Source: TheEpochTimes.com
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, has pledged to send 275 National Guard troops to the southern border while blaming President Joe Biden’s policies for fanning the flames of the illegal immigration crisis.
With the move, Ms. Ivey joins other Republican governors in dispatching their military forces to help stem the tidal wave of people seeking to cross the border without authorization.
“Every state has become a border state under the current policies,” Ms. Ivey said in an Oct. 5 statement.
“Alabama remains committed to being an integral part of the mission to protect our Southern Border.”
Earlier, Ms. Ivey joined 24 other governors in
to President Biden on Sept. 19, blaming his policies for incentivizing illegal immigration, which they said had risen exponentially under his watch, “in some areas by nearly 850%.”
“States are on the front lines, working around-the-clock responding to the effects of this crisis: shelters are full, food pantries empty, law enforcement strained, and aid workers exhausted,” Ms. Ivey and the others wrote, citing an estimated annual cost of illegal immigration at federal, state, and local levels of at least $150.7 billion.
Citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, the governors pointed out that there have been more than 5.8 million illegal crossings since President Biden took office—and another 1.6 million “gotaways” who evaded capture.
In September, CBP recorded more than 260,000 illegal crossings at the southern border, marking an all-time high for a single month….