A sheriff in Arizona has spoken out against President Joe Biden’s decision to stop building border walls, saying the decision created a “crime scene” at the U.S.-Mexico border as he posted photos of the disturbing security gaps. shared the border.
“When President Biden revoked the emergency order on the southwestern border, it halted resources and stopped construction on our border,” Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County, Arizona, told Fox & Friends on Friday.
“Because of the one area where the fence is not completed, we get five or six groups a day there.”
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“This administration owns this decision,” he added. “And what it is doing is forcing us back to 2019, when we had the biggest, what I call, the crime scene in the country to include the biggest humanitarian situation.”
Sheriff Mark Dannels said 5-6 groups cross daily where the fence is incomplete on the Arizona border.
Dannels’ Cochise County includes 83 km of the U.S.-Mexico border. The sheriff is also chairman of the National Sheriffs’ Association’s Border Security Committee.
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Dannels told Brian Kilmeade he believes the government’s decision is politically motivated.
“It’s a product of policing,” he said. “And I always said they had no business in our business, but also did not have to do police work on what we do on this border in our communities.”
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Dannels said the current situation at the border has an impact on health and public safety.
“Nobody is talking about what’s going on at the southwestern border when it comes to the health pandemic in this country,” Dannels said.
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“And then you look at the public safety aspect of this, it’s disturbing,” he added. “It’s almost like we’re not part of this country, which is very disturbing.”