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The junta further scrapped the “public charge” rule—a government policy that sought to limit admissions of immigrants likely to become reliant on government benefits.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/biden-administration-ditches-trump-plan-limit-immigration-financially-dependent-n1260239</ref>

The junta further scrapped the “public charge” rule—a government policy that sought to limit admissions of immigrants likely to become reliant on government benefits.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/biden-administration-ditches-trump-plan-limit-immigration-financially-dependent-n1260239</ref>

An estimated 117,000 migrants crossed the border in February 2021 at the going rate for smuggling humans of $10,000 each, totalling well over $1.1 billion for the cartels and human trafficking networks.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/report-admin-lacks-resources-for-the-expected-117000-unaccompanied-children-at-border-this-year/</ref>  150,000 in March,<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/illegal-border-crossings-jump-to-150000-in-march_3756182.html</ref> and 178,000 in April 2021, a two decade high for a single month.  17,000 of those in April were unaccompanied children.<ref>https://justthenews.com/nation/cbp-reports-encountering-more-178000-attempting-enter-americas-southern-border-april</ref>  People from [[Yemen]], [[Iran]] and [[Sri Lanka]] were crossing the border, as well as people on the terrorist watch list.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/15/john-katko-terror-suspects-are-part-border-surge/</ref>    Democrat Reps. [[Vicente Gonzalez]] and [[Henry Cuellar]] criticized the junta's mishandling of the crisis.<ref>https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/biden-pushes-back-against-border-crisis-label-as-democrats-concede-theres-a-major-problem</ref>  Cuellar, whose district sits on the Mexican border where the Biden border crisis was occurring, advocated for the re-institution of [[President Donald Trump]]'s Remain in Mexico program for asylum seekers.<ref>https://youtu.be/-k-hOmBxtBI</ref>   

An estimated 117,000 migrants crossed the border in February 2021 at the going rate for smuggling humans of $10,000 each, totaling well over $1.1 billion for the cartels and human trafficking networks.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/report-admin-lacks-resources-for-the-expected-117000-unaccompanied-children-at-border-this-year/</ref>  150,000 in March,<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/illegal-border-crossings-jump-to-150000-in-march_3756182.html</ref> and 178,000 in April 2021, a two-decade high for a single month.  17,000 of those in April were unaccompanied children.<ref>https://justthenews.com/nation/cbp-reports-encountering-more-178000-attempting-enter-americas-southern-border-april</ref>  People from [[Yemen]], [[Iran]] and [[Sri Lanka]] were crossing the border, as well as people on the terrorist watch list.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/15/john-katko-terror-suspects-are-part-border-surge/</ref>    Democrat Reps. [[Vicente Gonzalez]] and [[Henry Cuellar]] criticized the junta's mishandling of the crisis.<ref>https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/biden-pushes-back-against-border-crisis-label-as-democrats-concede-theres-a-major-problem</ref>  Cuellar, whose district sits on the Mexican border where the Biden border crisis was occurring, advocated for the re-institution of [[President Donald Trump]]'s Remain in Mexico program for asylum seekers.<ref>https://youtu.be/-k-hOmBxtBI</ref>   

The developing situation at the U.S. - Mexico border prompted then former [[President Donald Trump]] to issue a formal statement in March 2021 regarding a so-called "National Disaster".  Trump indicated in the statement, in part, "We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot. Instead, in the span of just a few weeks, the Biden administration has turned a national triumph into a national disaster..."  Trump further warned that the Biden administration's "reckless policies" were "enabling and encouraging [[crimes against humanity]]."<ref>Newsmax Wires, Trump: We Handed Biden Secure Border, He Made 'National Disaster', https://www.newsmax.com/politics/border-crisis-national-disaster/2021/03/21/id/1014616/, March 21, 2021</ref>

The developing situation at the U.S. - Mexico border prompted then former [[President Donald Trump]] to issue a formal statement in March 2021 regarding a so-called "National Disaster".  Trump indicated in the statement, in part, "We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot. Instead, in the span of just a few weeks, the Biden administration has turned a national triumph into a national disaster..."  Trump further warned that the Biden administration's "reckless policies" were "enabling and encouraging [[crimes against humanity]]."<ref>Newsmax Wires, Trump: We Handed Biden Secure Border, He Made 'National Disaster', https://www.newsmax.com/politics/border-crisis-national-disaster/2021/03/21/id/1014616/, March 21, 2021</ref>

On March 17, 2020, during a [[2020 Democrat primaries|2020 Democrat primary]] debate, Biden told Jorge Ramos of Univision:

