The Nationwide Border Patrol Council, the union representing roughly 16,000 Border Patrol brokers nationwide, endorsed former President Donald Trump for president whereas criticizing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
On Monday, the union issued a press release, saying, “On behalf of the 16,000 men and women represented by the National Border Patrol Council, we strongly support and endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States.”
They did so after endorsing Trump at a Prescott, Ariz., rally on Sunday the place Trump was joined by many Border Patrol leaders.
“If we allow border czar Harris to win this election, every city, every community in this great country is going to go to hell. The untold millions of people unvetted, who she has allowed into this country that are committing murders, rapes, robberies, burglaries and every other crime will continue to put our country in peril,” NBPC’s new president, Paul Perez, stated.
“Only one man can fix that. That is Donald J. Trump. He has always stood with the men and women who protect this border, who put their lives on the line for the country.”
The union additionally stated border specialists need Trump to be president “so that the border can be secured without compromise. Only the drug cartels and Democrats want an open border – that’s what Border Czar Harris has given them and will continue to do in the future.”
The union’s leaders for the final almost 4 years have joined Trump at border occasions in Texas and Arizona. After Trump introduced he was working for reelection, the NBPC’s former president, Brandon Judd, endorsed him and joined him at marketing campaign occasions.
The NBPC has repeatedly criticized the border insurance policies of Biden and Harris, arguing they created the border disaster. The union has additionally repeatedly truth checked claims they’ve made, together with refuting that it had ever endorsed Biden for president.
Previous to dropping out of the presidential race, throughout the June presidential debate, Biden claimed, “the Border Patrol union endorsed me, endorsed my position.”
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In response, the union posted a press release on X, saying, “To be clear, we never have and never will endorse Biden.”
Throughout the Sept. 10 presidential debate between Harris and Trump, Harris made feedback associated to “the importance of sovereignty and territorial integrity,” which the union criticized. “She apparently only cares about other countries’ sovereignty b/c when it comes to America, she and President Biden opened up the border, erasing any semblance of sovereignty,” it stated.
After Harris made claims about her border insurance policies at a marketing campaign occasion in Douglas, Ariz., the union stated, “VP Harris claimed that she played a role in increasing Border Patrol Agent overtime pay. This couldn’t be further from the truth. As with all things border related she was no where to be found when we needed her.”
In response to Harris claiming that Border Patrol brokers wanted extra sources, the union stated, “We now have apprehended over 8 million unlawful immigrants during the last 4 years and now you understand we’d like extra assist 38 days earlier than the election.
“Vice president Harris has ignored the border problem she created for over three years. She goes down there for 20 minutes for a photo op and decides to repeat some of the things the NPBC has said before. But again, where has she been the last 3 1/2 years?”
Throughout the debate and at marketing campaign rallies, Harris has repeatedly claimed she would signal a Senate border invoice into legislation, which she says allotted funding to rent 1,500 Border Patrol brokers. She and others declare Trump killed the invoice.
On Sunday, Trump vowed to instantly ask Congress for funds to rent an extra 10,000 Border Patrol staff, give current brokers a ten% elevate, and create a $10,000 retention and signing bonus, if elected president.
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“I will always stand with the incredible men and women of Border Patrol,” he stated. “They have a tremendous shortage because they haven’t been treated right. They want to do their jobs. You know, they consider it bad treatment when you’re not allowed to do your jobs.”
The Senate border invoice does the alternative of what Harris and different proponents declare, based on the invoice language, together with permitting a vast variety of unlawful international nationals into the nation because of quite a few exceptions. The invoice would codify current insurance policies created by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for which he was impeached in February, which Republicans argue is facilitating the continued disaster.
Texas officers additionally argued the invoice would codify mass migration and nullify state sovereignty.
U.S. Senate Democrats and Independents finally didn’t assist it; Senate Democratic management by no means introduced it to a vote.
U.S. Senate Democrats have additionally sought to distance themselves from Biden-Harris border insurance policies as native communities grapple with elevated crime and social companies prices related to unlawful border crossers. Senate management additionally refused to contemplate a border invoice handed by the U.S. Home.
Regardless of Harris’ current marketing campaign claims, whereas a U.S. senator, she sought to scale back funding and workers of federal border companies, together with in search of to eradicate U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, the company liable for eradicating a number of the most harmful criminals.
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