Ex-Border Patrol Chief Informs Congress of Drug Cartel Control at US-Mexico Border.

Former Border Patrol Chief: Mexican Drug Cartels Control Everything That Crosses Southwest Border

Drug cartels based in Mexico, not the government of the United States of America, “control everything that crosses that Southwest border,” including “illegal migrant crossings” that “create gaps in border security,” according to former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott.

Scott’s observations came during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement. He stated that the cartels are not just in Mexico, but also present in the United States. Scott is now Distinguished Senior Fellow for Border Policy with the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

“If it’s narcotics or even aliens, they are basically facilitated and guided to their ultimate destinations through cartel members on this side of the border and they have very tight ties with many of the gangs, MS-13 and others. You can’t really tell where the cartels end and where they don’t,” Scott said.

Scott also testified that he witnessed the degradation of border security from order back to total chaos firsthand during the Biden administration. He believes that the highly publicized policy shift created the current border crisis and effectively transferred control of the southwest border into the hands of the Mexican drug cartels.

The hearing also included witness Tammy Nobles, the mother of 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton, who was murdered last year by an MS-13 gang member who was illegally present in the country. Nobles stated that her daughter would still be alive if federal officials had properly vetted the accused murderer when he crossed into the United States at Brownsville, Texas.

Democrats on the subcommittee defended Biden’s policies, while Republicans displayed a large photo of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, with his frequently repeated statements that “the border is secure” and “we screen and vet individuals we encounter.”

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