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Border Crisis: 'Invasion' at the border [1]

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Date: 2022-11-01 18:32:11.287000



The Washington Examiner had a chance to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona. This port of entry sees nearly 1,000 people a day crossing illegally into the United States. We met with Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines about why so many people come through this specific area.

“Where the Trump wall ends, we experience about 1,000 people coming across the border on a daily basis … I would categorize it as an invasion,” said Jonathan Lines, who is also the former chairman of the Arizona Republican Party.

Lines brought us to a section of the border in Yuma, Arizona, at 3 in the morning. He showed us where the wall has not been completed due to Biden halting construction on his first day in office. We saw hundreds cross in the early morning hours we were there. Running from behind the towering wall, to simply stand in line for hours, under the cold of desert darkness, waiting to be processed. These gaps in the wall are giving people easy access to the country. Plus, Lines says, it is a safer journey compared to those who cross in Texas.

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“They have easy access from the two major highways in Baja, California and in Sonora. Where they are able to come directly from the airport in Mexi-cali, cross in very shallow water unlike the Rio Grande and turn themselves in at this crossing,” said Lines.

Border Patrol agents process people who have come through the Yuma, Arizona port of entry illegally. Amy DeLaura / Washington Examiner

Lines says the strain on Border Patrol having to process these people crossing illegally is preventing them from focusing on national security. Lines explains, “While on our western border, they are here processing people. On our southern border, 10 miles from here, that’s where the bad actors and that’s where the fentanyl and all the other hard narcotics are coming across the border.”

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This port of entry has been known to have large groups of decoy migrants. “Bad actors,” as Lines says, will sneak through other areas while Border Patrol resources are tied up at the Yuma point of entry. Lines emphasized, “This is where the people who are known associates of terrorists and cartels have crossed.”

David McNew/Getty Images

Lines explains this is not only a strain on Border Patrol but also the city of Yuma. Shelters, food banks, and hospitals have become financially burdened. The one rural hospital in Yuma has over $22 million in expenses directly related to the migrants.

“There's a hundred thousand people that live in Yuma Proper, we’ve seen 300,000 people cross here this year,” said Lines. This is a huge leap over the 180,000 illegal migrant crossings the year before.

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Lines said finishing the border wall would help with strained resources at the border. “Illegal immigration is not sustainable with these numbers.”



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