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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, 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>   

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>  In January 2022 the Biden [[FBI]] ransacked Cuellar's home.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/19/henry-cuellar-fbi/?ftag=MSF0951a18</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>