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[0] Newly leaked border patrol documents revealed that at least 160 ,000 illegal immigrants have been released into the U .S. since March, often with little to no supervision.
[1] The revelation comes as the Biden administration is taking steps to reinstate President Trump's remain in Mexico policy, a policy Joe Biden has vowed to end.
[2] Why is the administration reinstating the policy, and how does it impact the ongoing crisis at the border?
[3] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[4] It's Tuesday, October 19th, and this is Morning Wire.
[5] A new report claims that the Chinese military tested a new form of missile technology, which could allow them to threaten the U .S. mainland.
[6] We'll discuss why some U .S. officials are sounding the alarm, and how the alleged test plays into rising international tensions involving China.
[7] And after a year of experimenting with slashed police budgets, cities nationwide are starting to refund their police.
[8] Which cities are part of this trend?
[9] And how are Black Lives Matter activists responding to the move?
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[21] In a major reversal, the Biden administration announced Thursday that they would be reviving the Remain in Mexico policy and immigration order enacted under President Trump and heavily criticized by Democrats, including Joe Biden.
[22] The move comes as newly leaked Border Patrol documents revealed that at least 160 ,000 illegal immigrants have been released into the U .S. since March.
[23] with little to no supervision.
[24] Here with more on the legal battle over Remain in Mexico and the political fallout is Daily Wire Managing editor Cabot Phillips.
[25] So first off, Cabot, can you give us a little background on the Remain in Mexico policy?
[26] Yeah, the policy went into effect back in December of 2018 as part of a broader effort from President Trump to deter illegal immigrants from crossing the border.
[27] It allows border agents to send asylum seekers back to Mexico while they wait for their claims to be decided in court.
[28] Now, opponents of the policy say it puts asylum seekers at increased risk and that they're often unable to access to humanitarian aid while waiting in Mexico.
[29] They also claim it's unfair to asylum seekers from a due process standpoint.
[30] But supporters of the bill say that under the old system, many asylum seekers would simply skip their court dates after being released into the country and that this policy was a way to prevent that from happening.
[31] They say that those leaked border patrol documents you mentioned earlier show the need for a policy like this.
[32] They also say remain in Mexico serves as a deterrent for those contemplating entering the country illegally.
[33] Okay, so why then did they put this order back in place?
[34] So not because the White House wanted it back.
[35] The policy had been in place for two years, but was rescinded by President Biden almost immediately after he took office.
[36] We want to have an effective immigration system in place, including asylum processing at our border, and that has not changed, but ending the Remain in Mexico program is something we've long talked about or come into.
[37] But then in August, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the administration did not have the authority to simply reverse the policy on their own.
[38] They ruled that President Biden had basically ignored the established process for rescinding an order like this.
[39] The Biden administration responded by trying an appeal to the Supreme Court, but they declined to hear the case.
[40] So for now, it is going back into effect.
[41] And this is big because keep in mind, Joe Biden campaigned on ending remain in Mexico.
[42] He called it, quote, dangerous and inhumane.
[43] So obviously this is a pretty big blow to the administration.
[44] Right.
[45] And this isn't the first Trump -era border policy that's been kept in place by courts, though.
[46] Yeah, exactly.
[47] President Biden also tried to rescind a Trump immigration order called Title 42.
[48] You'll remember that policy basically allowed immigration officials to expel illegal immigrants at the border if they posed a public health risk.
[49] In this case, if they had COVID.
[50] And back in September, federal courts ruled that President Biden did not have the authority to just cancel that policy.
[51] So it was also allowed to stay in place.
[52] So that is now two times in two months that the courts have dealt a step back to President Biden's immigration agenda.
[53] And at that time, critics were pretty harsh on the administration saying it was hard to square the administration's focus on combating COVID with their effort to end Title 42.
[54] Yeah, a lot of people on the right were calling it hypocrisy on the president's part there.
[55] Okay, so what's going to happen next?
