Originally posted by Aaron Flanigan on AMAC
According to early reports, December was the worst month on record for illegal immigration, with more than 300,000 border crossings – capping off what was by far the worst year on record in 2023. While Joe Biden and his media allies continue to ignore this crisis and insist that Republicans are all “insurrectionists,” these numbers again make clear that the real insurrection threatening the country is happening at the southern border every day and is a direct result of Biden’s policies.
In total, there were more than 3.2 million illegal border crossings in FY2023, which ended in September – easily surpassing FY2022 for the most ever. And of course, that number only accounts for those who were caught and apprehended by border officials. By some estimates, there have been more than 5 million “gotaways” since Joe Biden took office, among them untold numbers of terrorists, drug dealers, and human traffickers.
The news about December’s border numbers comes on the heels of the release of November’s statistics, which the Biden administration quietly posted the Friday before Christmas – raising significant questions about Biden’s willingness to own the consequences of his disastrous border policies and take responsibility for the crises he is actively causing in American communities.
“By strategically holding the release of these numbers until the Friday before Christmas, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is unabashedly showing the full measure of his duplicity. These numbers are so bad, he wants as few Americans to see them as possible,” said Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, in a press release.
Although the December numbers won’t be official until later this month, this time the Biden administration won’t have a major holiday to bury the news. With even Democrat mayors of “sanctuary cities” now feeling the pressure of a surge in migrants and publicly voicing their concerns, Biden is now facing criticism from both parties with the 2024 election looming – although the media has remained shamefully silent.
Despite inheriting the most secure border on record from former President Donald Trump, in a matter of mere months, Joe Biden singlehandedly and deliberately created the conditions for a crisis of previously unimaginable proportions.
Immediately upon entering office, Biden reversed nearly every policy that secured the border during the Trump years—including border wall construction, deportations, and “Remain in Mexico” (which ended the practice of “catch and release” and forced illegal aliens to wait for their court hearings in their country of origin). Biden also mandated a functional shutdown of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—going so far as to implement what the administration calls “protected areas” which ICE is not permitted to enter.
Given the unprecedented scale of the invasion on our southern border, conservative leaders have increasingly discussed policy solutions that would likely require an invocation of the 1807 Insurrection Act to stave off further disaster.
The presidential campaigns of former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, for instance, have advocated for using the law’s provisions allowing the president to deploy military forces to quell insurrections and domestic disorder. As even some left-wing entities have noted, the Insurrection Act would indeed grant a president the authority to use military forces to get the border under control and deport illegal aliens, among other border security measures.
Meanwhile, Republican governors in border states have continued to take innovative steps to mediate the effects of the border invasion in their communities. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, for instance, recently signed legislation that empowers Texas law enforcement officials to arrest anyone suspected of entering the country illegally.
As a part of Operation Lone Star, Texas’s statewide border security initiative, Abbott has also signed bills that make it a state crime to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, increase the minimum sentence for smuggling illegal aliens, and allocate funding toward the construction of border barriers. “Biden’s deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself,” Abbott stated.
On the presidential campaign front, DeSantis has called for the use of “deadly force” against illegal aliens suspected of bringing in drugs—an idea of questionable practical viability to be sure. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has unveiled plans to invoke the “Alien Enemies Act,” as well as “wage war” on drug cartels and launch what he calls “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”
Despite all the dishonest talk of “insurrection” coming from the left, it is Joe Biden’s open borders agenda that amounts to the greatest insurrection since the Civil War—and with every passing day, it continues to imperil our safety, our culture, and our national security.
Aaron Flanigan is the pen name of a writer in Washington, D.C.
