Following the weekly release of thousands of illegal migrants into the United States via boat and land, a San Diego official has proclaimed the seaside city in Southern California the new “epicenter” of the Biden border issue.
Republican Jim Desmond, a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, reported that as boats race past federal military and law enforcement to deposit immigrants along the American coastline, the number of unlawful crossings has increased both on land and offshore.
Each week, three to four boats wash up on San Diego’s shores carrying illegal immigrants who are scuttling into residential areas. Desmond said on X on Tuesday, “This is on top of the over 130,000 refugees dumped on the streets of San Diego.”
“San Diego is the heart of illegal immigration, landing about a thousand individuals on the streets every day,” Desmond continued.
The San Diego area’s Border Patrol officers arrested 33,000 illegal immigrants in March, the second-highest number behind Tucson, Arizona, where they arrested almost 40,000 individuals, according to the latest data available from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
San Diego could have made the most in April, but federal data on arrests will not be available until mid-May.
According to Desmond, the recent surge is due to criminal smuggling networks opting to drive immigrants from Mexico into the United States farther west than Texas, where, at the start of the Biden administration, two out of every three people detained were crossing.
Human traffickers are choosing the easiest route through California, especially the San Diego border sector, as a result of Texas and Arizona cracking down on illegal border crossings, Desmond wrote in a post on Monday.
In an effort to discourage and prevent illegal immigration, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) imposed measures that have driven immigrants and smugglers farther away. As a result, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of federal data, just one in three illegal immigrants arrested across the southern border are currently in Texas.
Desmond added, “Border Patrol is their Uber into the county, and the San Diego County government will be the migrant’s travel agents.” The federal government also gave the county $38 million to assist with immigration after releasing immigrants from federal detention and granting them permission to remain in the country.
“The county’s goal using federal tax funds is to get as many migrants onto vehicles, trains, and airplanes as possible and onto other regions of the country as soon as possible.” I am sorry, America, but this is who we have become. They will be visiting your town soon, Desmond remarked.
Up until recently, the border issue had the worst impact on the Eagle Pass neighborhood, which is about two hours’ drive from San Antonio and south-central Texas.
