Biden Admin Admits Acute And Immediate Need For Border Wall
Customs and Border Protection.
The Biden administration said in May it would get tough on migration and announced a plan to enforce laws making it harder for people to enter the country.
However, data from Syracuse University’s TRAC immigration database showed a record 180,000 migrants entering the country in August alone, a number only expected to increase for September.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly said in recent weeks that Biden could “flip that switch any day” to take action on the crisis.
Speaking to The Post last week he also congratulated Democratic leaders who were pushing Biden to do more.
“They need to demand what all Americans expect,” he said, “and that is the Biden administration will follow the rule of law and stop illegal immigration.”
Since then other prominent Democrats have voiced their dissatisfaction with Biden’s mishandling of the crisis, including Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who declared a state of emergency and blasted a “federal crisis of inaction.”
New York City has been inundated with more than 122,000 asylum-seekers since spring 2022 and has around half them still under its care at 200 sites, according to Mayor Adams, who claims the bill will come to $12 billion.
