Former Border Commissioner: ‘We Have Lost Control of the Southwest Border” – Geller Report

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01/11/22

 

“This is just appalling folks! The treachery and criminality of the fraudulent Biden regime is off the charts. I have no doubt the Dems will double their efforts to do as much damage as possible before the midterm elections in Nov. assuming such elections occur.” Admin

 

The southwest border during President Joe Biden’s first year in office reached historic levels of illegal crossings, pulling agents off the front line and leaving large swaths of the border unpatrolled. Drugs, especially fentanyl, flowed in, and overdose deaths are at an all-time high.

 

“What we’re experiencing now on the southwest border is a complete, utter catastrophe,” Mark Morgan, former acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which oversees Border Patrol, told The Epoch Times on Jan. 7.

 

“We have lost control of the southwest border.”

 

During the 2021 calendar year, Border Patrol agents apprehended close to 2 million illegal immigrants from 150 different countries along the southwest border—more than double 2019, the last pre-pandemic year, according to CBP data.

 

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