In a fresh twist on the Biden administration's decision to house illegal immigrants at hotel facilities, crunching the numbers on the $86.9 million that is set to be spent on 1,239 beds shows that the cost to U.S. taxpayers will be nearly $72,000 per border-crosser housed.
Officials at the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to The Epoch Times that the Biden administration plans to use hotel facilities to accommodate family units unlawfully crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Hotels have been used as detention facilities, including last year, when the DHS placed more than 600 unaccompanied minors apprehended at the border in 25 hotels in three states before their expulsion.
The message that the U.S.-Mexico border "Is not open" is part of the Biden administration's more aggressive posture after a wave of criticism that President Joe Biden's rhetoric on immigration reform, in addition to shutting down key Trump administration border security measures, is being interpreted by would-be illegal immigrants as an invitation to enter the country.
Seeking to counter this impression, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took to the airwaves last week, appearing on four Sunday news shows in a bid to drive a message home that the Biden administration's policies don't mean that the border is open.
Biden has faced criticism from Republicans for reversing some of the immigration policies of former President Donald Trump, which they argue has led to a surge of people seeking to cross the border illegally.
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said in a tweet on March 24 that "Joe Biden and congressional Democrat leaders have managed our border so poorly they're now having to spend your taxpayer money to house migrants in hotels."
Friday, March 26, 2021
Biden's Plan to House Illegal Immigrants in Hotels to Cost Taxpayers $72,000 per Border-Crosser
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