into the country and were never seen by border patrol. estimated to be maybe 700,000 since joe biden took office, and then there s one more category, which is unaccompanied minor children who were allowed to stay, that s 190,000. so, if you put those together you are getting pretty close to 2 million people just since joe biden took the oath of office. john: put that up on the screen in graphic form so folks can see at home. unaccompanied minors, 190,053, and illegal migrants since january 20th of 2021, approximately 2 million. you know, the number of people who were let in through a legal process, 1,049,532, that is more people than were apprehended in total in many other years prior to 2021. yes. as a matter of fact, it more than were apprehended in the
to be trained, but they want better resources and they want to be safe. you know, if we have the social drivers of our community, if we have a strong education system, if we have a strong education system, religious system and strong families, there would be less need for corrections. did not take long for this thing to go the wrong way. how long did it take to put it on the right track? a long time because some of the policies of police reform, so it s going to take a long time to get people interested and becoming police officers and joining our ranks. we now have the issue with retention and attracting the best candidates for police, and so it s going to take a while. but i m so glad that our communities have started, are starting to speak up and now enforcing, they are now enforcing the elected officials to change their tune. john: great to have you in today. thank you for your thoughts. appreciate it. sandra: thank you very much, john. we ll keep watching that situation in
punishing border agents accused of whipping migrants, despite being cleared. chad wolf, a letter obtained by washington examiner, they said we collectively believe and point out that the statements made by president and vice president predickbly prejudged the outcome may influence the case, stating there will be consequences, presumes the results of an investigation. we ask you and the deciding official assure a fair and impartial review of the facts as they move through the process. these are not partisans. civil servants, career civil servants who are saying you are moving on this in a prejudice fashion, slow down. i served with several of them, spanned multiple administration, democrats and republicans, they are career individuals but are right. the president and the vice president, even say the secretary made comments that
total time between 2007 and 2020. the numbers have gone up substantially. and what people of both parties say in this, beginning in the democratic primaries of 2019 and 2020, in which all the candidates said they were going to loosen president trump s border policies, would be illegal border crossers, migrants got the message that if one of those democratic candidates became president, that if they crossed into the united states, a good chance they would be allowed to stay and that is what has happened under president joe biden. you also point out quick if i could, byron, that if republicans take control of congress, it s not likely anything would change because this really is a result of executive actions. yes, the president has, head of the executive branch, he has
and new at 2:00, president biden calling on congress to suspend the federal gas tax as americans shell out more at stations nationwide. critics say the move is nothing more than a political band aid. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. good to see you. sandra: and great to be with you, john. sandra smith in new york. analyst say the pause will cost taxpayers. one of the biggest critics, president biden s former boss. and we are arguing over a gimmick to save you half a tank of gas over the course of the entire summer so that everyone in washington can pat themselves on the back. john: republicans without a doubt pouncing on the past comments and pointing out the white house is using a favorite scapegoat, putin s price hike squarely. sandra: and jerome powell put