A Biden administration push to revive a controversial immigration program that allows migrants to fly directly into the country can be attributed to political optics, one critic says.
The Biden administration’s decision to restart a controversial immigration program is being made only with 'political optics' in mind, according to one expert. 'That is all they care about is optics, get more people in, getting them through the ports, not between the ports, so they can say, 'Look, our numbers at the southwest border are down.
But the program was 'temporarily paused' last month to allow the Department of Homeland Security to conduct 'a review of supporter applications' of 'sponsors,' with an initial review finding that 3,218 of the roughly 101,000 applications were filed by 'serial sponsors' who raise suspicion by sponsoring several migrants from the same street addresses, IP addresses or phone numbers.
The move comes at a critical juncture of this year’s presidential election, with Vice President Kamala Harris attempting to carve out a tougher image on the border as voter frustrations with the Biden administration’s handling of its security mount. Worse yet, Ries argued, the administration’s vow to more thoroughly vet sponsors is unlikely to lead to any meaningful change.
You’re going to have more trafficked people, more trafficked children, more abuse, more crime and more illegal immigration,' Ries said. 'Americans suffer for that, whether it’s from crime or the taxes that have to be spent or are being spent to pay for these people’s shelter, education, health care and housing.' The White House and Harris campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment by publication time.
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