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The record number of illegal migrants coming to the US southern border is out of control and President Joe Biden appears to be doing nothing to help local law enforcement deal with the crisis, Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber said.
The border town has become a hot spot with apprehensions at an all-time high of about 2,000 per day, an official told local media last week after the agency opened a new temporary facility in Eagle Pass to expedite processing of migrants in custody.
The town is located in what Customs and Border Protection (CPB) call the Del Rio sector, where more than 326,000 illegal migrants have been apprehended since October, an increase of nearly 120% compared to the same period last year, according to government data.
A Sputnik correspondent in a ride-along with local police observed unmarked buses chartered by the federal government and Border Patrol vans are constantly seen on the road transporting illegal migrants from the banks of the Rio Grande river to processing centers, including a temporary camp on the outskirts of Eagle Pass that can house up to one thousand migrants.
Biden, who came into office vowing to secure the border in an “orderly and humane fashion,” has seen a record 3 million illegal crossings so far under his watch, which many in his own party told CNN they fear could give Republicans an edge in the midterm elections in November.
Earlier this week, the mayors of New York City and Washington, DC, two Democratic strongholds, even called on Biden to take action to help stem the influx of migrants overwhelming city homeless shelters.
“It’s getting worse – from worse to real bad,” Schmerber said about the flood of illegal immigrants in his area. “[And] I don’t see any help from the Biden administration.”
The sheriff said it seems like Biden is not interested or concerned and now the situation is “out of control.””I’m a Democrat, but I’m disappointed,” Schmerber said. “The Governor of Texas [Greg Abbott], he’s a Republican, but he’s been helping us a lot. He took action.”
The sheriff said he is thankful Abbott deployed thousands of state police officers and National Guard troops to support federal and local law enforcement struggling with manpower.
However, despite this help the heavy flow of illegal migrants continues, he added.A Maverick County sheriff deputy said that about 80 percent of their calls while on duty now deal with illegal immigration. Texas game wardens, who usually work to enforce laws related to hunting and fishing, are now helping federal agents patrol the Rio Grande river.Schmerber, who retired from the Border Patrol 14 years ago, said he has never seen it this bad.
“When I retired from Border Patrol I never thought I was going to do immigration work again,” Schmerber said. “So it’s taking a lot of attention away from the security of the county to [focus on] immigration problems.”
Schmerber said ranchers have complained about migrants going through their land and cutting fences, which leads to cattle getting loose and going out onto the highways. Some migrants have also burglarized ranchers’ homes and stolen items such as weapons, he added.
Former US officials have warned that the Biden administration should address the issue before a major humanitarian crisis occurs on the US-Mexico border involving migrants, such as the event that left 53 illegal migrants dead after smugglers abandoned them inside a tractor-trailer in the Texas city of San Antonio in sweltering heat conditions.
Schmerber said the heat is already taking a fatal toll on migrants crossing the desert to the US southern border.”We find a lot of bodies, we have a drought here in Texas,” Schmerber said without disclosing any specific numbers.
Schmerber said they have mostly seen migrants in his area from Honduras and Venezuela, but overall they come from numerous countries.