The scene on the U.S. border with Mexico recently<\/p>\n
U.S. Border Patrol plans to fire agents who don\u2019t receive the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n
According to reports on Friday, the agency is looking to enforce Joe Biden\u2019s federal vaccine mandate by the end of November. They said those who refuse to do so without an approved religious or medical exemption could face action up to termination.<\/p>\n
Critics have said this would only further complicate the crisis at the southern border, where over 1.5 million illegal immigrants have crossed in 2021 alone. Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs (R) said he believes as many as 5,000 agents could separate from Border Patrol over the issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThink of how many people, like on the border, Border Patrol. How many of these Border Patrol agents are going to separate? I\u2019ve been told it could be as many as 5,000,\u201d said Biggs. \u201cAnd if that many were to leave, as porous as our border already is, you\u2019d truly have a national security crisis along your border.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nCBP released the latest numbers for border illegal alien encounters.<\/p>\n
192,001 in September.<\/p>\n
Totaling the Fiscal Year 2021 numbers to 1,734,686.<\/p>\n
This is the highest level ever recorded.#BidensBorderCrisis<\/a><\/p>\n
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n