OVER THE TOP A migrant climbs back over the border wall from Tijuana, Mexico, into the U.S. after fetching groceries for other migrants waiting to be processed. Migrants, at right, wade across the Rio Grande in May to the U.S., as seen from Matamoros, Mexico.
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ver can hide that. The unavoidable reality:
Caring for the surging immi- grant population consumes a lot of time and money. Even sanctuary cities like New York and Los Angeles are learning what those living near the border could have told them long ago: You ei- ther have to care for the new- comers or encourage them to move elsewhere — and the costs add up quickly.
MIGRANT RELOCATIONS That helps explain why even some Democrats are interest-
You either have to care for the newcomers or encourage them to move elsewhere — and the costs add up quickly.
ed in shipping migrants off to other locales. Arizona Democrat Gov.
Katie Hobbs, for example, has announced she will continue the migrant relocation pro- gram initiated by her Republi- can predecessor, Doug Ducey. But while Ducey bused im-
migrants to the nation’s capi- tal, Hobbs intends to drop them off at their actual, final destinations. And since mi- grants tend to settle wherever they have friends and fam- ily, that could mean cities nationwide will get caught up in caring for the wave of humanity. Another possible flash-
point looms as well: na- tional security. While 9/11 may be a dim memory for some, having a porous southern border remains a major security issue. CBP reports it’s see-
ing more and more non- Spanish-speaking indi- viduals coming across the border. Recent bor- der-crosser apprehen-
sions include Pakistanis, Chi- nese, Russians, and Middle Easterners. After one recent trip to
inspect the border, Lank- ford told Newsmax, “These are men in their 20s coming across the border. You have no background on them, we have no idea. “And the administration’s
literally just fingerprinting them and releasing them into the country, and saying, ‘Show up for a hearing at some point in the future.’” So far, the stratagem seems
to be working, at least as far as the political optics are con- cerned. But even the Biden ad- ministration’s political sleight of hand may not be enough to suppress the growing rum- blings in the hinterland. “I think by the time the
2024 election rolls around,” Bensman says, “it’s only get- ting worse. That’s not ever go- ing to get better under this ad- ministration, because their policies are bringing them in by the millions.
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