety.
“We’re seeing the tragedies every day,” Dannels stated. “We’re seeing death on the migrants, which nobody talks about. We’re seeing the fentanyl at record numbers, the drugs, illicit drugs coming across, the terrorists come into our country, and then you see the economic impact that we’re seeing.”
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“No matter what box you look at… there’s not a box here to check that successful right now,” he continued.
At present the White Home is requesting $14 billion in border funding as a part of the emergency supplemental funding request, however that has stalled as Republicans demand extra restrictions on asylum and the federal government’s use of parole to cease the inside releases.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, middle, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, prime left, partially lined, and his Secretary of International Relations Alicia Barcena, prime proper, on the Nationwide Palace, the workplace and residence of the president, in Mexico Metropolis, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Picture/Fernando Llano)
Final week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had been a part of a U.S. delegation to Mexico City the place they met with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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Within the joint assertion, the nations affirmed their commitments to “orderly, humane and regular migration” and pressured their efforts to deal with “root causes” of migration, disrupt human smuggling and promote personal funding whereas additionally investing in “ambitious development programs” within the area.
“2024 has to be a change. If we don’t see a change and elections have consequences, this is no better time to see that than now when it comes to elections and people getting in touch with that,” Dannels warned.
“Never forget 911. We’re living in a global unrest right now,” he continued. “We need to secure our country’s borders. All the borders and leaving them open right now is leaving every American vulnerable.”
Fox Information’ Griff Jenkins and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
