Former DHS minister Chad Wolf on Friday created a ‘border crisis’ in Texas with their immigration policy.
Wolf responded to a Texas mayor begging President Biden to help his city struggling under extreme weather conditions, the coronavirus pandemic and an influx of undocumented migrants crossing the border.
“I plead and urge you to stop the measures regarding the release of immigrants awaiting court dates in the city of Del Rio and surrounding areas,” Bruno Lozano, Mayor of Del Rio, Texas, said in a video message. to Biden Wednesday.
BORDER MAYOR PRAYS TO STOP LOSING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN HIS CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER STORM
Del Rio has a population of 50,000, but with the recent influx of undocumented migrants released by the border patrol – mainly due to coronavirus restrictions limiting the length of time for illegal immigrants – the small town could not keep up.
WOLF: Yes, it’s really remarkable. It would seem that the government of Biden and the officials of DHS and others have learned nothing from the crisis we saw in 2019. What the mayor has now set out there. In 2019, we heard from hundreds of border communities along the border where we had a massive crisis, had an influx of individuals, and we put together a patchwork of policies and procedures that significantly reduced the flow. And within a few weeks here, since the inauguration day, there have been a number of executive orders and policies that have created a border crisis, a humanitarian crisis outlined by the mayor there. ‘
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WOLF: “They created it from a whole canvas. It does not have to take place. It was under control. But again, some of these policies remain very, very worrying. And then, of course, the bill, the legislation that we further encourage people with amnesty from this. They reduce the fines for border crossings. They provide advocacy for those entering the country. So there are a number of pull factors after which the Biden government unfortunately sends the signal to smugglers and traffickers and others that it is OK to come. ‘
Fox News’ Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.