Apr 19, 2021
Despite the cap on refugees remaining at the Trump-era low, a crisis at the southern border from Central and South American migrants who took their cues from Biden’s rhetoric and early actions has escalated to compromising border security and overwhelming detention centers.
U.S. Border Patrol encounters and enforcement actions have already exceeded last year’s numbers just four months into 2021, according to Customs and Border Protection.
Drug seizures have also skyrocketed with a 233 percent increase in Fentanyl confiscation from March of last year while U.S. overdose deaths soar to unseen heights amid the opioid epidemic.