On March 17, 2020, during a [[2020 Democrat primaries|2020 Democrat primary]] debate, Biden told Jorge Ramos of Univision:

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{{quotebox-float|"I would, in fact, make sure that there is, we immediate surge to the border. All those people seeking asylum, they deserve to be heard. That's who we are. We are nation that says, if you want to flee and you are fleeing oppression, you should come."<ref>https://therightscoop.com/flashback-joe-biden-calls-for-an-immediate-surge-of-illegals-to-the-border-when-he-becomes-president/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"I would, in fact, make sure that there is, we immediate surge to the border. All those people seeking asylum, they deserve to be heard. That's who we are. We are a nation that says, if you want to flee and you are fleeing oppression, you should come."<ref>https://therightscoop.com/flashback-joe-biden-calls-for-an-immediate-surge-of-illegals-to-the-border-when-he-becomes-president/</ref>}}

People died attempting to cross the frigid waters of the [[Rio Grande]] after Biden's open invitation.<ref>https://youtu.be/8Mjr6Qjb_pE</ref>  [[El Salvador]] President Nayib Bukele told [[Fox News]] the ‘new-liberal practice’ [[immigration]] policy was ‘immoral’ and 'not good for the US, not good for El Salvador, causing a brain drain and sending El Salvadore's future workforce to the U.S. in exchange for a tiny remittance.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/salvadoran-president-tells-tucker-mass-immigration-not-profitable-feeding-on-dependency</ref>  [[Texas]] Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] told an NBC affiliate

People died attempting to cross the frigid waters of the [[Rio Grande]] after Biden's open invitation.<ref>https://youtu.be/8Mjr6Qjb_pE</ref>  [[El Salvador]] President Nayib Bukele told [[Fox News]] the ‘new-liberal practice’ [[immigration]] policy was ‘immoral’ and 'not good for the US, not good for El Salvador, causing a brain drain and sending El Salvadore's future workforce to the U.S. in exchange for a tiny remittance.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/salvadoran-president-tells-tucker-mass-immigration-not-profitable-feeding-on-dependency</ref>  [[Texas]] Gov. [[Greg Abbott]] told an NBC affiliate

{{quotebox-float|"From a lack of safe drinking water in one location to a COVID-19 outbreak in another, the Biden Administration has no excuse for subjecting these children to these kinds of conditions. President Biden’s refusal to address the border crisis is not only enabling criminal actors like human traffickers and smugglers, but it is exposing innocent unaccompanied children to illness and potentially unsafe living conditions. The administration must act now to keep these children safe, secure our border, and end this humanitarian crisis. The Biden administration must also answer for enticing unaccompanied minors into inhumane conditions that expose these children to traffickers. To abuse. And to terror.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/20/biden-criticized-for-inhumane-conditions-in-migrant-children-detention-facilities/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"From a lack of safe drinking water in one location to a COVID-19 outbreak in another, the Biden Administration has no excuse for subjecting these children to these kinds of conditions. President Biden’s refusal to address the border crisis is not only enabling criminal actors like human traffickers and smugglers, but it is exposing innocent unaccompanied children to illness and potentially unsafe living conditions. The administration must act now to keep these children safe, secure our border, and end this humanitarian crisis. The Biden administration must also answer for enticing unaccompanied minors into inhumane conditions that expose these children to traffickers. To abuse. And to terror.”<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/03/20/biden-criticized-for-inhumane-conditions-in-migrant-children-detention-facilities/</ref>}}

According to [[CBS News]], children were held in overcrowded conditions, and some were having to sleep on the floor and were going hungry.  One immigration lawyer representing the children said there were kids who have only showered once in seven days and weren't allowed to shower more often.  The children were not allowed outdoors and complained of not seeing the sun in days.  The Donna complex which is supposed to hold only 250 people held 1,800, or 729% of its pandemic era capacity.  The migrants were not able to observe any social distancing because of the massive number of people.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-detained-in-overcrowded-conditions/</ref>  CBS reported the number quickly ballooned to 13,000.<ref>https://twitter.com/NorahODonnell/status/1371953668682043404</ref>

According to [[CBS News]], children were held in overcrowded conditions, and some were having to sleep on the floor and were going hungry.  One immigration lawyer representing the children said there were kids who have only showered once in seven days and weren't allowed to shower more often.  The children were not allowed outdoors and complained of not seeing the sun in days.  The Donna complex which is supposed to hold only 250 people held 1,800, or 729% of its pandemic era capacity.  The migrants were not able to observe any social distancing because of the massive number of people.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-detained-in-overcrowded-conditions/</ref>  CBS reported the number quickly ballooned to 13,000.<ref>https://twitter.com/NorahODonnell/status/1371953668682043404</ref>

