Illegal immigration at the southern border continues to yield questions asking why. Why is the proper action not being taken? Why, after President Trump’s administration worked to keep the borders closed, does the current Democratic agenda insist on keeping it open?
“They said they were going to give us an open border when they were campaigning,” says Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, “Then they got in and they did everything they could to… get rid of all [Trump’s] policies.”
Many of the policies put in place to push the open border agenda are by President Biden’s executive orders, but whether or not he can even do that is up for debate.
“I don’t think he’s got authority for a lot of those,” says Biggs, “Which is why [we’re] seeing some lawsuits that are being filed where some there’s actual success.” President Biden’s original Deportation Moratorium is an example of a policy that was under fire from the right, but more leftist policies are targeted for lawsuits as well.
The politics are just one side of the fight, however. Many states are paying for the open border financially. In Arizona, the cost of illegal immigrants in the system is close to two billion dollars.
“You have to count everything from education to the high percentage of them in our state prison system,” says Biggs. The Judiciary system is also another huge expense to maintain when a frequent handful of illegal immigrants make their way through the justice system.
AZ Congressman Andy Biggs joins Marc Cox to break down the costs of open borders and the challenges faced in closing them. (above)
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