Nadene Goldfoot
USA-Mexico Border Wall,
CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/03/world/us-mexico-border-cnnphotos/The Trump administration say they've completed more than 400 miles of border wall
since it was started.
It's 452 miles (727 km) in total, according to the latest US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information (4 January 2021).
However, only 80 miles of new barriers have been built where there were none before -
that includes 47 miles of primary wall, and 33 miles of secondary wall built to reinforce
the initial barrier.
The vast majority of the 452 miles is replacing existing structures at the border that had
been built by previous US administrations.
President Trump has argued that this should be regarded as new wall, because it's
replacing what he called "old and worthless barriers."
Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 513,100 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 43,700 criminal arrests, with more than 38,400 felony charges or 43,700/513,100. .
"In the fight against the fentanyl crisis, Texas law enforcement has seized over 488 million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States and Mexico combined during this border mission." On Tuesday, May 7, the Drug Enforcement Administration will recognize National Fentanyl Awareness Day by joining the many voices dedicated to educating the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs. August 21st is a coordinated day of response by grassroots fentanyl awareness organizations and families impacted by fentanyl to educate the public about the dangers of illicit fentanyl.
WASHINGTON 2019— Forced to back down on a government shutdown, President Donald Trump is shifting his story regarding his campaign promise to build a border wall. He’s also once again inflating the number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
In declaring a national emergency at the Southwest border, President Donald Trump strung together a long list of false, misleading and unsupported claims on illegal immigration, drug smuggling, human trafficking, trade deficits and other issues.
"Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work together to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal activity between ports of entry." It looks like Trump bypassed Abbott's work on this issue.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has been engaged in a months-long feud with the Biden administration over the situation at the border. Abbott has maintained that Biden is not doing enough to address border security, while the Biden administration has said Texas does not have the authority to erect razor wire barriers.
Abbott said in a statement Wednesday that Biden has “ignored Texas’s demand that he perform his constitutional duties” and that Texas has declared an invasion, which will invoke “Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself.”
On Trump's claim that at least 25 million immigrants are in the U.S. illegally, Trump is contradicted by his own Homeland Security secretary and other sources. His retreat in the partial shutdown capped a head-spinning week in which Trump also repeated questionable assertions that a border wall would stop crime and drugs from “pouring in.”
FACT: Those attempting to enter the U.S. without “valid entry documents” or “by fraud or misrepresentation” must be detained pending an expedited removal proceeding, as explained in a 2018 report by the Congressional Research Service. And they are subject to deportation whether they have a criminal record or not.
Now, some people apprehended trying to cross the border illegally (or legally for that matter) may seek asylum in the U.S., a process that can stretch for years in some cases.
The immigrant must first get a U.S. official to determine that he or she faces a “credible fear” of persecution or torture if forced to return home, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. If an asylum officer doesn’t find there’s a credible fear, the immigrant can request a review by an immigration judge. If the judge agrees with the officer, the immigrant can then be removed from the U.S.
It's always been illegal to enter the USA without the proper papers to do so. Caught, at any time you face deportation. The Wall was built along with the need to do so. It would help if the USA would help develop jobs in Mexico for a people who do not have the skills , ideas or money to do so, thus ending the big need for such jobs.
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/texas-targets-dangerous-criminals-illegally-entering-under-president-bidens-watch
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-07/facing%20fentanyl-remake_0.jpg?h=7f412c8f&itok=OcTLFCsd
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-trumps-shift-on-a-concrete-border-wall
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/factchecking-trumps-national-emergency-remarks/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46748492
