In an interview on “60 Minutes” with Cecilia Vega, former US Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz revealed that during his tenure under the Biden regime, he never spoke to either Joe Biden or Kamala Harris about to the growing border crisis.
Ortiz, who served as chief from August 2021 to May 2023 and was deputy chief under President Trump, recently retired after more than three decades with the agency.
During the interview, a clearly frustrated Ortiz shared his concerns about operational challenges and policy decisions impacting border security.
“When agencies make a decision based on politics or media coverage, hey, we’re going to put all our staff in this two-mile stretch. What about the other 200 miles?” Ortiz said while attacking Abbott.
Ortiz expressed his frustration with the Biden regime’s handling of border security, highlighting the lack of direct communication with senior White House officials.
“I never had a conversation with the president. Or the vice president, for that matter. And so I was the head of the Border Patrol. I commanded 21,000 people. That’s a problem,” Ortiz said.
In 2021, Biden named Kamala Harris border czar to lead efforts to stop illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border.
In the short time since Kamala Harris was allegedly responsible for the border crisis, half a million people have entered the United States illegally. This number is absolutely staggering and growing every single day.
Ortiz also touched on challenges faced by Border Patrol, including the need for better cooperation with Central and South American countries and Mexico to manage the flow of migrants. He has criticized the mixed messages sent by the White House to potential migrants, which he believes have contributed to the crisis.
The interview took place just four miles south of Shelby Park, an area marked by signs of recent migrant crossings, including wet clothing left behind by people who had crossed the river. Ortiz emphasized the calculated nature of these crossings, orchestrated by the cartels that control the Mexican side of the border.
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“I’ve never had a conversation with the president or vice president about this… This is a problem,” says Raul Ortiz, head of the U.S. Border Patrol under President Biden until he retired last year. pic.twitter.com/bWoZkFbnVc
— 60 minutes (@60minutes) March 4, 2024
Meanwhile, Joe Biden, recently questioned by reporters about the need to take executive action to secure the border, said he did not have the authority to do so.
A reporter asked Joe Biden why he is waiting to take executive action to secure the border after border funding bills stalled in Congress.
Democrats refused to advance President Mike Johnson’s border bill, and Mike Johnson killed the Senate foreign aid bill.
Biden facilitated unprecedented border invasion. In his first 100 days in office he took 94 executive actions to weaken border security.
Since then, millions of military-aged men from Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and China have invaded the United States.
Now he lies about his executive powers.
“Why are you waiting to take executive action at the border?” a reporter asked Biden.
Biden absurdly claimed he had no authority to do anything to secure the border.
“We need more forces at the border! I don’t have the authority to do that!” Biden shouted.