[56] That's where it's going to get interesting.
[57] So the policy is set to officially begin again, starting in mid -November, but it's complicated.
[58] just because there is another country involved.
[59] Mexico agreed to take an asylum seekers back when Trump was in office, and Biden officials are now hoping they'll do the same, but we just don't know.
[60] It's probably going to take some negotiating on our part with the Mexican government.
[61] So we'll keep an eye on what that looks like in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, the White House is almost certainly going to be exploring other options to rescind the order.
[62] It's, again, just going to be more complicated and time -consuming than they'd hoped for.
[63] It sure sounds like it.
[64] Cabot, thanks for reporting.
[65] Anytime.
[66] That's Daily Wire Managing Editor Cabot Phillips.
[67] Coming up, alarming new reports about Chinese military action.
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[71] According to a new report, the Chinese military tested a new form of missile technology, which could allow them to threaten the U .S. mainland.
[72] Here to explain what we know so far is Daily Wire's Ian Howarth.
[73] So, Ian, some really troubling reports coming out of China.
[74] What do we need to know here?
[75] Well, over the weekend, the Financial Times reported that China tested a hypersonic missile in August with nuclear capabilities, which circled the globe before approaching its target.
[76] According to five unnamed sources, the Chinese military launched a rocket that carried a hypersonic glide vehicle, which flew through low orbit space before the missile missed its target by about 25 miles.
[77] Hypersonic means it travels five times faster than the speed of sound, which is at least 3 ,806 miles per hour.
[78] Okay.
[79] The bigger story here, though, is that, according to this report, this level of sophistication took U .S. intelligence totally by surprise, with the Financial Times reporting that one of their sources said, quote, we have no idea how they did this.
[80] No idea.
[81] Whoa.
[82] Yeah, and this plays into the broader context of a weapons race and a space race being fought by the U .S., China, and Russia.
[83] The reason these sorts of gliding systems are so dangerous is not really because of their speed, ballistic missiles are actually faster, but because they don't follow the predictable trajectory of normal missiles.
[84] They can be maneuvered, for example, meaning they're harder to track and harder to intercept.
[85] Got it.
[86] You know, we've seen a lot of rising tension between China and Taiwan.
[87] Does this play into that situation?
[88] Well, it's not likely that China would use this sort of technology to strike Taiwan, but it's certainly only adding to the growing concern over Chinese military aggression, both in the region and worldwide.
[89] A bigger concern about these missiles is their capability to threaten the U .S. mainland, which could make the Biden administration even less likely to intervene in cases of Chinese aggression in Asia, such as against Taiwan or Hong Kong.
[90] But another layer, as I said, is that this missile test took U .S. intelligence by surprise.
[91] And given that China is the United States' greatest adversary when it comes to the world stage, the fact that the Chinese military apparently has technology that far outpaceds, our current understanding is worrying to say the least.
[92] Yeah, it is.
[93] And have Chinese officials responded to these test claims?
[94] Well, unsurprisingly, they denied the Financial Times report.
[95] China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said that the test involved a spacecraft, not a missile, and called it a routine experiment to explore reusable spacecraft tech.
[96] Okay.
[97] They want to develop a convenient and cheap way for humans to use space peacefully, he said.
[98] However, Republican Representative Mike Gallagher, who's a member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement which said that this should serve as a call to action, especially relating to China's capability.
[99] But we should also consider the issue of espionage, especially in U .S. universities, where we've seen many charges of spying by alleged Chinese agents.
[100] He said, quote, if we stick to our current complacent course or place our hopes in bankrupt buzzwords like integrated deterrence, we will lose the new Cold War with Communist China within the decade.
[101] New Cold War, yep, definitely some concerning developments here.
[102] Thanks, Ian.
[103] Daily Wire is Ian Howarth.
[104] There appears to be a shift taking place in cities across the nation as some police departments start to see their previously depleted funds restored.
