Dana Mathewson, with hat tip to wife Martha.

Since Aviary readers are intelligent, none of this will surprise you, especially since you're well aware that "a dumb-ass with a pen is infinitely more dangerous than a smart-ass with a Twitter account (wish I could properly credit that remark, but I DID receive it from my sister-in-law Nancy)."

Anyhow, from a recent Fox News article,

In the week leading up to President Biden’s inauguration, caravans of migrants began making their way to the United States fueled by his rhetoric. This is the direct result of the policies Biden preached on the campaign trail and the executive orders implemented in the early days of his administration.

Our Central American partners will only be able to hold the line on stopping these caravans for so long before efforts become futile.This is not hyperbole or alarmist talk but simply undeniable recognition that we are on the precipice of a full-fledged border crisis.

Biden wasted no time pulling out his pen and unraveling policies critical to our national security, border security and immigration enforcement. From pausing deportations, to halting border wall construction and ending the "Remain in Mexico" policy, the president slapped an "open" sign on our border–during a global pandemic.

Chastising commonsense policies that maintained the integrity of our territorial borders, while implementing sweeping executive actions to roll back these effective programs and policies, has reinvigorated irregular migration.

We don’t have to guess why they are coming. They have told us why.The very migrants who are traveling toward our southwest border and are poised to enter the country illegally have said in recent media interviews they were encouraged by Biden’s rhetoric and relaxing of Trump era policies.

We are already seeing frighteningly similar trends to those that led to the previous security and humanitarian crisis along the southwest border.Since October 2020, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) monthly encounters are mirroring rates not seen since the lead-up to the peak of the 2019 border crisis. In fact, CBP currently encounters an average of 3,000 individuals a day.

For context, Jeh Johnson, former secretary of Homeland Security under President Barak Obama,said that during his tenure, 1,000 apprehensions a day was a "bad number." According to CBP, family unit apprehensions have more than quadrupled in just the past two weeks and are trending upward.

Border patrol agents in Texas have already been forced to reimplement "catch-and-release"–a sign of the seriousness of the surge.

The practice of apprehending, issuing a notice to appear, and releasing into the interior of the country is a pull factor for individuals crossing the border illegally. On top of that, those being released haven’t been tested for COVID-19. If this doesn’t scream crisis, I am not sure what does.

The situation at the border, combined with the raging pandemic, has created a perfect storm of security, humanitarian and public health concerns.

The rest of the article, which I commend to your attention, is here: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-border-immigration-crisis-rep-john-katko

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