Democratic Party presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr (RFK) said US-Mexico border crisis on was “unsustainable” but said it was “solvable.”
“This problem is solvable,” Kennedy told Breitbart News.
“We just need an administration that has the will to do it.”
Kennedy noted the need for “restoring the surveillance infrastructure that was mysteriously removed three years ago — there were cameras, there were camera towers, there were ground-sensing devices that were literally torn up that are being stored in a military base, that were part of the patrol infrastructure for the Border Patrol.”
He also noted that several other programs had been removed or downgraded under Biden, including those that required cooperation with the Mexican government,
“Unfortunately, the Biden administration has let its relationship with Mexico and the Central American countries deteriorate, and we need cooperative agreements with all of them to stop the flow of immigration.
“And it can be easily done,” he continued. “Everybody here is confident that it is manageable, but there’s no will at the federal level.”
But RFK Jr said that while he felt optimistic about a possible solution, his trip to the border revealed a “dystopian nightmare.”
In a video, Kennedy said he watched hundreds of migrants cross the border from West Africa, South Africa, Central Asia, and other far-flung countries.
“Altogether, people have come across right here from 117 nations in the last couple of years, Kennedy noted in the video.
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“In three years, in total, 7 million people have come across the border illegally into our country. And from here, they’re brought to the Border Patrol station, where they’re processed. After four or five days, they’re released on their own recognizance into our country. And most of them are never seen or heard from again.”
He also recalled “heartbreaking” from migrants, adding, “This is a humanitarian crisis because of the understanding across the globe that we now have an open border here.”
“Last night, we spoke to Uzbeks, Kazakhs, people from Azerbaijan, from Bangladesh. At one point, 60 people come across from Senegal. And they’re seeing advertising in their countries, seeing the sanctuary city programs. And there’s a huge industry that is making billions of dollars for the cartels in bringing people,” he said.
“Last night there were Russians and Chinese, there’s Ukrainians — it’s really extraordinary. It’s not what I expected at all. I expected Central Americans and Latin Americans. But these people are coming in from all over the world. But they’re being drawn in by what they’re being told is an open border policy,” Kennedy said.
When asked about Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Kennedy said: “I am shocked that he is still in office.”
Kennedy said the border wall “clearly” works in places but noted that sections that could be protected without interfering with the environment, including wildlife corridors.
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