Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar claimed that President Biden is afraid of criticism from far-left groups and activists if he publicly displays the expulsion of unauthorized immigrants. Cuellar also recognized that Democratic-led cities can no longer turn a blind eye to the border crisis, despite the fact that tens of thousands of migrants have been transferred to cities such as New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
Cuellar told CNN’s Jake Tapper that the federal government should compel their Mexican counterparts to deport more migrants and stop them from crossing the border. “This administration is doing some deportations, but they don’t show them. They’re afraid to show people going back like President Obama and Secretary Jeh Johnson did. You’ve got to show repercussions, and you’ve got to show video of people going back, and not just streaming across over here,” Cuellar said.
Tapper then inquired as to why the administration would be hesitant to publicize deportations. “I’ll tell you, I had a conversation with somebody there, and this is what they said, we don’t want to get our immigration advocates angry at us. That’s it. That’s what somebody told me there,” Cuellar answered.
Cuellar acknowledges the improvement in the Biden Administration’s border crisis management, but underlines the need for further development.
In response to the Biden Administration’s decision, a Texas congressman expresses support for deportations rather than completing work on portions of the border wall. He emphasizes how cities such as New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. are beginning to see the importance of border management, given their greater platforms in comparison to people living right on the border.
He repeated that in order to prevent future border crossers, the Biden Administration must be forceful and conspicuous when deporting migrants. “So, again, the immigration advocates, with all due respect, that’s one stakeholder. But what about the men and women in green? What about, more importantly, the border communities? We here at the border communities, and I’m in Laredo, people tell me we’ve got to do something about the borders,” Cuellar told Tapper.
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“And my district is 80% Hispanic, and they’re saying, control that border. And now that New York, now that Chicago, now that Washington, D.C. are seeing what we have felt for so many years, now, this voice about we’ve got to control the border is being magnified, because the mayors of New York and the governor of Illinois, they have a bigger megaphone than some of us down here at the border.”
