Chris Magnus, President Joe Biden’s
decide to guide U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP), made a variety of remarks
throughout his Senate affirmation listening to that counsel that the Biden
administration’s immigration and border insurance policies require important change. His
surprising rebuff to the administration’s insurance policies reveals that not even open
borders candidates like Magnus can discover their present system efficient and
sustainable. Under are statements made by Magnus that warrant additional
examination:

Magnus on Title 42:

  • When requested about whether or not Title 42, a public well being order applied by the Trump administration that enables for fast removing of unlawful aliens from the nation throughout illness outbreaks, is important Magnus replied: “As a paramedic for 10 years public well being has all the time been considered one of my high considerations, and due to that I feel it’s completely crucial that we do every little thing attainable to cease the unfold of Covid. And Title 42 is a CDC authority, and I feel it helps with this.”

Magnus on Border Wall:

  • Regardless of the Biden administration halting nearly all southern border development and promising to not construct one other foot, Magnus pushed again and expressed assist for continued development, agreeing that it the wall is a priceless software. “I’m not taking challenge with that [the wall as a vital tool],” he mentioned. “I feel there are some gaps the place that [the border wall]may make sense.”

Magnus on Sanctuary Jurisdictions:

  • Magnus has additionally had an intensive monitor file supporting sanctuary jurisdictions—areas that prohibit the cooperation between federal immigration authorities and native and state regulation enforcement—however admitted that they had been incentivizing unlawful immigration. When requested by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) whether or not sanctuary jurisdictions function a “pull issue that encourages extra individuals to make that lengthy and harmful journey,” Magnus conceded, “It’s actually one a part of it, sure sir.”

Magnus on Unlawful Aliens and COVID-19:

  • The Biden administration has launched hundreds of unvaccinated, untested, and COVID-19 optimistic unlawful aliens into the inside of nation in the course of the previous yr. But, the Tucson, Arizona, police chief took an opposing stance stating that “migrants ought to be immunized” earlier than being launched into the nation.

Magnus on Unlawful Crossings: 

  • Lawmakers allied with the Biden administration have expressed curiosity in decriminalizing unlawful border crossings. Nevertheless, when requested by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) if he believes “that illegally crossing the border ought to stay against the law beneath federal regulation,” Magnus replied, “Senator, I do.”

A lot of Magnus’ statements are opposite to the immigration platform and insurance policies of the Biden administration, and are even at odds with the insurance policies he instituted in Tucson.

Evidently, these feedback
had been probably made to please a bunch of senators throughout an intense affirmation
listening to, wherein his pro-sanctuary stances name into query his health to supervise
immigration and border officers. It’s probably that what Magnus says in his
affirmation hearings and what he would do as commissioner of CBP are
diametrically reverse of each other. Mixed along with his controversial profession expertise
and the anticipated affect from the Biden administration’s open borders
advocates, its extremely uncertain Magnus commits to any of those affirmation
listening to remarks.