Heitke said the number of SIAs apprehended in the San Diego Sector increased exponentially from an average of 10 to 15 per year before President Biden took office to more than 100 in both 2022 and 2023. And, Heitke said, those numbers don’t take into account “gotaways” — migrants who cross into the country illegally but aren’t apprehended.

Heitke told the committee, “At the time, I was told I could not release any information on this increase in SIA’s or mention any of the arrests.” He said, “the administration was trying to convince the public that there was no threat at the border.”

“The only true consequence we have to slow down and discourage people from coming to the United States illegally is sending them back to their country of origin,” Heitke added,  but under the Biden-Harris administration, he said, agents were instructed to do the opposite.

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