It is not often we are presented in national policy with such a clear contrast—a clear connection between cause and effect—but that is what is on display on our southern border.

As reflected in the latest data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the overall tally for all illegal immigrants, of all ages, encountered on our southern border in March was 172,000, a 71% percent increase from the already high numbers in February, the Biden Administration’s first full month in office.  That’s up from 103,731 in March 2019 and way up from 50,347 in March 2018.  Sadly, this includes 18,890 unaccompanied children, compared to 9,380 in March 2019 and 5,244 in March 2018.

It’s worth asking why the number of those attempting illegal entry into the U.S. has increased so dramatically in 2021.  The only logical answer is the drastic change in immigration policy in the Biden Administration.

It’s been feebly argued that these droves are the result of a “seasonal surge” of workers who seek unfilled jobs here. (This assertion is undermined by the fact that, in a political gift to the unions, there are no new avenues for guest workers who would on a short-term basis be allowed to take unfilled American jobs).  Seasonal workers may impact the number but the drastic surge we are seeing can only be credibly attributed to Biden promises and policies. His words and actions have created the impression that now is the time to try to sneak into America.

Also, most importantly, why has the border wall and the fencing and technology it includes not been continued to completion?  It’s clear that the area in which the wall has not been finished is where illegals are most heavily pouring into the country.  The wall unquestionably slows if not stops entirely the flow of illegal activity.  What video and documentary evidence there is makes clear that the surge at the border is about much more than children and their parents seeking jobs or even asylum in the U.S.  Instead, the drug trafficking from Mexico has hugely increased as large amounts of drugs including marijuana and heroin have been seized at the border.  This, of course, says nothing about the human traffickers and terrorists who are coming into the country.

And—while the national media often does not report honestly anyway—why has it been denied access to the southern border by the Biden Administration? (Can you imagine the screaming if the Trump Administration had denied press access in this way?).  The answer of course is that the southern border has become both a humanitarian disaster and magnet for illegal activity that the Biden Administration does not wish the American people to witness.

The American people must quickly demand that our federal government take the necessary steps to stop this influx and secure our borders.  No immigration reform legislation has a chance until we first stop the illegal activity.