As the United States Southern Border continues to be an open sore on the republic, Fox News Senior Correspondent Bill Melugin continues to expose the underbelly of this crisis and highlight the finer points that are often ignored. Earlier this month, Melugin presented footage of illegal immigrants actually thanking Joe Biden for creating the conditions that allow them to cross into the U.S. illegally.

WATCH: 

“I love you Joe Biden, thank you for everything, Joe Biden!”

I talked to two African men who crossed illegally into Lukeville, AZ (Morocco & Liberia).
Both admitted to me they are not seeking asylum, & instead want work and opportunity in US. Both are planning to go to NYC. pic.twitter.com/IK8fcY3qvB

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 5, 2023

Isn't it amazing that while the elite class is targeting Jews, whiteness, and claiming what a horrible, racist country America is, that people are coming here illegally because they recognize that America is the land of opportunity? Just 10 days ago we saw new records broken as Texas and Arizona suffered under a fresh invasion.

The ongoing migrant crisis at the southern border is breaking new records, and multiple marks have been set since September, as the crisis deepens into its third year and Washington struggles to agree on solutions.

The latest record was smashed Tuesday with over 12,000 migrant encounters at the southern border.

It marked the highest total for a single day ever recorded. Over 10,200 of those were Border Patrol encounters of illegal immigrants coming between ports of entry.

The record is one of a number that have been broken in recent months. It was revealed in October that fiscal 2023 set a new record for migrant encounters at the southern border with 2.4 million migrant encounters, outpacing the record set in fiscal 2022.

In the wake of that, Congress held more oversight hearings, where Republicans claimed that they would withhold Ukraine funding if the Southern Border is not addressed. The Biden administration then claimed they are willing to make "significant compromise" on the Border.

President Joe Biden has said he is willing to make “significant compromises on the border" to meet Republican demands that the assistance be tied to an overhaul of US border policy.

Republicans say the record numbers of migrants crossing the southern border pose a security threat because authorities cannot adequately screen all the migrants and that those who enter the United States are straining the country's resources.

Security risk and strain on critical resources is only half of it. These illegals pouring over the Southern Border destroy the meaning and role of asylum for those who are truly seeking it. Just like the Congressional testimony mess of Harvard President Claudine Gay exposed her as a convenient diversity hire, coupled with the recent embarrassment Facebook/Meta suffered with DEI executive Barbara Furlow-Smiles defrauding them of millions, these women cast shade on every accomplished and hardworking Black woman using their talents and perseverance to rise. 

So it is with this illegal influx: It erodes the chances for anyone who is under true threat of danger. As more and more illegals are released into the interior of the country, it further disenfranchises American citizens, as is being played out in Chicago and New York, where illegal men are gaming the system and pushing out the so-called lower classes that Democrats claim they champion.

"People are listening to the cries and the complaints of black Chicago."

Devon Jones of the 18th Ward South Side Republicans in Chicago tells Steve Bannon that black people in Chicago "are being slapped in the face with 20,000 plus illegal aliens and foreign nationals in our… pic.twitter.com/4WkDvZyuDI

— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) December 11, 2023

Recently Melugin has gone further in his coverage, shedding more light on how the asylum fraud is being swept under the rug.

There has been little acknowledgment of the mass asylum fraud taking place at the border. You’ll find discarded & torn up documents all over the ground, including MX humanitarian visas used to get to the border, mixed in w/ cartel wristbands. The migrants will tell you - on… pic.twitter.com/qqIQufWXhh

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 14, 2023

There has been little acknowledgment of the mass asylum fraud taking place at the border. You’ll find discarded & torn up documents all over the ground, including MX humanitarian visas used to get to the border, mixed in w/ cartel wristbands. The migrants will tell you - on camera - they are here for economic opportunity. That does not qualify for asylum under US law. Still, the false narrative exists that the masses of people crossing the border illegally are “asylum seekers”. Are some of them? Absolutely. But the overwhelming majority are coming for economic reasons, and fraudulent asylum claims only further clog the system and make it more difficult for *legitimate* asylum seekers. These are some photos I’ve taken over the years.

Melugin reflected back to a border visit in 2021 where he actually met an actual asylum seeker who was lost in the shuffle of the illegal invasion.

On one of my first border trips for FOX in May 2021, I met a Venezuelan man who had just crossed the river illegally in Del Rio and had a fresh gunshot wound that was bandaged and still bleeding. Told me he was a cop and the gangs were after him. Is that true? I don’t know - but…

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 14, 2023

On one of my first border trips for FOX in May 2021, I met a Venezuelan man who had just crossed the river illegally in Del Rio and had a fresh gunshot wound that was bandaged and still bleeding. Told me he was a cop and the gangs were after him. Is that true? I don’t know - but those kind of cases should be heard ASAP as that is what asylum is meant for. Instead, over the last couple of years, masses of economic migrants are showing up, many making fraudulent asylum claims that hurt those who legitimately need it as the system is now ridiculously backed up and court hearings are extending out years into the future.

While some accounting is being attempted on asylum fraud, with the ignorant and lackluster response from the Biden administration thus far, no one knows the true measure of the damage being done to asylum seekers or our nation.