''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported  “[y]oung people are waiting in cramped, austere holding cells with concrete floors and benches. Lights remain on 24 hours a day, agents say, and there are few places to play.”  Paul Wise, a court-appointed immigration monitor, reported “significant overcrowding.”  Democrat Sen. [[Chris Murphy]] said he “fought back tears” when a 13-year-old girl spoke of being separated from her grandmother.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/unaccompanied-minors-detention-cells/2021/03/10/a0d39390-81c6-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html</ref>  [[NBC News]] reported that the junta issued a gag order refusing media access to the jail like facilitiies where children were being kept in cages.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-limits-what-border-patrol-can-share-media-about-n1261133</ref>

''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported  “[y]oung people are waiting in cramped, austere holding cells with concrete floors and benches. Lights remain on 24 hours a day, agents say, and there are few places to play.”  Paul Wise, a court-appointed immigration monitor, reported “significant overcrowding.”  Democrat Sen. [[Chris Murphy]] said he “fought back tears” when a 13-year-old girl spoke of being separated from her grandmother.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/unaccompanied-minors-detention-cells/2021/03/10/a0d39390-81c6-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html</ref>  [[NBC News]] reported that the junta issued a gag order refusing media access to the jail-like facilities where children were being kept in cages.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-limits-what-border-patrol-can-share-media-about-n1261133</ref>

By March 19, 2021 NBC News reported the CBP was holding 5,049 children illegally beyond the time allotted by law in substandard facilities.  [[James O'Keefe]] of the prestigious [[Project Veritas]] organization reported,  

By March 19, 2021 NBC News reported the CBP was holding 5,049 children illegally beyond the time allotted by law in substandard facilities.  [[James O'Keefe]] of the prestigious [[Project Veritas]] organization reported,  

{{quotebox-float|“They [illegal immigrants] are separated by age or physical size depending on room. Fifty were COVID positive in these cells over the last few days. There have been multiple [[sexual assault]]s, normal assaults and daily medical emergencies.”<ref>https://youtu.be/xff5mHG2hy8</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|“They [illegal immigrants] are separated by age or physical size depending on room. Fifty were COVID positive in these cells over the last few days. There have been multiple [[sexual assault]]s, normal assaults, and daily medical emergencies.”<ref>https://youtu.be/xff5mHG2hy8</ref>}}

==Human trafficing==

==Human trafficing==

Biden also canceled the Trump era Operation Talon which focused on deporting illegal child sex traffickers and sexual predators.<ref>https://newspunch.com/biden-cancels-trump-program-that-targeted-child-sex-traffickers-in-the-us-illegally/</ref>  The order essentially shut down [[ICE]] operations.  An estimated 117,000 migrants crossed the border at the going rate for smuggling humans of $10,000 each, totalling well over $1.1 billion for the cartels and human trafficking networks.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/report-admin-lacks-resources-for-the-expected-117000-unaccompanied-children-at-border-this-year/</ref>  Mexican President [[Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador]] expressed concern over the junta incentivizing human trafficking and organized crime.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-exclusive-idUSKBN2B21D8</ref>  Reports indicated that human traffickers were purchasing children for $3200.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/human-trafficking-cartels-selling-kids-3200-head-joe-bidens-open-border-mexico-video/</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/vekxmd-biden-the-president-of-human-trafficking.html</ref>  Drug cartels often recruit or kidnap migrants, hold them for ransom or [[murder]] them if their families don't comply with the operatives' demands.<ref>https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/biden-pushes-back-against-border-crisis-label-as-democrats-concede-theres-a-major-problem</ref> Evidence at the border suggested children were being [[rape]]d.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/video-reporter-finds-condoms-lube-and-childrens-clothes-dumped-at-the-border/</ref>  @red_pill_latina said on [[Instagram]],

