Fox News, Feb 20, 2024. The National Border Patrol Council on Monday had some harsh words for President Biden over his handling of the ongoing border crisis, calling him a "coward" who has failed to take responsibility.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Border Patrol Union called out the president, writing: "Dear Joe, You OWN this catastrophic disaster at the border – lock, stock and barrel."
"You created it. You nursed it along. You encouraged it. You facilitated it. It’s all yours," wrote NBPC. "Don’t run from it now like a coward. Signed, The BP agents you’ve thrown under the bus."
The post comes after a Senate deal on border enforcement measures collapsed earlier this month after Republicans withdrew their support, rejecting a compromise to tie the bill with aid to Ukraine.
Biden and Democrats accused Republicans of kowtowing to former President Donald Trump, his presumed GOP opponent in the 2024 race, after the former president signaled his opposition. The White House also seized on the Border Patrol Union’s support for the border deal.
Biden, meanwhile, has repeatedly said his hands are tied on the border issue and would shut it down if given the authority by Congress. Critics have countered that the president already has the ability and simply refuses to enforce the law.
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration in allowing Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed along its border with Mexico to stem a flow of illegal crossings.
The ruling came after Texas restricted U.S. Border Patrol’s access to an area along the river known as Shelby Park, accusing the Biden administration of not being tough enough on crossings.
The Biden administration has had a rocky relationship with Border Patrol agents since taking office. In his first year, the president accused agents of having "strapped" migrants in a clash at the border in Del Rio and promised they would "pay" – statements that the president never corrected, nor apologized for.
The September 2021 incident in question came as Border Patrol agents were dealing with a surge of more than 10,000 migrants who had gathered under a bridge.
Photographs emerged that some Democrats and media commentators had incorrectly interpreted as showing agents using whips or whipping migrants who were trying to cross the river. In fact, the agents were using split reins to control their horses.
State of the Union, Feb 22, 2022. DHS is drafting plans to release thousands of illegal immigrants from ICE custody due using a budget shortfall as a ruse, according to officials.
The plan would slash ICE detention capacity through attrition and mass release of detainees into the U.S. interior. “Congress gave the Biden administration more money than they requested for the detention of illegal aliens. So, what is ICE spending money on that created this volitional budget gap?” National Immigration Center for Enforcement’s RJ Hauman said. 'This is a clear attempt to get as many Illegals as possible into American before Biden loses the election. This is designed to make mass deportation harder'.
'Newsweek, Feb 25, 2024.' Biden Has Blood On His Hands' A host of Republicans, are blaming President Joe Biden's policies for the death of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley.
Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan Illegal Alein, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Riley in Athens, Georgia. On Friday, UGA Police Chief Jeffrey Clark said Ibarra was not a U.S. citizen.
Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, a Republican from Athens, posted on X, formerly Twitter, that Biden and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas were responsible for Riley's death. He also blamed Athens' sanctuary city status. They all have blood on their hands, but most guilty is Biden. Biden should be arrested for accessory to murder in the first degree'.
"The blood of Laken Riley is on the hands of Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas, and the government of Athens-Clarke County," Collins posted on X. "The Venezuelan suspect in Laken Riley's murder is one of millions of illegal aliens that the Biden administration has released into this country to be welcomed with open arms by Democrat-run sanctuary jurisdictions. This man had no business being in America, much less the UGA community to brutally murder this young American while she was on a run."
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