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In his April address to the nation, President Joe Biden laid out his very costly agenda for the country. Among the key targets of his proposed spending spree were addressing the nation’s homelessness crisis and providing tuition-free college education to everyone in the country.

There is, of course, another pressing crisis that the president failed to acknowledge for the obvious reason that his own policies created it: The raging illegal immigration crisis at our southern border on top of the 14.5 million illegal aliens who were already here when he took office.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended nearly 179,000 people entering the United States illegally in April. That figure represents an astounding increase of more than 1,000 percent over April 2020 border apprehensions – hardly a “seasonal uptick,” as claimed by the Biden administration. Apprehensions in April were the highest for any month since 2000.

President Biden has done just about everything he can to eliminate any vestiges of border and immigration enforcement (although he still may have a few tricks left up his sleeve). But the Holy Grail of full amnesty and a pathway to citizenship for just about every illegal alien in the United States is now tantalizingly just beyond the reach of the president and his allies in Congress.

As the Biden Border Crisis raged out of control in May, FAIR called for the resignation or removal of Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mayorkas took an oath “to defend and secure our country” when he was sworn in as secretary of DHS on February 2. However, he has failed to live up to that commitment and has instead presided over the reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement. Moreover, he has shown no inclination to faithfully carry out his duties in the future.