Gov. Greg Abbott: Biden’s Ending of Title 42 Will Lead to 4.7M Illegal Border Crossings a Year

ABBOTT: “We’re here today because of the impending end of Title 42 policy. With the Biden Administration ending Title 42 this Thursday, President Biden is laying down a welcome mat to people across the entire world saying that the United States border is wide open. And it will lead to an incredible amount of people coming across the border illegally. President Biden’s open border policies is going to cause a catastrophic disaster in the United States. According to the Biden Administration itself, they anticipate about 13,000 people coming across the border illegally every single day. If you extend that out over the course of a year, it means there will be about 4,700,000 people coming across the border a year. That will mean that there will be more people coming across the border illegally than there are residents of the massive city of Chicago. The bottom line is, it did not have to be this way. So never forget this. Just three years ago, we had the lowest border crossings in decades. And those low number of border crossings were a result of the policies put in place by the Trump Administration. It was the Title 42 policy, the Remain in Mexico policy, the ending of catch and release, building a border wall, as well as sending a message across the entire world. America is not open to people who are trying to come here illegally. If you want to come to the United States of America, you must do so legally, not illegally. Today, however, we’re dealing with the highest number of people coming across the border than ever before, and we will set a new all-time record this year. All of this is a result of policy decisions by Joe Biden.”