As 2023 draws to a close, the influx of illegal immigrants at the southern border has not let up. Thousands and thousands of people continue to pour into the country illegally, making life miserable for residents of border towns like Eagle Pass, Texas. And instead of doing something to stem the tide, the Biden administration has taken steps to facilitate the processing of these migrants so they can enter the country.
"These things that the Biden administration is attempting to do – or claims to be attempting to do to make the situation better – just aren't working," says Art Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies. "The Biden administration policies have failed. But the most important part about that is American voters are waking up to all of the cost of this."
According to Arthur, the migrant crisis in places like New York City and Chicago has turned inner-city voters against the idea of being sanctuary cities.
"The illegal migrants who show up in these towns get benefits that the people who have lived and struggled there their entire lives will never get – and [that] has stirred a backlash," he tells AFN.
"Honestly, I think that that backlash is probably going to be the biggest issue – not inflation, not the economy, not abortion – that drags down the Biden administration in the November elections coming up."
As reported Thursday by AFN, a county sheriff in Arizona implies President Joe Biden has essentially "turned his back" on the border crisis.
"I call this intellectual avoidance and abandonment with intended consequences," said Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels. "We are dealing with the intended consequences right now."
