Former President Obama’s border patrol chief issued a strong statement recently where he agreed with Trump’s assessment that the border is broken.
According to Fox News:
Former Obama administration officials are publicly agreeing with President Trump’s assessment that there is a crisis at the southern border — even as some Democrats downplay the situation and oppose Trump’s declaration of a national emergency.
The latest comments have, in turn, fueled a debate in Washington growing more heated by the day, as the president weighs hardline measures like closing the border. During a conference call Tuesday with reporters, Homeland Security officials declared: “The system is on fire.”
“By anyone’s definition, by any measure, right now we have a crisis at our southern border,” former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on “Cavuto LIVE” on Saturday, citing recent stats that “there were 4,000 apprehensions in one day alone this past week, and we’re on pace for 100,000 apprehensions on our southern border this month.”
“That is by far a greater number than anything I saw on my watch in my three years as secretary of Homeland Security,” he said.
The border patrol apparatus of the United States is urging Congress to act in order to help them better handle the situation at the border. It does not appear that Congress will act to help, and it is unknown if Trump can do more to help.
