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Sentinel Security Solutions CEO tells ‘Fox Report’ that the current administration needs to stop the ‘mixed messaging’ with immigration policies<\/p>\n
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas \u2014 He\u2019s putting people over his party.<\/p>\n
The Democratic mayor of a southern border town says he\u2019s incensed over the Biden administration\u2019s handling of the immigration crisis in his backyard \u2014 and he\u2019s “pleading” with Washington to do more to stem the stream of migrants pouring into his small city. <\/p>\n
“You have a breach on national security levels that have never before been seen in modern history and you\u2019re not even batting an eye about it, you\u2019re not even calling it a \u2018crisis\u2018, you\u2019re calling it a quote unquote challenge,” Mayor Bruno Lozano, a Democrat who represents Del Rio, Texas, told The Post on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a slap in the face.” <\/p>\n
TRUMP SLAMS BIDEN OVER BORDER ‘CRISIS’, ACCUSED HIM OF CAUSING ‘DEATH AND HUMAN TRAGEDY’<\/strong><\/p>\n Lozano, 38, represents the small locale of just over 35,000 residents and has been trying to get President Biden\u2019s attention since February.<\/p>\n Just before a historic winter storm that left millions without power and killed 57 hit the state, he sent the president a video asking him not to send migrants to the community because he didn\u2019t have the resources necessary. <\/p>\n “Mr. President my name is Bruno Lozano, mayor of the city of Del Rio, Texas, and I am pleading and requesting with you to please put a halt to any measures regarding the release of immigrants awaiting court dates into the city of Del Rio and surrounding areas,” Lozano says as footage of empty store shelves and grocery store lines plays in the background. <\/p>\n “We do not have the resources available to house and accommodate these migrants within our community\u2026 If you do send these individuals into our community, we will be forced to make a decision to leave them without resources under these dire circumstances. I\u2019m asking to please stop, please make another plan for this federal issue.” <\/p>\n Despite best efforts, Lozano said the request “fell on deaf ears” and over a month later, the only thing that\u2019s changed is the number of migrants streaming into his small community, which is currently around 150 a day. <\/p>\n “I\u2019m not trying to demonize the humanitarian aspect by any means but my responsibility is to the city of Del Rio and the residents of Del Rio, Texas, my responsibilities are to the American people that got me elected,” Lozano explained. <\/p>\n “Nobody wants to actually tackle the issue, you\u2019re condoning unlawful behavior, period. There\u2019s a lawful way to enter the United States, there\u2019s a lawful way to seek asylum and it just undermines the entire immigration process.” <\/p>\n BORDER PATROL IN RIO GRANDE VALLEY RELEASING ILLEGAL CROSSERS INTO US WITHOUT COURT DATE<\/strong><\/p>\n The scrappy leader, the youngest mayor ever to be elected in the city, is furious he has to use local budget dollars for an issue he calls a federal problem that\u2019s been dumped in the laps of small communities all along the border. <\/p>\n “It\u2019s not even in our budget. Every line item is accounted for in municipal government, we\u2019re very fine tuned in budget. It\u2019s not appropriate,” Lozano seethed. <\/p>\n “It just blows my mind how disconnected from reality [they are] or maybe they do know, maybe they just don\u2019t want to call a spade a spade, you know, because it\u2019s uncomfortable.” <\/p>\n During the last surge in 2019, Lozano said migrants were being dumped by US Border patrol at a 7-11 convenience store and, while a respite center has since opened in the town, the city is still responsible for the migrants once they\u2019re dropped off. <\/p>\n Lozano said each day, migrants are brought to the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition where they have access to services, before boarding flights and buses out of town. But sometimes, they can\u2019t get tickets and the town needs to find a place for them to sleep. <\/p>\n “That\u2019s when the logistical nightmare begins, where are they going to sleep for the night? That\u2019s the number I worry about each day,” Lozano said, adding he uses a basketball court as a makeshift shelter. <\/p>\n “Sometimes migrants get released after hours and there\u2019s simply nowhere to put them. I can\u2019t use the civic center because I\u2019m using that for COVID vaccines.” <\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier this month, two different groups of migrants breached the city\u2019s port of entry foot bridge from Mexico.<\/p>\n Lozano says the influx is a side effect of Biden\u2019s relaxed immigration policies. <\/p>\n “It is very selective on who they deport now and let\u2019s be real, the Biden administration sent that message that you know \u2018we\u2019re going to reverse this, we\u2019re going to do that\u2019 and sure enough within days, within days, it started happening again.” <\/p>\n “It was completely predictable,” Lozano added \u2014 but when he tries to explain what\u2019s happening on the ground to senators, he said “they\u2019re shocked.” <\/p>\n “You have this policy where unlawful entry is being condoned, criminal activity is being condoned, these migrants are using the cartels to traverse Mexico and that\u2019s a fact and organized criminal activity is rising because of that,” Lozano said. <\/p>\n “I\u2019m calling them out, I\u2019m so frustrated as a border town mayor about all of this.”<\/p>\n