Former CBP Commissioner says Biden admin is manipulating border numbers, playing 'shell game'

Former Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan says that the Biden administration is actively shepherding illegal immigrants through ports of entry.

According to a recent report from CBP, encounters from illegal immigrants at the border have decreased since February 2021. 

Morgan says that it's a very misleading statistic and a lie from the Biden administration. 

"Over the last 28 months, what we've seen in June is the outer ports of entry, they had over 110,000 encounters," Morgan said on the Thursday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show.

"That is a 350% increase from when they took over 28 months ago," he continued. "That's the shell game. They've simply taken those that were previously illegally here in between the ports of entry, and now they just shepherd them to the ports of entry, release them and they're calling the victory. It's a big lie. It's a scam."

The Biden administration has faced a lot of criticism from Republicans over the crisis at the southern border, with many arguing that the ending of Title 42 has made it worse. 

Morgan said that what's going on is a major national security threat. 

"The problem is they're lying to us," he said. "Not just with the numbers, but also with the narrative. They keep trying to tell Americans that what's happening at our borders is about immigration. It is not. This is not about legal immigration. This is about border security, which is synonymous with national security."