With more than 800,000 migrants attempting to cross the border in the last 100 days – the highest numbers ever recorded – and Biden essentially welcoming them in, states are taking their own urgent steps to do the job Biden won’t let the Federal Border Patrol do.
So now the Biden DOJ is instructing Border Patrol agents to cut barbed wire at the U.S. border with Mexico that Texas Governor Abbott put up to deter migrants. Biden’s Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to stop Texas from helping guard the border. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar claims only the federal government has “the power and duty to control and guard” the border – even though they aren’t even attempting to do it. Biden not only opposes a wall – he doesn’t even want a fence.
Even the progressives who run cities are fed up. They giddily applauded as over 560 sanctuary cities were declared in recent years, but now the mayors of many of them are screaming as a flood of migrants arrives on their doorstep. New York Mayor Eric Adams has announced he’s suing 17 bus companies from Texas for bringing 33,000 migrants to the city. He’s asking them to pay $708 million in damages for a failed policy that’s completely the federal government’s fault.
Mayor Adams sang a different tune only two years ago, “New York has been and will always be a city of immigrants that welcomes newcomers with open arms,” he proclaimed. “In New York City, we have both a moral — and legal — obligation to house anyone who is experiencing homelessness for any reason.” Be careful what you wish for, Mayor. BTW, Adams’ approval rating is now below 30%.