The recent assault on the southern border barrier near San Diego by migrants demonstrates the need for a more substantial wall there, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost told Fox News on Monday.
When asked what she would recommend to the president in order to fix the problem of a massive number of migrants at the southern border, Provost said, “We need more wall, we need more manpower, we need Congress to fix the loopholes in the laws.”
Asked specifically what she meant by the loopholes, Provost answered, “particularly the family units. The ability to come to this country and be released into the United States to await a court date that is long down the road.”
She explained that if that procedure is not dealt with by Congress, then “the pull factor is going to continue to be there and these individuals are going to keep coming.”
She said the current status of the situation in Tijuana, where the migrant caravan is congregated, is that the Mexican government is trying its best to deal with a challenging situation that involves so many people.
Provost said that there are some 7,400 caravan members at the border and the authorities in Mexico have already closed down a shelter due to overcrowding and have moved them to another one farther from the border.
She emphasized that the border patrol continues to work with the “government of Mexico to try to get these individuals to present themselves at the port of entry for inspection.”
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