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House Republicans Are Demanding That Joe Biden Immediately Take Action To End The Biden Border Crisis

Washington, April 10, 2024
  • Mark Green Homeland
Joe Biden inherited a secure Southern Border from President Trump and policies to keep our borders secure. Since day one, Biden and his Administration have worked tirelessly to implement their failed Far Left open border policies, which have turned every community into a border community and destroyed countless American families. 
 
That is why today House Republicans will bring H.Res. 1112, which was introduced by Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), to the floor. This bill condemns the Biden Administration's failed Far Left open border policies and demands that they take immediate action to end the Biden border crisis. 
 
MAKE NO MISTAKE: House Republicans know that border security is national security, and we know the best way to secure our borders is by reimplementing President Trump's successful policies. 
 
JOE BIDEN’S BORDER CRISIS BY THE NUMBERS:
  • Since Joe Biden took office:
    • There have been OVER 9 MILLION illegal immigrant encounters nationwide. 
    • There have been OVER 7.4  MILLION illegal immigrant encounters at our Southern Border.
    • There have been 1.8 million known gotaways who evaded U.S. Border Patrol.  
    • Immigration judges have thrown out approximately 200,000 deportation cases because DHS did not file the required "Notice to Appear" (NTA) by the time of the scheduled hearing.
  • In February, there were 189,922 illegal immigrants encountered at the Southern Border. 
    • February was the 36th straight month where monthly illegal immigrant encounters have been higher than even the highest month seen under President Trump. 
  • An average of 5,000 illegal immigrants are being released into the U.S. every day.
  • Under Biden, over 340 of these individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the Southern Border.
    • So far in FY24, there have been 69 individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watch list who have been stopped trying to enter the U.S. illegally between ports of entry at the Southern Border.
    • This total is more than the encounters in all FY17, FY18, FY19, FY20, FY21, and FY22 combined. 
  • Over 20,000 Communist Chinese nationals have illegally crossed the Southern Border since FY24 began in October. 
    • Communist Chinese nationals are exploiting Joe Biden’s failed Far Left open border policies at “record-breaking figures,” becoming “the fastest-growing demographic entering the country illegally.”
    • The surge in Communist Chinese nationals encountered at our Southern Border has raised serious concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is exploiting the Biden border crisis for nefarious reasons.
  • Biden’s Far Left open border policies are to blame for this historic crisis. 
    • There are OVER 60 instances of Joe Biden and his Administration taking actions that undermined our nation’s border security, including halting the construction of the border wall. 
    • In August 2022, Biden and his Administration decided to make the border crisis WORSE by formally ending former President Trump’s successful ‘Remain in Mexico’ program.”
    • The Biden Administration announced on May 10, 2023, that it would allow for the release of some migrants into the U.S. with no way to track them. 
      • Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has now admitted that 40 percent of catch-and-release migrants have disappeared.