Biden administration letting southern border crisis rage on

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : In the first three months of this year alone, CBP seized more than 150,000 pounds of drugs.
52% : Over the past year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered a record-breaking 2.2 million migrants along the southern border.
51% : Administration officials later told Congressional staff that this massive surge was a coordinated effort by the cartels, who directed migrants to a single location, so law enforcement personnel from other areas would be relocated, clearing a path for their illicit trade corridor.
40% : Border Patrol officials have explicitly said that gang members exploit migration surges in an attempt to evade arrest.
40% : Fox News reported that since last October, more than 300,000 migrants have evaded Border Patrol, though the actual figure may be significantly higher.
39% : While overall border encounters skyrocketed during the 2021 Fiscal Year, the number of gang members apprehended by Border Patrol actually decreased.
39% : The humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border will not go away on its own, and Congress cannot undertake broader immigration reforms until the border crisis has been addressed.
30% : Every day, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, and a range of dangerous drugs pour across the southern border.

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