Biden during his address called on Congress to pass a $118 billion foreign aid bill that includes border policy reforms. The bill was blocked by Senate Republicans last month over concerns it did not do enough to resolve the border crisis.
“President Biden’s address was a true slap in the face to all Americans," Cueto said on Thursday night. "President Biden knows that he could do something to stop the border chaos. He refuses to do so, but instead blames Congress when his inactions for three years are what has caused these problems."
Biden also argued that his policies are designed to keep drug cartels and human smugglers from profiting off the border crisis.
However, according to the US House Homeland Security Committee, criminal organizations in Mexico made an estimated $13 billion in 2021 from human smuggling on the US southern border. A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official previously said migrants pay cartels about $8,000 to $12,000 to smuggle them into the United States.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data shows that the Biden administration has experienced three consecutive years of record numbers of illegal migration on the US southern border with at least eight million immigrants crossing into the United States illegally.