Wednesday, May 1, 2024

As Texas' border security efforts succeed, California is ‘new epicenter' of crisis

Desmond made a similar claim two weeks ago when the county was overwhelmed by thousands of illegal border crossers being dropped off on street corners after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center was closed by the Biden administration.

In one day alone last week, Border Patrol agents apprehended 2,000 illegal border crossers in the CBP San Diego Sector, including 206 Chinese nationals, Desmond said.

California has seen an influx in illegal border crossings and illicit drugs pouring through its border from Mexico primarily after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border security mission Operation Lone Star began closing off major illegal crossing points in Texas, The Center Square first reported.

Despite the significantly shorter border distance, the San Diego Sector is on track to have the greatest number of illegal entries of all nine CBP southwest border sectors this month, reaching numbers not seen since the 1990s.

Border Patrol agents were directed to drop off 30,000 illegal border crossers in the last two months alone in San Diego County, Desmond said.

"Border Patrol has inadvertently become the 'Uber' for migrants entering San Diego County, and the County is the travel agent." Cartels have long had operational control of the border, with the Sinaloa Cartel controlling access into California and dominating the illicit fentanyl industry, law enforcement officials have explained to The Center Square.

"The state of California gives free health care to illegal immigrants. The County of San Diego gives free legal defense to those here illegally no matter what crime they commit. Being a sanctuary state, law enforcement officers are not allowed to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. So even if these people were arrested by the Carlsbad Police Department they could not turn these people over to ICE or Border Patrol."We're seeing the fact that other states have made major increases in the amount of security along the border," he said, indicating that illegal border crossing activity "has switched over to San Diego. 

https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1b0dc8f6-073e-11ef-a4bf-d7d83cfa454e.html

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