Biden also canceled the Trump era Operation Talon which focused on deporting illegal child sex traffickers and sexual predators.<ref>https://newspunch.com/biden-cancels-trump-program-that-targeted-child-sex-traffickers-in-the-us-illegally/</ref>  The order essentially shut down [[ICE]] operations.  An estimated 117,000 migrants crossed the border at the going rate for smuggling humans of $10,000 each, totalling well over $1.1 billion for the cartels and human trafficking networks.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/report-admin-lacks-resources-for-the-expected-117000-unaccompanied-children-at-border-this-year/</ref>  Mexican President [[Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador]] expressed concern over the junta incentivizing human trafficking and organized crime.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-exclusive-idUSKBN2B21D8</ref>  Reports indicated that human traffickers were purchasing children for $3200.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/human-trafficking-cartels-selling-kids-3200-head-joe-bidens-open-border-mexico-video/</ref><ref>https://rumble.com/vekxmd-biden-the-president-of-human-trafficking.html</ref>  Drug cartels often recruit or kidnap migrants, hold them for ransom or [[murder]] them if their families don't comply with the operatives' demands.<ref>https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/biden-pushes-back-against-border-crisis-label-as-democrats-concede-theres-a-major-problem</ref> Evidence at the border suggested children were being [[rape]]d.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/video-reporter-finds-condoms-lube-and-childrens-clothes-dumped-at-the-border/</ref>  @red_pill_latina said on [[Instagram]],

{{quotebox-float|"Where is [[AOC]]…where is the outrage of the media? Democrats in the Biden administration are making traffickers and cartels more powerful and dangerous than ever. If you voted for Biden, this is what you voted for.  You claim to support the [[Latino]] community yet you don’t support strong border security. Latinos are the main targets/victims of human traffickers at the southern border.  Specially the most vulnerable, innocent little children.  If you voted for Biden this is the reality you voted for."<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/03/21/citing-border-crisis-trafficking-of-innocent-children-latino-woman-says-if-you-voted-for-biden-this-is-what-you-voted-for-1047799/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"Where is [[AOC]]…where is the outrage of the media? Democrats in the Biden administration are making traffickers and cartels more powerful and dangerous than ever. If you voted for Biden, this is what you voted for.  You claim to support the [[Latino]] community yet you don’t support strong border security. Latinos are the main targets/victims of human traffickers at the southern border.  Specially the most vulnerable, innocent little children.  If you voted for Biden this is the reality you voted for."<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/03/21/citing-border-crisis-trafficking-of-innocent-children-latino-woman-says-if-you-voted-for-biden-this-is-what-you-voted-for-1047799/</ref>}}

During the Obama surge in illegal immigration a [[whistleblower]] told Sen. [[Chuck Grassley]]'s office that 3,400 sponsors whom DHS placed children with had criminal histories including homicide, child molestation, sexual assault and human trafficking.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/24/obama-administration-released-illegal-immigrant-ch/</ref>  The Obama administration implemented a program of not doing background checks on people claiming to be sponsors of undocumented children.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/overwhelmed-border-agents-failed-to-protect-undocumented-minors-report-says</ref>  Efforts by the government to locate many of the children and their sponsors later were unsuccessful.

During the Obama surge in illegal immigration, a [[whistleblower]] told Sen. [[Chuck Grassley]]'s office that 3,400 sponsors whom DHS placed children with had criminal histories including homicide, child molestation, sexual assault and human trafficking.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/24/obama-administration-released-illegal-immigrant-ch/</ref>  The Obama administration implemented a program of not doing background checks on people claiming to be sponsors of undocumented children.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/overwhelmed-border-agents-failed-to-protect-undocumented-minors-report-says</ref>  Efforts by the government to locate many of the children and their sponsors later were unsuccessful.

==Narcotics trafficing==

==Narcotics trafficing==

Prior to the junta [[open borders|opening the border]] [[bi-partisan]] experts estimated the money made on drug trafficking by the Mexican Drug Cartels at around $500 billion, or one half-trillion dollars per year.  Sen. [[Sonny Purdue]] said in 2019: “At half a trillion dollars — $500 billion — that makes the cartel business and the drug traffic just in Mexico alone coming across to the United States bigger than [[Walmart]], to put it in perspective. So this is larger than our largest companies.”  Democrat Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] quoted the same figure testifing, “The illicit drug trade is a business, valued at anywhere between $426 [billion] and $652 billion…”.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/has-joe-biden-sold-out-america-to-the-mexican-drug-cartels/</ref>

Prior to the junta [[open borders|opening the border]] [[bi-partisan]] experts estimated the money made on drug trafficking by the Mexican Drug Cartels at around $500 billion, or one half-trillion dollars per year.  Sen. [[Sonny Purdue]] said in 2019: “At half a trillion dollars — $500 billion — that makes the cartel business and the drug traffic just in Mexico alone coming across to the United States bigger than [[Walmart]], to put it in perspective. So this is larger than our largest companies.”  Democrat Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] quoted the same figure testifying, “The illicit drug trade is a business, valued at anywhere between $426 [billion] and $652 billion…”.<ref>https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/has-joe-biden-sold-out-america-to-the-mexican-drug-cartels/</ref>

==Humanitarian crisis==

==Humanitarian crisis==