Washington, United States.
The Acting Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Mark Morgan, Has described this Tuesday as “monumental” the construction of fences along about 720 kilometers to the border with Mexico and warn about one “Total crisis” if the promises of the president-elect are fulfilled, Joe Biden, about immigration.
The construction of a wall in the 3,200 kilometers from the border of United States cturned on Mexico was one of the principals promises of the outgoing president, Donald Trump, both in his 2016 presidential campaign and much of his management concluding on next January 20th.
For his part, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Wolf Chad, pointed out in a statement that the president Trump “listened to those who are there and work in the field and have struggled for physical infrastructure, access routes, lights, cameras and sensors, a whole package for protect our border “.
Morgan said in a press conference that on December 31 he was notified that 724 miles of “New wall”.
“I had to smile: the media and critics had said that it could not be done. But we did. It is a remarkable success, 1 historical milestone of this Government, “he said.
Increase in border catches
The project ran into the opposition to Congress of the opposition Democrat, the criticisms of groups defending the immigrants i lawsuits from environmental organizations, indigenous peoples, and landowners where the barrier should tend.
In early 2019, the President Trump divert to this project funds that Congress had approved for military spending, which generated new tpolitical orments and lawsuits.
Yet Trump continues to refuse to acknowledge his electoral defeat, Morgan referred to the “potential” transition of Government and the contacts they have maintained with the staff of Biden which will deal with immigration.
“We are already seeing an increase in captures of undocumented a la border. Preliminary figures for December show some 74,000 arrests; this is 7% more than in November », He argued.
the new Administration, add, “still clear options: an effective strategy for the immigration olthe open border “.
“If the Biden team puts his into practice campaign promises from day one, it will create a total crisis in the coming weeks. These promises, which include the extension of YES (The Deferred Action Program for Newcomers to Children), in order to the Memorandum of Protection of migrants, the provision of health care (to the undocumented) invite a more migrants “, He argued.
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Morgan said advisers Biden they have admitted the need to delay some policies because “they know that if they are implemented they will have a colossal failure.”
“The border matters, and negligence in its security it has consequences. It was called racist, it was said that what we were doing was immoral“But let’s move on,” he said.
Just over two weeks to finish the presidency of Donald Trump, Builders work hard to build as much as possible border wall as far as possible, a work that Biden promise during his campaign that he will stop as soon as he takes power. EFE