Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued on "60 Minutes" that Latin America must have certain needs met to curb the migrant crisis. (March 2024 migrant caravan photo by ISAAC GUZMAN/AFP via Getty Images, Obrador screenshot from CBS' "60 Minutes")
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The U.S. has faced an ongoing migrant surge at the southern border under Biden's watch, reaching a record 2.4 million migrant encounters in fiscal year 2023, a sharp uptick from roughly 1.7 million in 2021, according to Customs and Border Protection data. In December, migrant encounters hit a record 302,000 for the month.
CBP also recorded the highest number of migrant encounters in the month of February this year at 189,922 encounters, a 21% increase from the year prior, the data show. Border officials also encountered 69 people on the FBI terror watchlist between ports of entry at the southern border in the first five months of this fiscal year — significantly more than the combined 26 caught from 2017 to 2021.
"I don't think they should help at all," Nol said of the U.S. government. "It would make us look weak."
Chris agreed. He said the U.S. needs to get tougher on illegal immigration.
"Make them come through properly," he said. "I think we have everything in place."
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But Gerald said Biden should comply to address the escalating border crisis.
"Anything they can do to stop it," he said. "We can't even sustain our own people with homeless … now we have the illegals coming across. It's unsafe."
"Whether we gotta pay or complete the wall … it's dangerous," Gerald said. "I would definitely help out."
Ramiro Vargas contributed to the accompanying video.
Megan Myers is an associate producer/writer with Fox News Digital Originals.
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