Secretary Mayorkas' nonfeasance
Keep in mind that at the same time that it has placed a freeze on requesting additional new agents, the Biden administration is planning what the Washington Post has described as a "four-year, $4 billion plan for Central America, investing in the local economies and nongovernmental organizations to convince would-be migrants to stay home."
Biden has often said that a budget is reflection of a person's priorities:
Based on Biden's past statements, his administration doesn't value Border Patrol agents. They aren't a high priority for Mayorkas, either. If they are, he should resign in protest of Biden's budget. There's a crisis on the border. Border Patrol is spread far too thin. Secretary Mayorkas isn't fighting for additional agents. He isn't even asking the boots on the ground what they need.
That's the personification of not giving a damn. The message is clear: Biden prefers open borders. If you don't have people enforcing the border, what other message is getting sent?
I suppose there would be some logic to this if Mayorkas were correct in his assertions that the current surge of illegal migrants at the Southwest border is “due to ongoing violence, natural disasters, food insecurity, and poverty” in their home countries. There is no reason to believe that Mayorkas is correct, however. Take recent statements by Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. After meeting with “Border Czar” Vice President Kamala Harris, Giammattei had a different take on the causes of the surge on June 9, blaming the Biden administration’s statements on immigration:Well, humanitarian messages were used here by the coyotes in a distorted manner, because what they said over there is that they will promote family reunification so the coyotes came and took the children and the teenagers to the United States. And the borders were full not only with people from Guatemala, but with a lot of people from all over, which is why our proposal is that messages should be clear. The vice president sent a clear message yesterday of not to come because we will not let you in. That's a clear message. But if you have a lukewarm message, it only creates the opportunity to misinterpret.
Secretary Mayorkas is just one of this administration's chief appeasers. This cabinet and administration is getting known for their lack of talent.
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