As of last week, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reportedly pulled agents away from five legal ports of entry on the southern border to assist Border Patrol efforts to stem the tide of illegal immigration. The Center Square reporter Cameron Arcand detailed the move in a Twitter thread: This comes at a time when the situation at the border is under considerable scrutiny. Democrat presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has lambasted the Biden Administration over the issue. Border state governors are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, while the White House is evasive about the state of the border. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is providing an additional $10 million to the Nogales Police Department to assist in their enforcement efforts, as the crisis mounts.
Further, local officials are concerned about the possibility of terrorists crossing the open southern border:
Chamberlain wrote to Mayorkas:
As of this writing, the Biden Administration has not commented on the Arizona state government's actions on the issue, which comes at a time when agricultural product imports and exports are increasing as the harvest season begins. The shift of personnel will increase wait times for legal border crossers and will likely reduce scrutiny paid to people crossing at the legal ports of entry. The move and the flow of illegal immigrants driving it could have great influence in Arizona's upcoming elections, as well as the 2024 presidential election; Not only has immigration has been identified as a key issue in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, but with Arizona being on the front line of the immigration crisis, it's also become a key swing state in the Electoral College. |
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