While President Biden rattled a pill bottle at Putin over a European border that matters little to any American, our southern border might as well install conveyor belts. Russia had amassed over 100,000 troops ready to invade – an international crisis. On our southern border, DHS reported a total of 153,941 encounters — in one month, and that’s down slightly from both November and December.

Last January, Biden prepared to take the oath of office, and he swore to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States. At the same time, people were moving swiftly toward our southern border to cross illegally. In January 2021, the flow of humans was half of January 2022.

The last full January of Trump’s presidency, the illegal traffic was barely one-fourth of what it was this past January. Trump tried to stop — or at least slow — the flow of illegals with a border wall.  That effort met resistance from Democrats and the result is a record flow of human traffic crossing the southern border.

Barely three weeks ago, RedState wrote about the immense influx of humans, many of them adult males released into the interior, almost all of them unlikely to appear again for a disposition hearing.

Pew Research produced a report with helpful charts showing the growth of illegal crossings in 2021. The greatest increase in bodies was crossing the Rio Grande with a 509 percent increase from 2020. Cartels profit immensely and the cost to them is minimal. Illegals are ferried across the river in inexpensive boats and deposited at the feet of ICE agents, where they are instructed to demand asylum. The greatest percentage surge was at Yuma, with a 1200 percent increase. Cartels are pocketing billions. Business is good — it’s so good they now use wristbands like their customers have bought a thrill-ride across the water.

Biden assigned Kamala Harris to the southern border issue and she’s failed spectacularly. Biden’s DHS Director has failed as well. He recently visited with Border Patrol agents and was filleted for his ineptitude and for wearing a badge when he didn’t earn it. Biden’s VP and bureaucrats have all failed but only one person can be blamed for the surge of illegals: Joe Biden.

On Biden’s first day in office, he canceled Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” (Migrant Protection Protocol) program. DHS was ordered by a federal court to reinstate it last October. No matter — the word was out. Get to the border, and you get in.

Instead of solving the problem or slowing the flow, Biden put out the welcome mat.