Arizona Politics

Biggs Excoriates Open Border Policies in Immigration Hearing

Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) did not hold back in condemning the Biden Administration's open border policies in a recent House Judiciary hearing about immigration enforcement along the southern border.

The Arizona Congressman began by calling out Ranking Member Pramila Jayapal's (D-WA) claims of the immigration system being "broken" as "ludicrous," when "the fact is, these individuals came because of Biden's open border policies. No offense, no detention, no removal, and quite frankly, no enforcement. That is what happened."

Rep. Biggs further chastised the idea of the bipartisan border deal initially introduced by former Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), which he described as "have allowed 7,500 people a day into the country before the President had to take any executive action at all would have been a panacea to Biden's failed policies."

Moreover, he countered claims that illegal crossings went down under Biden "because you did not count people who were applying under the CBP One app. You did not count people who were getting the [Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela] program. So if you are not counting everybody, well, of course, the numbers come down, and that is where we sit here today."

Rep. Biggs then asked one of the hearing's witnesses, former ICE Field Director John Fabbricatore, if asylum laws require applicants to remain in custody until their case is adjudicated, which he affirmed. However, the Biden Administration released "too many" people into the country, which, in turn, incentivizes more people to enter, claiming they are asylum seekers.

Biggs noted that "President Trump says he wants to do is enforce the law," meaning asylum seekers are to be held in custody until their cases are adjudicated, deterring people from attempting to enter the country.

Fabbricatore said, "The biggest problem with this is they broke into the country and entered illegally. They had an opportunity to see an immigration judge. That immigration judge ordered them deported, and they still did not leave the United States. So compounding just breaking our laws, even doubly so by not even listening to what the immigration judge had to say."

Grayson Bakich

Florida born and raised, Grayson Bakich is a recent recipient of a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His thesis examined recent trends in political polarization and how this leads into justification of violence.

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