Posted on 03/01/2025 2:48:53 AM PST by Libloather
The days of catch and release at the border are over.
Border Patrol agents manning the southern border have released just two migrants into the US since President Trump’s Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks took the reins, the new head honcho revealed to The Post.
“The days of an open border are done,” Banks, a longtime former border agent himself and Texas’s former border czar, declared Friday.
He assumed the role, serving as the federal agency’s 27th head, on Jan. 22.
“The United States Border Patrol is just getting started. We will not accept anything other than complete operational control over our border,” the chief added.
The two migrants released into the country were witnesses in criminal cases, Banks said, assuring that they “were fully vetted” and considered “a benefit to the government.”
The chief, however, could not divulge where the migrants came from or what the criminal cases were.
The staggeringly small figure is in stark contrast to the thousands of migrants released into the US per day under the Biden administration — which Banks credits to the abolishment of the problematic “catch and release” policy, rolling back the controversial CBP One app, and the increased assistance from other federal agencies, including the Pentagon.
“Catch and release” refers to the practice of setting migrants free in the US while they await their immigration hearings.
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The country's becoming sane again - what a relief after all the Biden insanity.
I look forward to the day when the ACLU/other lawyers are lined up in the un-employment offices.....
I would like to see a staggeringly large number deported. That’s the only metric that really matters.
BTTT
I don’t even know what that sentence means!! :)
Maybe it’s better that way :)
Yawn. When they can show images of HUUUUUGE numbers of people walking back the other way, going back to Mexico, then there is a story. Right now, this is just like turning off the water so new water does not increase the flooding in the basement. Still need to drain the water out of the basement before you can assess and repair the damage.
i would like to know why they let those 2 in
Two too many!
lol I understand what you said 😂
i would like to know why they let those 2 in
umm try reading the article....
Stop all assistance to all immigrants. Make them go to the Bolshie Blue states for handouts and freebies. They can take their avocados and Corona panther pee with them. We don’t need them.
They are witnesses in criminal cases.
Only the US Congress could pass a law mandating allowing 5000 illegals a day (1.8 million a year) to enter the US as a way to “shut down” the border.
As the lead Democrat negotiator proclaimed: Under this legislation, ‘the border never closes.’
Trump shut the border down in two weeks and now we have 200 people per day crossing the border.
In two weeks !
Until you shut the flow off, the number of deportations is not that relevant. I agree the next phase is mass deportations. The stage has been set.
It’s just not quite that easy. It’s not like they’re raising their hand and saying “pick me...pick me”.
The border is not closed. It is acting as a filter.
That two too many and why were they released into the US?
That is happening. I just read yesterday a couple of large caravans in Mexico heading to our border have changed direction and now heading south and trying to get asylum from Mexico. One migrant interviewed said, "There is no hope any longer. None".
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