The Border Patrol union has expressed their displeasure with President Biden‘s upcoming trip to El Paso, Texas. Reports have indicated that the state and local authorities have made an effort to detain more migrants and clear out encampments in the area before Biden‘s visit. The union has condemned this as an attempt to hide the reality of the situation and create an illusion of success. They argue that this is not a legitimate solution to the current immigration crisis in the country.
“El Paso being cleaned up as if nothing unusual ever happened there,” the National Border Patrol Council tweeted Friday. “Just in time for Biden’s ‘visit to the border.’”
El Paso being cleaned up as if nothing unusual ever happened there. Just in time for Biden's "visit to the border".
We suggest just landing in Des Moines, Iowa and telling him it's El Paso. He'll never know the difference.
— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) January 6, 2023
“We suggest just landing in Des Moines, Iowa and telling him it’s El Paso. He’ll never know the difference,” the union wrote.
The union’s tweet followed a report Thursday by El Paso Matters that said “large crowds” of migrants had been detained by Border Patrol agents overnight Wednesday in downtown El Paso. Subsequent reports by El Paso Matters and the New York Post said Border Patrol and local police had ramped up patrols and detentions in El Paso ahead of Biden’s visit Sunday.
A video posted by NBC News showed Border Patrol agents patrolling outside the migrant shelter at Sacred Heart Church, where hundreds of migrants had been sleeping outside.
The Post reported that six buses loaded with mostly Venezuelan migrants left El Paso en route to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Saturday. A Border Patrol agent told the outlet that 200 migrants were sent back to Mexico on Saturday alone.
“El Paso clears downtown of expansive migrant camps ahead of Biden visit,” tweeted Mayra Flores, R-Texas. “Why not show him what our border community and law enforcement officials are dealing with on a daily basis.”
El Paso clears downtown of expansive migrant camps ahead of Biden visit.
Why not show him what our border community and law enforcement officials are dealing with on a daily basis.
— Mayra Flores (@MayraFlores2022) January 6, 2023
Biden, who is visiting the border for the first time in his two years in office Sunday afternoon, is expected to meet with elected local officials and community leaders, while assessing operations at the border, according to the White House.
National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd told Fox News Digital last week that agents are “beyond frustrated” that the president has allowed the border crisis to deteriorate as it has.
“He’s not coming to the border of his own accord,” Judd said. “He would have done that a long, long time ago.”
“Because you now have Democrats, his constituency, his base, now that they’re upset, now you’ve got Eric Adams, you’ve got the governor of Colorado,” he continued. “That’s the only reason that he’s coming to the border. And it’s two years too late.”
Biden’s photo-op at the border is coming 2 years too late after the Democrat worked to dismantle border security. I’m not even remotely surprised to hear that the administration ‘cleaned up’ just before Biden’s visit. Wouldn’t want any reality interfering with Biden’s little picture day.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.