Border Patrol Union Leader Warns Of “Complete Control” By Cartels Once ‘Title 42’ Ends; Biden admin ending Title 42 ‘will give complete control to the cartels,’ Border Patrol union warns

Border Patrol Union Leader Warns Of “Complete Control” By Cartels Once ‘Title 42’ Ends

The head of the Border Patrol union warned that drug cartels would seize “complete control” of the southern border, as a Trump-era public health order to expel illegal immigrants is to expire on Monday.

“That we just don’t have anybody in the field, that we just can’t patrol the border,” National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said during Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” after being asked about the “worst-case scenario” once the law ends on May 23.

He said the Border Patrol system is running out of capacity as overwhelmed border agents will be largely held up by processing asylum-seeking illegal immigrants, either refereeing their claims or expelling them back to their home countries.

“When you look right now, we already start our shifts with 50 percent of our resources not even performing enforcement activities. They’re in administrative duties. Once this explodes, we’re going to have nearly 100 percent of our people doing administrative duties rather than enforcement duties.”

“That’s going to give complete control to the cartels. That’s a scary situation to be in,” he added.

Judd was referring to Title 42, a COVID-19-era policy implemented during the Trump administration in March 2020 to quickly expel illegal immigrants on public health grounds. The measure has so far blocked over 1.7 million illegal aliens at the U.S.–Mexico border in the past two years, yet is set to expire on May 23 under President Joe Biden, given that public health conditions have changed.

According to a May 16 court document filing, U.S. border officials encountered more than 234,000 illegal immigrants at the U.S.–Mexico border in April, with 96,908 deported back to Mexico under Title 42. —>READ MORE HERE

Biden admin ending Title 42 ‘will give complete control to the cartels,’ Border Patrol union warns

Trump-era public health policy to expel migrants at the border is set to expire Monday

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd warned on “Americas Newsroom” Wednesday that the worst thing that can happen as Title 42 is set to expire Monday is drug cartels gaining full control of the southern border as agents become more tied up with processing migrants. —>WATCH INTERVIEW HERE

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