[105] Here to tell us more about the apparent reversal of the defund the police movement is Daily Wire's Charlotte Penns Bond.
[106] So Charlotte, what's the latest on this?
[107] Hey, Georgia.
[108] So, yeah, after a year of protests against the police, sparked by heavy media coverage about deaths following interactions with police officers like George Floyd and Brianna Taylor, cities are starting to give their law enforcement resources to keep the streets safe.
[109] And which cities are we talking about?
[110] Well, we're seeing it in lots of different regions, actually.
[111] And it's 2021 to 2022 budget.
[112] Austin, Texas restored funds to the police department budget.
[113] And the council also provided money for at least two cadet classes, but said the department could do another if they discover funds in the budget.
[114] This was in response to a bill that became law in Texas earlier this year, which punished certain cities that cut police department funding.
[115] Last year, the Austin City Council cut or moved a higher percentage of funds from the police budget than any of almost 24 other cities around the country that took similar action.
[116] The NYPD also got a budget increase of $200 million, and the LAPD got an increase of 3%.
[117] Even Burlington, Vermont, one of the most liberal cities in the country, just recently approved quite generous bonuses for police officers.
[118] New officers would get a $15 ,000.
[119] bonus, and current officers will get $10 ,000.
[120] The Oakland City Council also just voted to add another police academy to the budget after previously approving fewer academies.
[121] And Dallas saw a shift in messaging when Mayor Eric Johnson said during the summer that the city needs more police officers.
[122] And what's the response been?
[123] Are the protesters from last year giving them a hard time about this?
[124] Not really.
[125] Reporting showed that proposed changes to the Dallas budget didn't lead to widespread protests or even much pushback at all.
[126] And do we know why they're taking this action now?
[127] We can make some pretty educated guesses.
[128] As you all have reported on Morning Wire before, crime reached extreme levels over the past year.
[129] 2020 experienced the largest spike in homicide rates in over 100 years.
[130] So people in the communities might be recognizing the need for more law enforcement.
[131] It seems the conversation might be changing on a broader scale in the culture too.
[132] Actor Morgan Freeman, for example, recently said he is not for defunding the police.
[133] I'm on the least bit for defunding the police.
[134] Police work is, aside from all the negativity around it, it is very necessary for us to have them.
[135] Most of them are guys that are doing that job.
[136] They're going about that day -to -day jobs.
[137] And how do Americans at large feel about this?
[138] Well, polling shows that defund the police movement hasn't been very popular on a wide -scale level.
[139] A group of polls from last year showed that Americans were against the defund the police movement or defunding police departments by an average of 58 % to 31%.
[140] Then a poll from March of this year found that less than one in five Americans supported the defund the police movement.
[141] So it'll be interesting to watch as this plays out in the midterm elections next year and really if more local communities start to take similar action.
[142] Right.
[143] I mean, we've gone from defund the police now full circle to refund the police.
[144] Charlotte, thanks for reporting.
[145] Thanks for having me. That's Daily Wires, Charlotte Pence Bond.
[146] Other stories we're tracking this week.
[147] Colin Powell, the nation's first black secretary of state, passed away Monday morning at the age of 84.
[148] Powell served under three Republican presidents and was Secretary of State under President George W. Bush.
[149] In a statement Monday, Powell's family said that he died due to complications from COVID -19, despite being fully vaccinated.
[150] And nearly 40 % of California state workers remain unvaccinated, despite Governor Gavin Newsom's July order to workers to get vaccinated or submit to regular testing.
[151] The vaccination rate among state workers is lower than the rate among the state's general population, which is 72%.
[152] And on Monday, faculty and students at schools across California staged walkouts to protest school vaccine mandates set to go into effect this week.
[153] Some participants stressed the importance of being able to choose for themselves or their children, whether or not they get the shot.
[154] I'm here today because the government does not own my body and the government does not own my children.
[155] Medical freedom is foundational to a free society.
[156] We are not lab rats.
[157] My children are not lab rats.
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