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Arizona AG Brnovich: ‘Cartels Have Seized Control of Our Border’ Because of Biden

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Arizona Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich is sounding the alarm on the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. During an interview on Fox News, Brnovich slammed Joe Biden’s “failed” immigration policies.

“Every time you think … we’ve hit rock bottom, something else happens,” he said. “There’s a record amount of people flooding into this country this year. Just last week, our office was involved in a record amount of fentanyl seized. Americans are dying. Our cities are more dangerous as a result of the failed Biden administration’s policies.”

Cartels “have seized operational control” of the southern border, Brnovich said, adding that Arizona has seized more than 6 million fentanyl pills over the past week alone.

Transcript below:

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Anita: Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas making yet another trip to the southern border today, as we learn border agents encountered a record-shattering 234,000 migrants in April. Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich is here, he is also running for Senate. Good to see you. April numbers of migrant encounters are the highest on record for one month in the history of the Department of Homeland Security, 234,000. But I want to bring up the numbers of migrants removed in April, numbers are 113,000 expelled, 96,000, 96,908 of those are because of title 42. I did the math, that’s 85%. So, what happens when title 42 goes away?

Brnovich: Well, what happens when title 42 goes away, we will have a record amount of people illegally entering the country as we already are starting to see. Because the Biden Administration is essentially decriminalized and incentivized people coming here. And populations like Richmond, Virginia are coming over illegally in one month to the United States. We are on pace to have essentially Nebraska or West Virginia illegally enter the country this year. The overwhelming strain on social services. I was fighting the Biden Administration to give benefits to noncitizens, and cartels, regarding the amount of not only people but fentanyl and methamphetamine, flowing into the 

Anita: Real quick, I want to turn to the revelation now of a drug tunnel, a fully operational drug tunnel connecting Tijuana to San Diego. At least six were arrested, and $25 million in drugs was seized next to your state. Quickly, 30 seconds, what more can you tell us?

Brnovich: You know, I’ve been to the board, I was a gang prosecutor. It’s not the first time and won’t be the last. The Biden Administration is not taking it seriously. These are sophisticated operations. You could drive a car through them. These are, they hire miners, hire professionals to build the tunnels, and cartels are enriching themselves. We need to do everything we can to get the federal government to stop the chaos on the southern border.

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Border Patrol agents apprehended 156,274 last month.

“In addition to this illegal parole program, the Department of Homeland Security has developed an app that allows migrants to notify Customs and Border Protection of their intent to file an asylum claim — the vast majority of which have no merit — and then be allowed to enter the country pending a hearing on those claims, years in the future,” the Washington Times reported.

“Even with these newly devised schemes, it’s worth noting that the number of migrants encountered at the southern border illegally remained at historically high levels. Not only is 156,274 higher than last January and double the number encountered in January 2021, but it is also the highest January ever recorded. No matter how the White House tries to spin what we saw, last month did not see a significant drop in illegal immigration. Rather, it was illegal immigration dressed up to appear legal under an illegal assertion of executive power by President Biden and his administration. Don’t be fooled,” the outlet added.

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