Policy experts and immigration attorneys argue decades of failed immigration policy — not one political party or administration — is what led to the tragedy in San Antonio.
“Title 42 should have ended right away, Biden dragged his feet,” he said. “So he’s to blame for that. But this has been going on for years, all the way back to the Clinton administration. I think the system is working exactly as it’s supposed to be. Less people are getting in the legal way.”
Monday’s fatal smuggling attempts came as the number of migrants encountered by U.S. Border Patrol agents at the southern border continues to climb to near-record levels. There were about 239,400 encounters between federal agents and migrants at the southwest border in May, a 2% increase compared to April,to Customs and Border Protection.
“A person can cross the border as many times as they want, safe in the knowledge that if caught, they will simply be expelled back to Mexico where they can, if they still have the resources, make another attempt to cross,” he said. “And that means every time somebody is crossing, they're rolling the die. And leads to the possibility of something tragic happening.”
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