Hialeah officially condemns Biden for a migrant surge in the city, but evidence is limited
With the mayor saying that tens of thousands of migrants are overrunning the community, Hialeah’s City Council voted Tuesday to admonish the Biden administration’s “open border policies” and demand that the federal government put tighter restrictions in place to stem the flow of people coming from the southern border to northwest Miami-Dade County.
“We are seeing thousands and thousands of people crossing the border and coming to places like this city. And for this reason we need to scream so we are heard. And we are hoping that this resolution does that,” Council President Jesus Tundidor told reporters.
The resolution, proposed by Councilman Bryan Calvo and approved by a 5-0 vote, states that the influx of migrants has “brought significant social and economic challenges to the city,” and that Hialeah
has not received the money and support it needs to address the resulting problems. Council members Carl Zogby and Monica Perez were absent.
The vote by Hialeah’s City Council — which in
November named one of the city’s principal avenues after Trump — echoes criticisms from top Republican leaders and conservative detractors in Washington and elsewhere who say the border is open and out of control.
The Biden administration has rolled out a package of policies to curb irregular immigration amid historic numbers at the U.S.-Mexico border. It has created family reunification programs and a parole process for several Latin American and Caribbean countries, announced further border wall construction and struck deals to deport non-Mexicans to Mexico. Biden, who like Trump is visiting the southern border on Thursday, is also currently considering