A report from the House Homeland Security Committee reveals that more than 85% of illegal immigrants arriving in the United States through the southern border are released into the country’s interior.
The report, called “Crisis By Design,” explains that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered more than 8.2 million illegal immigrants since February 2021 at the Southwest border. There have been more than 10 million encounters with illegal immigrants across all ports of entry.
The report calls the ongoing crisis the “worst border crisis in U.S. history.”
“It is important to note that the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) mandates any inadmissible alien who enters the United States be detained—from the moment they are encountered until they are removed or found to have a lawful basis to remain in the country,” the committee explains in the report. “Instead of taking steps to meaningfully comply with this mandate, as previous administrations have, Biden, Harris, and Mayorkas devised and implemented a comprehensive and unlawful agenda of mass ‘catch and release,’ which has led to the release of millions of inadmissible aliens into American communities.”
According to the report, the Department of Homeland Security has “worked extensively” with non-governmental organizations to “ensure illegal aliens are aided in getting from the border to their ultimate destination inside the United States.”
As a result, NGOs have “turned the border crisis into a perpetual source of taxpayer-funded profit.”
Non-governmental groups have served as a “launching pad for illegal aliens to disperse throughout the country,” the report describes. These groups have “received billions of taxpayer dollars to provide all manner of services to illegal aliens released from CBP and ICE custody.”
The report goes on to explain the rise in crime, fentanyl, abuse, and other dangers linked to the border crisis.
“Quite simply, Biden, Harris, and Mayorkas have launched an assault on the rule of law, and in so doing, have undermined the sovereignty, national security, and long-term wellbeing of the country they claim to serve,” the report concludes, noting that Biden administration officials have “not only broken that trust, but willfully cast aside their sacred obligation to the American people.”