Nelson Balido again joined The Two Mikes to discuss the Democrat-made disaster on our southern border.
Mr. Balido is the president of the Border, Commercial, and Security Council, Mr. Balido said that the border remains wide open and, on average, 30,000-40,000 people are illegally crossing the border each day.
At Laredo, TX, alone, 17,000 cross daily, and are causing a backup of from 1-to-7 hours for truckers moving legal trade across the border in the U.S. Mr. Balido claimed that too many Americans fail to understand — because their leaders are silent on the issue — that almost none of the governments in Latin America have the slightest interest in helping the United States stop the tide of illegals. Why? Because of the remittances that the illegals who cross the border and work in America send home to their families.
For many of the governments south of the Rio Grande these remittances are hugely important, often being the 1st or 2nd item in their GDP. As long as this is the case, the governments’ will be willing to talk to the U.S. about the problem but will not act to help as they cannot survive the loss of the illegal remittances.
Interestingly, Mr. Balido said that when polls are taken among the illegal immigrants in the United States, well more than half indicate they did not come to America to get citizenship, they came here to make money and send part of it home. The same percentage have no intention of seeking citizenship.
Mr Balido closed with a few words about the importance of the drones now being used by the cartels to fly fentanyl and other drugs into America, as well as to surveil areas on the U.S. side of the border to make sure they suitable for moving drugs and people across the border.
Mr. Balido said he would soon return to our podcast with more details about the rising importance of drones.
