Border Patrol Union: Impossible to Protect American Public With Open Border

The most concerning aspect of the border crisis is the increasing number of illegal aliens who are getting away, says National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd.

"When you look at border security, when you look at the border, we have to be able to identify who's coming into the United States. And if we can't do that, it's impossible to protect the American public."

In February, Border Patrol estimated that around 30,000 illegal aliens crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and evaded capture; in March, it was around 37,000; and the preliminary numbers for April show around 42,600 escaped.

Others die on ranchland trying to get around a Border Patrol checkpoint, or they're abandoned by a smuggler because they get sick.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo sector have been involved in dismantling about 140 stash houses since Oct. 1, 2020-a 230 percent increase over the total found during the entire previous fiscal year.

During the first four weeks of the operation, Texas Department of Public Safety officers referred more than 16,000 illegal immigrants to Customs and Border Protection and arrested 598 criminals, Abbott said on April 1.

"When we do not remove people who crossed the border illegally, that is an open border," he said.

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