Former President Donald Trump has a warning — and American voters need to listen.
The border crisis that exploded last week in Del Rio, Texas isn’t over, despite President Joe Biden’s administration releasing thousands of illegal immigrants into the United States.
In fact, Trump warned that it’s about to get much, much worse.
Approximately 20,000 Haitian migrants are staged in Columbia, Trump claimed in a message to his Save America PAC According to Trump, they’ve been emboldened to head to the U.S. southern border.
“Just eight months ago, the whole world knew that if you illegally violated America’s borders, no matter where you came from, you’d be immediately caught, promptly detained, and swiftly removed — perfect precision clockwork,” Trump’s statement warned.
“Our border was the envy of nations,” the statement said. “Now, our border is the laughingstock of the globe. Anyone, from anywhere, can just illegally walk across our border, turn themselves in, and then be on to the city of their choice. No testing, no masking, no mandates.”
“Free healthcare, deliveries, and medical services in our emergency rooms, all paid for by taxpayers,” he said. “Drugs pour through like water.”
Many of the original 15,000 Haitian illegal immigrants that were massed in Del Rio were released in the United States, according to two U.S. officials, undercutting the Biden administration’s public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion to Haiti.
Haitians were freed on a “very, very large scale” in recent days, one official said last Tuesday.
Most were released with only notices to appear at an immigration office within 60 days.
The releases come despite a massive effort to expel Haitians on flights under pandemic-related authority that denies illegal immigrants a chance to seek asylum.
The Homeland Security Department bused Haitians from Del Rio, a town of 35,000 people, to El Paso, Laredo, and the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas border, and this week added flights to Tucson, Arizona, the official said. They are processed by the Border Patrol at those locations.
Criteria for deciding who is flown to Haiti and who is released in the U.S. are a mystery, but two officials said single adults were a priority.
If previous handling of asylum-seekers is any guide, the administration is more likely to release those deemed vulnerable, including pregnant women, families with young children, and those with medical issues.
The White House is facing sharp bipartisan condemnation. Republicans say Biden administration policies led Haitians to believe they would get asylum.
Democrats are expressing outrage after images went viral this week of Border Patrol agents on horseback using aggressive tactics against the illegal immigrants.
Trump warned that last weeks crisis was just the beginning.
“Our border agents are disrespected, denigrated, and demoralized,” he said. “Now, news reports indicate another 20,000 Haitians are staged in [Colombia] preparing to make the trek to our Southern Border.”
“But that’s just the beginning. Wave after wave are heading our way, INVITED here to break our laws by Biden, Mayorkas, and the Marxist Democrats. Indeed, at this very moment, House Democrats are preparing to pass a Reconciliation Bill that includes total amnesty for millions of illegal aliens, and removes all limits on green cards and chain migration,” his statement read.
“Democrats are playing for keeps — Republicans better fight hard, fight strong, and stay united for America, or we won’t have a Country left.”
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The Associated Press contributed to this article