U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) | Congressman Andy Biggs/Facebook
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) | Congressman Andy Biggs/Facebook
Rep Andy Biggs took to Twitter to voice his disapproval over a Supreme Court decision allowing President Joe Biden to rescind a Trump-Era "remain in Mexico" policy, saying that Biden has “created the worst border crisis in our nation’s history.”
The Court ruled 5-4 on June 30 that Biden could rescind the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which required immigrants to reside in Mexico throughout the course of all court proceedings that sought asylum. Justice John G. Roberts delivered the majority opinion, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurring opinion, while Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch dissented.
"Joe Biden has created the worst border crisis in our nation's history," Biggs said in recent tweet. “Terminating 'Remain in Mexico' will only make the crisis worse. Just because the Court says you can doesn't mean you should."
The MPP policy has helped to curb immigration at the southern border, a recent statement from the Texas Public Policy Foundation said. Ken Oliver, senior director for Right on Immigration, said it was “clear that the Biden administration is committed to tearing down every effective border security program in existence, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision unfortunately helps clear the way for their essentially open-borders agenda. The fact is that the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) were the single most effective measure implemented to stem massive, unrelenting abuse of the U.S. asylum system.”
The U.S. Border Patrol has reported 1,536,899 land border encounters—which typically are cases of illegal immigration—along the southern border, a 236% increase since the end of fiscal year 2020; data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection showed.
Mexican cartels that previously stole oil and sold drugs are dealing more heavily in human trafficking, an April Reuters report said. Mexico is an “origin, transit and destination country for the sex trafficking industry,” and cartels such as the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the Mexico City Tepito Union drug gang have begun to shifted more toward human trafficking.
World Population Review data showed that Arizona ranks in the top 20 of human trafficking cases in the U.S., at 3.06 persons per 100,000.
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