How a smuggler’s desperate escape showed what was really going on with Biden’s border crisis in Chaos at the Border

On April 17, a high-speed chase in Webb County, Texas, finished in chaos when a person smuggler carrying seven illegal immigrants tried to get away from police. Police from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) led the chase, which ended at the Rio Grande River. Two illegal immigrants jumped into the river and swam back to Mexico, making the scene look like a wild border in a third-world country. The smuggler almost drowned but was saved by the police officers he was trying to avoid. Six people were arrested, including the driver.

Even though this event was very intense, it is not the only one that has happened. It’s a clear and very upsetting picture of how lawless, dangerous, and full of national security risks our southern border has become under Biden’s watch. It also shows the bigger effects of failed progressive immigration policies that have made cartels stronger, given traffickers more confidence, and put both citizens and refugees in danger.

Law Enforcement Under Attack: How Dangerous It Is for Border Patrol

The fact that police officers were put in danger is probably the scariest thing about this event. The Texas DPS agents who were involved in this high-speed chase did not sign up to save lives in the water during attempts to smuggle people. Still, there they were, one minute speeding through the roads to avoid accidents caused by a careless criminal and the next jumping into the Rio Grande to save that same criminal.

This scene should make every law-abiding American very angry. Because the federal government won’t secure the border, police officers are being put in more and more morally questionable and physically risky situations. Not only are these cops supposed to follow the law, but they are also being forced to help clean up the humanitarian disaster that Washington’s left-wing politicians keep denying or downplaying.

What used to be a goal to protect the border has turned into a crazy cycle of chasing, rescuing, and repeating, even though the number of illegal crossings keeps going up.

Open Borders, Closed Eyes: Why Progressive Immigration Policy Doesn’t Work

The way liberals talk about immigration makes it sound like open borders and kindness go together. However, this story shows that when border security is weak, the real outcome is not caring at all. The events in Webb County show what can happen when you have progressive immigration policies that look good on paper but have terrible results in real life.

Smugglers are not kind people who help people in need; they are criminals who are often connected to bigger networks that traffic people. They treat people like goods and will do anything to stay away from being caught. Their actions, like speeding through crowded roads, hitting other drivers, or jumping into a possibly deadly river, show that they don’t care about safety—only making money and getting away.

And smugglers know that the odds are in their favor with the present government. Why wouldn’t they take the chance when immigration control is weak and there are no consequences?

How Much It Costs the American People

Illegal immigration is becoming a bigger problem for society and the economy. Every time something like this happens, it takes hours of work from cops, emergency services, doctors, and paperwork, which is all paid for by taxpayers. When you add up the thousands of similar incidents that happen every month across the southern border, the cost is huge.

But that’s not all that will happen to the economy. There’s also the cost of keeping everyone safe. Criminals, some of whom have been arrested before or are part of gangs, don’t just disappear when they cross the border without being stopped. They come into towns and places in the United States, often with fake papers and bad intentions. And while lawmakers on the left are quick to call worries “xenophobic,” crime rates in border states show that they are not.

How many more innocent lives have to be lost before progressive leaders realize this?

Biden left behind chaos and insecurity at the border

Things were getting better at the border when Trump was president. Building the border wall, the “Remain in Mexico” strategy, and support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made it clear that the US will protect its borders and laws.

That message has changed since President Biden took office, though. His government has thrown out important border security rules, stopped building the wall, and told ICE to reduce the number of people who are deported. Border passes, as expected, went through the roof.

Liberal news outlets may not show the daily social and criminal disaster, but the people of Texas and other border states are living it. Governors like Greg Abbott have had to use state resources and declare a state of emergency for border security to get things done.

The event in Webb County happened because of Biden’s policies. Lawlessness is what you get when you tell the world that America’s borders are open and there won’t be many consequences. That’s exactly what we’re seeing.

The bad side of the open borders plan is human trafficking and modern-day slavery

A lot of the progressive talk about immigration is about helping people who are in need. However, open borders have made a paradise not for refugees but for people who sell people. Cartels and organized smuggling groups take advantage of migrants’ desperate situations to make money by charging thousands of dollars to take people across the border in ways that are becoming more dangerous and cruel.

One case is the chase in Webb County. Every time a smuggler gets away from the police or someone swims across the Rio Grande, it gives another crime group more confidence. Someone else could be made to work or be sexually exploited for the rest of their lives. And every dollar that a desperate immigrant gives to a criminal runner is another dollar that helps keep organized crime going.

This is what happens when progressive policies get rid of punishments and ways to keep people from breaking the law. They are not being kind; they are helping.

The border crisis is a national crisis that puts communities at risk

From Washington, D.C., or sanctuary towns on the coasts, it’s easy for politicians to forget about the southern border. There are, however, effects that are spreading.

Border towns in Texas like Laredo and Eagle Pass are being hit hard by the problem. But people in Florida, Arizona, and even the Midwest are also being affected. Cities and towns across the country are having to pay for illegal immigrants to be flown or bused around the country, often at night. There are too many people for schools, hospitals, shelters, and the police to handle.

The idea that “they’re just coming here for a better life” doesn’t take into account the fact that many of them are coming in illegally, often with the help of smugglers, and without being checked out first. Law, authority, and safety are what this is about, not race or ethnicity.

The conservative answer is compassion and safety

Conservatives are not against immigrants, despite what the media often says about them. In fact, the conservative movement is based on the idea that most Americans came here as refugees. But Republicans also think that immigration should be legal, well-planned, and good for the country.

The system should be friendly to people who follow the rules and very strict with people who try to take advantage of or abuse it. That means more border patrol, tougher punishments for people who bring drugs across the border, a finished border wall, and bringing back policies that stop people from entering illegally.

We also think it’s important to help other countries improve their economies and government so their people don’t have to leave in the first place. But we can’t do any of those things until our own country is safe.

How the media played down the crisis

Another disturbing thing about this situation is that it isn’t getting much attention from major media. The national news usually doesn’t show when police save a runner who is drowning, when a lot of illegal immigrants come across the border, or when local communities are overloaded.

Why? Because it doesn’t fit with the story. Since most of the media goes left, they care more about protecting progressive immigration ideas than telling the truth about how they don’t work.

If the Webb County chase had ended with a police officer killing someone, it would have been all over the news. But because it only showed how dangerous open-border policies are, it was only talked about in local news.

The Americans should know the truth. They’re not getting it from the New York Times, CNN, or MSNBC either.

Texas Sets the Standard for State-Led Border Protection When the Federal Government Is Not Present

Thank goodness some states are taking over where the federal government has failed. Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has started Operation Lone Star, which will send National Guard troops and DPS officers to help police the border. To show how bad the problem is, he has even done something that has never been done before: he has sent buses full of illegal immigrants to liberal sanctuary places.

Democrats are angry about this method, while conservatives praise it. Not only is it a brave move, but it also shows how angry state leaders are. Govenors need to do something if Washington won’t.

What happened in Webb County is exactly why the state needs to take this kind of action. Without it, people smugglers would be able to do their jobs without being caught, and police would have even fewer officers to help them.

A country without borders is a country that is falling apart

What happened in Webb County on April 17 isn’t just another news story; it’s a warning. A warning about what can happen when a country doesn’t protect its borders, when thieves feel free to do what they want, and when the federal government doesn’t do its most basic jobs.

The southern border isn’t the only thing at stake here. It has to do with privacy, safety, and following the law. It’s about whether America stays a sovereign country or falls into lawlessness where gangs take advantage of people and those in power don’t care.

The conservative cause needs to keep telling the truth, holding people accountable, and putting things back in order. Because a country can’t be strong without strong limits.