Jenny Taer
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It's a really shocking report from The New York Times that President Biden was warned, actually,
before he even assumed office, while on the campaign trail, that some of his policies that were really open to illegal immigration would lead to political chaos.
And that's exactly what happened.
We saw that unfold at the border and we saw it become a top issue for voters in the next election, which many attribute to President Trump's victory.
So what happened was there were a number of memos, meetings,
where aides and experts brought up this issue and warned the Biden team that his policies needed to be stricter or else the border would descend into what we saw, which was millions of illegal immigrants coming across in an absolute free for all.
Right.
So, of course, after the fact, we're learning that now all of these former officials are saying, well, there were a lot of mistakes made on the Biden team and Biden himself, who knowingly went against this advice and said, you know, I'm going to still go with my guts here, which is to take away things like asylum restrictions.
remain in Mexico, which kept people in Mexico rather than releasing them into the United States after they crossed illegally, which really disincentivized more to cross.
And we saw, obviously, the numbers pick up.
We saw 8 million illegal immigrants cross into the country.
Many largely were released.
We saw poor vetting because Biden wanted to do things in a very quick, expeditious manner.
And that led in terrorists.
That led in traffickers.
That led in cartel members.
That led to chaos across the country, like in Aurora, Colorado, where we had train de Aragua taking over apartment complexes.
We had communities like Springfield, Ohio, that were reeling from this crisis.
So, yes, the Biden administration officials, there are some of them that have come out and told The New York Times that, in fact, there were mistakes made and Biden should have been tougher on this.
Right.