The CBP source went on to say “[w]e’re going to take medical services away from people…[w]ho went to combat…to give free medical attention to illegal migrants.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (HOUSTON, TX) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Biden urging him to renew Title 42 and pressing him on reports that the administration may lower security standards at the border and raid veteran programs to deal with the self-inflicted crisis at the southern border. According to government estimates, as many as 18,000 illegal immigrants per day are expected to cross the southern border with Title 42 revoked. In preparation, DHS is considering several misguided strategies to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants.
According to reports, DHS is considering allowing volunteer staffers and outside contractors to access the federal government’s internal immigration data entry system, which includes sensitive information such as biometric data. If true, these reports seem to indicate that the Biden administration would prefer to cut corners rather than secure the border or renew CBP’s crucial Title 42 authority.
Additionally, they are reportedly planning to divert VA medical personnel and deploy them at the border. This occurs in the backdrop of the VA’s announced recommendations to cut or close altogether dozens of VA facilities, including one in the Dallas area.
In the letter, Sen. Cruz wrote:
“CBP’s Title 42 authority to expel migrants is necessary both to protect public health and to adequately manage the challenges the agency continues to face due to exponential increases in border encounters at the Southern border. I have deep concerns that this Administration may attempt to lower security standards and divert resources away from the Department of Veterans Affairs… specifically, medical personnel, to deal with the consequences of this self-inflicted border crisis.”
“[T]he Department of Homeland Security has been considering potential strategies for dealing with the anticipated influx of migrants when CBP’s Title 42 authority is revoked. Reportedly, one such strategy, according to a source from within CBP, includes diverting VA medical personnel and deploying them to the border. The CBP source went on to say “[w]e’re going to take medical services away from people…[w]ho went to combat…to give free medical attention to illegal migrants.
“Additionally…DHS is reportedly considering allowing volunteer staffers and outside contractors to access the federal government’s internal immigration data entry system, which includes sensitive information such as biometric data. Lowering security standards by allowing individuals who have not undergone the applicable background check scheme to access this sensitive law enforcement database demonstrates a dangerous and careless disregard for border security. Further, redirecting scarce resources approved by Congress to provide care to our nation’s veterans, especially as our nation is emerging from a pandemic, seems to be callous and a slap in the face to the men and women who put on the uniform to protect our nation. To date, your Administration has failed to deny any of these troubling reports.”
Read the full text of the letter here.
