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In Joe Biden's America Violent Illegal Immigrants Come First And Americans Come Last

Washington, February 2, 2024
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Four illegal immigrants who were arrested after being caught on camera violently attacking two NYPD officers near Times Square over the weekend have now reportedly fled to California after they were released without bail. 
 
MAKE NO MISTAKE: Joe Biden and Extreme Democrats' failed Far Left open border and soft on crime policies are the reason why these violent illegal immigrants are on the loose. Americans are outraged and fed up. House Republicans understand the American people demand border security and a return to law and order.  
 
JOE BIDEN AND ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS’ BORDER CRISIS BY THE NUMBERS:
  • Since Joe Biden took office:
    • There have been OVER 8.3 million illegal crossings nationwide. 
    • There have been OVER 7 MILLION illegal crossings of our Southern Border.
    • There have been 1.7 million known gotaways who evaded U.S. Border Patrol.  
  • In December, there were 302,034 illegal immigrants encountered at the Southern Border. 
    • This is a 300% increase from December 2020. 
    • December was the 34th straight month, where monthly illegal immigrant encounters have been higher than even the highest month seen under President Trump. 
  • In December, 19 more individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to enter the U.S. illegally between ports of entry. 
    • Under Biden, 361 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 50 individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist who have been stopped trying to enter the U.S. illegally between ports of entry. 
    • This total is more than the encounters in all FY17, FY18, FY19, FY20, FY21, and FY22 combined. 
  • 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. 
  • Despite this historic crisis Joe Biden has only visited the Southern Border ONCE, and it was widely panned as nothing more than a photo-op.