WND EXCLUSIVE
JAMES DOBSON: CONGRESS REFUSING TO ADDRESS BORDER DISASTER
'Could be fixed, but there are very few in authority who seem to care'
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, the James Dobson Family Institute and FamilyTalk radio, says the catastrophe on the nation’s southern border could be fixed.
But there just aren’t enough people who are willing to solve the problem, he said in his July newsletter, especially in Congress.
“I have been under the impression that these would-be immigrants try to cross the Rio Grande River and outrun or evade the agents.
That is not true of most.
They come in large groups, from 100 to 400 people at a time.
As I write this letter, a record 1,200 people arrived together at El Paso. The refugees quickly give themselves up to agents.
That is why they have made this journey,” he said.
He continued: “They know they will be fed, medicated, and treated humanely, even if they are in holding areas while they are in our custody.
Then they will be released on American soil.
This is the system set up by a liberal Congress and judges.
It is a well-known fact that President Obama’s administration established many of these unworkable policies, and Congress is steadfastly unwilling to change them.
“Every effort at reform has been overridden or ignored.
It is set in stone.
Democrats want massive numbers of immigrants who will someday become voters.
Some Republicans support the policies because they want cheap labor for agricultural purposes.
“The border could be fixed, but there are very few in authority who seem to care,” he said.
The problem has been aggravated by the unwillingness of Democrats in Congress to negotiate with President Trump, combined with magnet policies such as free education and health care.
Dobson was invited by White House staff to visit the border at McAllen, Texas, where
“federal agents are struggling to deal with a massive influx of poor and destitute human beings.
They come in never-ending waves.
Please believe me when I tell you that the media and leftist politicians have not been truthful about what is going on there.
It is a human tragedy.”
He said some 5,500 people show up every day.
“The ‘refugees’ arrive exhausted and ragged from walking hundreds of miles.
Among them are large numbers of children, many of whom are unaccompanied by a caring adult.
Last year, 382,000 aliens were apprehended for illegally crossing into this country and almost 100,000 of them were minors.
Some of the kids have been abused along the way.
Many of them carry lice, scabies or other diseases.
Currently, the facility I visited is experiencing a flu epidemic, and there are no additional beds on which to lie.
Some of the women have been raped.
More than 70 people of all ages are sent to local hospitals daily along the southern border.
Doctors and medical staff are overwhelmed by their patient load.
Remember that word, ‘overwhelmed.’
It describes every aspect of the effort to deal with the situation there.”
He observed those who entered illegally:
“I noticed that almost none of them were talking to each other.
The children looked traumatized and frightened.
Tears flooded my eyes as I stood before them.
They had no toys or dolls, except for a few items bought by compassionate border patrol agents.
One tiny little girl clutched something that resembled a doll bought for her by an agent.
There are few provisions made to accommodate the children.
The week before we were there, a delegation of agents went to meet with members of Congress, and begged them for additional money to buy Pampers, toothbrushes, and other necessities.
They were turned down flat.
These meager supplies have to be purchased with the border patrol budget, which is stretched to the limit,” he said.
He said he was among a group of national faith leaders and humanitarian organizations.
He watched as “about 200 people sat on the ground.
Then buses arrived to transport them to Border Control.
Agents have to work fast because another group will be showing up soon, and then another and another.”
He said many are believed to be “fake families,” but there is no way to verify that, so they are released into the U.S. and vanish.
“I don’t know what it will take to change the circumstances.
I can only report that without an overhaul of the law and the allocation of resources, millions of illegal immigrants will continue flooding to this great land from around the world,” he said.
“Their numbers will soon overwhelm the culture as we have known it, and it could bankrupt the nation.”
Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2019/06/james-dobson-congress-refusing-to-address-border-disaster/#zWfmgTeyuYAmpe2f.99
