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FIRST ON FOX: Migrants who crossed the southern border into the U.S. were spotted taking selfies in front of the unfinished border wall, as the crisis continues to rage.
Fox News Digital traveled to Yuma, Arizona, with several members of the House Oversight Committee on Monday and Tuesday to take a look at the ongoing crisis at the southern border in crisis.
During a night tour of the Yuma border, a pair of migrants were seen snapping a selfie as two Border Patrol agents looked after hundreds of migrants along a stretch of the Yuma border as they waited for buses to arrive.
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Migrants take selfies at the border
Migrants take selfies at the border.
National Border Patrol Council president Brandon Judd told FOX News Digital in the car while surveying the border that the selfies will help the cartels advertise their services.
“They use them to show everybody, ‘See? Look. Look how easy it was,’” Judd said. “‘These people are happy. Pay me $1,000, and you can be happy, as well.”
Judd also blasted the reports of the Biden administration giving illegal immigrants taxpayer-funded free smartphones as “one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard.” The Biden administration has said the phones are used to keep track of migrants released into the U.S.
The National Border Patrol Council president pointed out that former President Trump “struggled with illegal immigration as well” but said President Biden’s border policies are helping the cartels succeed in their criminal activities.
“What the cartels are able to do… is they advertise their services based upon our policies,” Judd said. “And the main thing they advertise is: cross the border illegally, you’re still going to get released. Pay us thousands of dollars, we will get you there. And then we will teach you what you need to say in order to get…
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