The Border Crisis Is Getting Worse | Conservative America Today

Did you at least try to research this subject before you posted?

Point #1 - "The wall is up along the U.S. - Mexico border"
Wrong... Simply and absolutely wrong. In fact, Biden moved quickly as one of his first acts as president to defund and end the construction of the border wall project implemented by President Trump. On top of that, Democrats fought tooth and nail to prevent any funding from being allocated to construct the wall. What ripple effect does this cause? It shows the Democrats are not interested in border security and that they prefer to leave major portions of the border devoid of any barriers. The leadership within the Border Patrol have consistently stated in front of Congress multiple times that there are three things required to ensure manageable border security; Barriers, Technology, and laws. Note, that doesn't mean having one or all three solved the problem. It is simply a means to create a defense in depth strategy to deter people from attempting to cross illegally and/or to enable border patrol in identifying them when they do. Barriers create delays. Technology provides the means to identify people attempting to exploit those barriers. Laws provide resources to Border Patrol, personnel, and rules for people entering this country illegally. When laws make things harder for those taking advantage of them, they tend not to attempt to do so (such as remain in place, vs letting them in and hoping they return to court for a hearing). I work in cybersecurity and this is exactly the same approach. Physical alone does not stop the hacker. Neither does technology like a firewall. Laws are out there to identify consequences when someone successfully exploits and breaks into another network they're not authorized to be on. But it's more than that. Some physical security is stronger based on the threat and the sensitivity of the data within. Technology controls are also designed around this too, placing firewalls, intrusion detection systems, analysis on alerts and anomalies, and then some. Defense in depth. When someone tries to tell me that putting a firewall up will not stop the hacker, so why bother, I kindly tell them it is only one af several defense in depth strategies required to secure a network. Even with everything implemented, there will always be ways to get in. But now we're talking about the more sophisticated and motivated vs everyone.

Point #2 - "Mexico border and the Border Security Forces are patrolling along the erected wall in the U.S."
Sure but this is highly misleading and must be qualified with what's really happening under the Biden Admin. ​The chief of the US Border Patrol blamed President Biden’s “no consequences” immigration policy for sparking the surge of illegal immigrants crossing into the US. That doesn't sound to me like they have the resources they need to properly manage this huge expanse, so let's not kid ourselves and make it sound like there's a team of agents patrolling every square mile of the border. The only qualification you make is that they are patrolling the erected wall. But you failed to account for the fact that the wall was never finished. Let's also note that the Biden admin has attempted to punish BP agents for doing their job (the BS horse whipping event for example) and has created a perception for would be border crossers that they will be released with little to no consequences. So, which is it... Is the border deteriorating or are you going to echo the Press Secretary's statement that the "border is secure," and then follow up by saying the border problem (which is supposedly secure) is all Trump's fault. Do you not see the double speak?

Point #3 - "so why is the situation deteriorating?" Ask the Biden Admin... Press Secretary and the VP say it's secure. Interviewed Illegal Immigrants confirm that it is not on TV, unafraid of any consequences as the emphatically admit they entered illegally. The Border Chief is venting frustrations that they are under resourced and constrained from doing their job. Biden is fighting an effective EO by Trump to require remain in place policies for Asylum seekers. This is the only accurate and correct statement you made in this post. It is deteriorating and maybe you need to look to the expert (the border chief) to explain why and maybe demand that Biden actually do something significant about it. Thus far he has only encouraged more of it and has realized record numbers. Why?

