The border states offering migrants transportation to sanctuary cities to alleviate their overrun towns has proven to be effective in both bringing attention to the years-long problem and to call out how ill-conceived "sanctuary cities" are.
Mayors and governors further within the United States are now calling on the Biden administration to do something about the border crisis because their social programs are being burdened by the daily arrivals. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) had to declare a state of emergency over the number of migrants who are in emergency shelters:
Many of these families are migrants to Massachusetts, drawn here because we are and proudly have been a beacon to those in heed. These families require help to obtain housing, food, medical care, education, diapers, and infant formula. They are in danger of going without the most basic of human rights in one of the most prosperous places on earth...It’s more families than our state has ever served. Exponentially more.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) this week said the current financial situation is "not sustainable" because they are spending more on migrant care than parks, sanitation, and the fire department combined, adding, "New York City is the economic engine of this entire state and country. If you decimate this city, you're gonna decimate the foundation of what's happening."
Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) admitted the border crisis is making the Democratic Party look bad and it could cost them seats in Congress in the upcoming 2024 election. Remember, some Democrats tried to say there was no border crisis at the start of the whole situation.
While the border crisis might seem a faraway issue, as Democrats have been projecting, the numbers do not lie. Now, it's a problem they can no longer ignore, and it is not going to stop anytime soon. The number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is on the rise again, fueled by frustration of not being able to secure an appointment on the CBP One app after waiting for months in Mexico.
Will it spur the Biden administration into action to finally stem the flow of illegal crossings? Probably not, but the hope is that swing states and districts will vote to make sure things change in 2025, because when you have a border crisis in addition to a poor economy, runaway inflation, and high crime, the average American can only handle so much.