These are the reasons I am against the current massive unmitigated illegal immigration we are allowing in the US. Note that statements of over 10 Million illegal immigrant encounters from January 2021 to date are borne out by the data provided on the US Customs and Border Control
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters. This data does not include so called “got aways” nor does it include those illegal immigrants who have been flown directly into the US under Biden/Harris immigration policies “Got aways” would be those that crossed the border undetected. Assuming a conservative percentage of “got aways” of 20% of the total encounters, would mean that over 12 Million illegal immigrants have entered the US during the first 3 ¾ years of the Biden/Harris Administration. Also, note, that even with the measures to mitigate illegal immigration implemented by the Biden/Harris Administration this year, we are on track to reach a higher number of encounters in 2024 than in 2023. That is considering there are 3 more months of data this year and assuming the monthly number of encounters remains the same. Adding in the estimated numbers for the last three months of 2024 would produce a conservative estimate of 12.5 Million illegal immigrants crossing US borders and entering into the US during the 4 years of the Biden/Harris Administration!
Security: It is difficult to determine the identity of many of the people coming across the borders. Many countries do not have complete identification systems to keep track of their citizens, so those coming across the borders can’t always be verified to be who they say they are. DNA cannot be used to identify most people encountered at the border since most have not had DNA matched to their identity. Additionally, identification can easily be falsified. These factors, along with the large number of illegal immigrants and the limited number of Border Control Agents available to process them, guarantee that some of the illegal immigrants attempting to get into the US ,who are criminals, human traffickers or international terrorist, will get across the border and into the US. How many criminals, human traffickers and/or terrorists are getting into the US is not known. Just assume that only 1% of the 12.5 Million illegal immigrants who will have crossed the US border during the Biden/Harris Administration fit into these categories, that would mean 125,000 criminals/human traffickers/terrorists. We are currently fighting two surrogate wars , Ukraine and Israel. People in Iran chant “Death to America”! Why have we allowed illegal immigration to continue at a rate where it is impossible to assure National Security! During World War II we had Army units including the 124th Cavalry stationed at Brownsville, Texas to provide border security. We knew that we had enemies and that they might cross our Southern Border and do us harm. You would think that we would have learned our lesson after 9/11 and not be so naïve as to think we have no enemies and don’t have to protect our borders.
Safety: A major responsibility of our Federal Government, maybe their primary responsibility, is to provide for the safety of US citizens. The Biden/Harris Administration allowing illegal entry to potentially 125,000 criminals, human traffickers and international terrorists is not providing for the safety of US citizens. Inability to credibly identify all of the illegal immigrants coming across the US border puts US citizens in jeopardy. The massive number of unidentified illegal immigrants makes this jeopardy monumental! Attacks by illegal immigrants on US citizens are increasing at an alarming rate, including sexual assault of children and adults; and murder. In addition to the jeopardy to the US citizens the illegal immigrants themselves are put in jeopardy. Cartels charge illegal immigrants exorbitant fees; and abuse, rape and traffic them. Without DNA identification children can be brought into the US by people not related to them and used for child labor and/or sexual exploitation. The Biden/Harris Administration’s promotion of illegal immigration is not compassionate to US citizens or to the illegal immigrants themselves . Both are put in jeopardy. Legal immigration significantly improves the chance that US citizens and the immigrants themselves will not be put in jeopardy.
Drugs: The current Fentanyl epidemic we are experiencing in the US is being fueled by Fentanyl flooding over our US borders. Ingredients to make Fentanyl or Fentanyl itself are brought into Mexica from China. Fentanyl is then brought across the US border by cartels. Over 100,000 US citizens have died of Fentanyl overdoes each year during the Biden/Harris Administration. Border Agents are not able to focus on and stem the flow of Fentanyl into the US when they have to handle massive illegal immigration; 12.5 Million over the 4 years of the Biden/Harris Administration.
Jobs/Schools/Health Care/Housing: Although the unemployment rate in the US is currently relatively low it would be unreasonable to think that 12.5 Million illegal immigrants, approximately 10 Million off which are working age, are not impacting the US jobs market. Two ways in which they are influencing the jobs market are: (1) taking jobs away from US citizens and( 2) lowering the wages for US citizens. Illegal immigrants, who are unable to legally work in the US are forced to work outside of the system for lower wages. According to US jobs statistics the current rate of people getting jobs in the US is approximately the same for illegal immigrants as it is for US Citizens!
The number of minors (under 18 years of age) that have entered the US illegally during the Biden/Harris administration is small, less than 1 Million according to the US Customs and Border Control website. That number however is misleading since it does not account for minors born to the over 10 Million adult illegal immigrants who will have crossed the border. Our Public School System is already failing US Citizens and we are still trying to recover from the huge downturn in proficiency test scores experienced during and after the COVID pandemic. It is unreasonable to say that adding an additional, minimum 1 Million, illegal immigrants to a failing system will not add to that failure. Just providing English as a second language classes for these illegal immigrants takes significant resources away from US Citizens.
The negative impact on the US health care system is easy to understand. Illegal immigrants are not refused health care and if they don’t have insurance (which most of them don’t), the institutions providing the health care have to make up the money somewhere. That money comes from people who have insurance or Federal/State resources. Either way the US citizen pays.
Whether it’s the Federal Government or State providing housing for illegal immigrants in the US, housing 12.5 additional people in the US reduces the housing available for US citizens. Because of the large number of illegal immigrants (12.5 Million) it is reasonable to believe this increases the cost of housing for the US Citizens based on supply and demand.
Immigration is a good thing! it is the backbone of our country and when accomplished legally it makes our Country better. Immigration focused on US labor needs makes the US better, providing resources needed for the US economy to grow. Immigrants who fled from countries where they are in danger or destitute have become some of our most productive and patriotic US Citizens. Legal immigration has produced Millions of achieving, productive US citizens. Citizens willing to work hard to achieve the American Dream.
The major difference between the current US illegal immigration, and past legal immigration, besides it being illegal, is that the US Government and in turn the US citizens are subsidizing this immigration and because of the massive number of illegal immigrants crossing our borders we are not able to investigate them sufficiently. We are providing flights and buses to move immigrants across the country, paying for housing, health care, schooling and many other benefits. Who wouldn’t want to come to a country that takes care of all their needs just for walking over the border! Someone needs to ask the American Citizens whether they want to give up security and safety; allow fentanyl and other drugs to flood across the border and kill our citizens; and subsidize 12.5 illegal immigrant’s transportation, housing, food, health care, schools, and other benefits . No one in the Biden/Harris administration asked me. Unless we make our voices heard we can look forward to “four more years“ of 12.5 Million illegal immigrants crossing our borders.