This doesn't have to be as complex as it's being made out to be. Democrats and Republicans both desire to have immigrants coming into this country. But it seems like the Democrats do not want this process to be regulated and enforced. Why? Currently, the last I read, we allow ~1 million people to immigrate into this country legally. Democrats want more and so do Republicans, so this is simply a matter of making a new law. The problem is, Democrats demand that the millions who are here illegally simply be handed amnesty before we create and/or enforce any laws. We went down this road once under Reagan and what happened? Amnesty was granted and Democrats continue to push back on the laws agreed to for this amnesty. Not doing this again. Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twice, shame on me, as the saying goes. The thing is in my humble opinion, Democrats want virtually anyone to be able to come in and take credit for it because it means they are likely have masses of uneducated and controllable people coming in to appreciate what Democrats have done for them. Make them citizens and now they have a stronger voting base. On the GOP side, we want to profile people to ensure they are coming into this nation to be a part of it, and to ensure they are likely to be productive citizens for this country vs those who will drain our public resources. I agree with that. I don't care what race, color, sex, religion, etc they represent. Are they coming to the US with skills we need, and do they want to embrace this country vs creating a microcosm of the place they came from? However, before we increase numbers for legal immigration and even provide guidelines to increasing or decreasing based on the needs of this country, we have to secure the border and make it more manageable. We simply cannot take everyone in. This also means we have to update our laws to encourage only those who have legitimate issues, consistent with the numbers we're able to sustain and our generous nature to help those who displaced or are truly being persecuted by the government of their home nations. But public services need to end other than treating people humanely when caught, ship them back home, deny them of schools, welfare, extended housing etc. It may sound harsh, but again, we cannot take everyone in and by not implementing/enforcing any sort of criteria for those who want to come here, we are building on a highly unsustainable situation.

Who told you the wall is up?
Of the 1,933 miles along the border, 1,279 miles is unfenced. Most of the barrier that currently exists, and that the Trump administration has built, isn't the high concrete wall Trump talked about on the campaign trail, and instead resembles a fence. Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-mexico-border-wall-photos-maps-2018-5#but-border-patrol-announced-this-year-the-door-will-remain-closed-6
_As of my last trip to visit a relative in Texas, who owns land that borders Mexico, the border wall is six strings of barbwire on metal T-posts. He, his wife and kids live in a remote fortified concrete home with steel reinforced doors and diamond mesh over the windows. To protect themselves from border crossers at night. Not every border crosser bothers them. Before he fortified his home, in the late 70's, they were robbed or molested handful of times a year.

Just because the Border Patrol is patrolling the boarder, that does not mean it is effective. There are (in round numbers) 2000 miles of border and 20,000 Border Patrol agents. Presumably, the number of agents actually engaged in patrolling the borders is less than 100%. Presumably, they don't work 24/7/365. Is it unfair to assume that at any given time somewhat less than 5000-6000 agents are actively patrolling 2000 miles of border? Somewhere between 1.5-2 million immigrants cross the border in a given year. Most of those who are caught are subject to catch and release.

The problem will NEVER stop until the political will develops to prosecute those who facilitate illegal entry, employment, and remaining illegally in the U.S. Those penalties should include draconian fines, imprisonment, forfeiture of assets (businesses, real and personal property) used in support of illegal immigrants.

The Biden administration is not guilty of creating the problem. They are guilty of throwing gas on the fire by a demonstrably weak-willed response. and a promise of government assistance. Many states and local governments are co-conspirators in these policies. They are tacitly giving illegal immigrants a "wink and a nod" and a welcome aboard.

The crisis continues and deteriorates because there is a lack of political will by both politician's and the electorate. The electorate are not sophisticated enough to realize the damaging effects (on both sides of the border) of unchecked illegal immigration.

And, unfortunately, we've reached a time in political discussions where I have to head nonsense (personal attacks) off at the pass.
_I am the son of a LEGAL immigrant from Mexico.
_I have relatives living on both sides of the border.
_Some of those relatives have severed family ties with me, precisely because I believe in the rule of law. I have and will continue to report the presence of any known illegal immigrant, regardless of blood-relation. Disrespect for a nation's laws is what drove my mother to seek legal immigration and citizenship within the U.S. She taught me that. On every family trip into Mexico, she showed me the ugly truth of weak-willed and corrupt law enforcement that will not enforce the rule of law.

The border is open, dangerous, illegal and costing US a fortune in money, manpower and loss of life. It is a plot the obiden administration has to make the people of America more government dependent. Why do you think the IRS is exploding in size? Government will now "own you".