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A new paper argues that cooperation with "gatekeeper countries" -- the states that illegal migrants have to pass through on their way to their destinations -- is essential to successfully limiting illegal border crossings, and a recent panel discussion discussed the present and future role of “gatekeeper countries” in Europe and North America.
Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior national security fellow, joins agents in New Mexico for a nighttime search for illegal migrants and warns of the got-away trends. Got-aways are unlawful border-crossers who are “directly or indirectly observed making an unlawful entry into the United States”, but who are not apprehended. Since the inauguration of President Biden, more than 1.5 million illegal migrants have been detected entering the country illegally, but have successfully evaded agents.
CIS analyst Todd Bensman is live at the border in Matamoros, Mexico at a massive migrant camp. He has been watching thousands of migrants flooding into the U.S. all day; they are not waiting for the end of Title 42. Mexican immigration officials on the ground are powerless to do anything.