The Venezuela deportations are front-and-center with migrant crisis taking center stage in recent months. The largest single group encountered at the US-Mexico border arrived last month. Border Patrol agents apprehended over 200,000 individuals attempting to cross the border illegally in September. And it marked the highest total in 2023.
A senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official has warned that this figure is expected to remain high and even increase. It has become an issue too significant to ignore.
The relentless waves of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers arriving at the border have exacerbated President Biden’s already challenged approval ratings as the nation heads into an election year.
The Texas and Trump Connection
For more than a year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has taken matters into his own hands by busing migrants from the southern US border to cities like New York, Washington, and Chicago, sparking outrage from Democratic officials in these urban centers.
President Biden’s initial actions upon taking office in January 2021 promised a complete departure from the border wall construction strategy of his predecessor, Donald Trump.
