Border Patrol Officers Reassigned to Other Areas Leaving Gaps in Securing Border, Top Republican Says

Consequences include low morale and a reduced Patrol presence along the Southwest border, which collectively pose a threat to the nation’s security.

Illegal immigrants wait to be processed by Border Patrol after crossing the U.S.–Mexico border in Lukeville, Ariz., on Dec. 5, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

The Biden administration’s policies on how to deal with illegal migrants, coupled with the steep increase in migrant encounters at access points, have caused there to be severely decreased patrolling of the United States-Mexico border between points of entry.

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-Tenn.) expressed his concerns in a Dec. 20 press release along with published excerpts from the committee’s interviews with Border Patrol chief patrol agents overseeing sectors along the Southwest border.