Ted Cruz claims Mexico is ‘helping’ cartels smuggle migrants

Republican Senator Ted Cruz alleged that the Mexican government is “helping” drug cartels “smuggle” migrants by providing buses to non-citizens with a CBP appointment.

His comments came after the Mexican government announced it would offer escorted bus rides from southern Mexico to the U.S. border to non-Mexican citizens who have been granted asylum in the U.S.

In a recent episode of his podcast, PronunciationCruz accused Vice President Kamala Harris of colluding with the president of Mexico to facilitate illegal immigration into the United States. Cruz alleged that the move was coordinated between the U.S. and Mexico to increase the number of migrants entering the country.

“Kamala Harris wants more illegal immigrants in America,” Cruz said on his podcast. “The Mexican government is actively aiding and abetting human traffickers by providing bus rides throughout Mexico, along with armed escorts of police and soldiers, to bring illegal immigrants to the border.”

The sitting senator from Texas provided no evidence to support his allegations.

The Mexican government announced in August that the country would provide a safe corridor for non-Mexican migrants who have applied for asylum in the United States through the CBP One app.

Human rights groups have criticized the app for technical issues and its violation of international human rights and refugee law.

According to Mexico’s National Institute of Migration, the buses will leave from the southern cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula.

It appeared to be an attempt to make applying for asylum from southern Mexico more attractive to migrants who would otherwise head north to Mexico City or the border.

Newsweek contacted the Mexican government, the Texas Democrats and the CBP for comment outside of normal business hours.

Harris campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz slammed the Republican Party’s immigration policies in an earlier statement: “Trump would go so far as to use the military to rip children from their mothers’ arms and lock migrants in mass detention camps. All this after blocking a bipartisan border plan that would have been the strongest investment in securing our border in years.

“Vice President Harris believes we must execute on that plan and go one step further by bringing Republicans and Democrats together to create an earned pathway to citizenship and strengthen our broken immigration system.”

Cruz’s opponent, Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter: “Texans can’t afford six more years of Ted Cruz.”

This came after Liz Cheney endorsed Allred in the Texas Senate race.

New polls show Allred trailing the Republican incumbent senator slightly.

A poll released Friday by Emerson College/The Hill shows a relatively close race, with Allred trailing Cruz within the poll’s margin of error. The poll shows Cruz ahead by 4 points, with 48 percent of respondents supporting him, while Allred has 44 percent. Another 8 percent are undecided.

In the broader political debate over immigration, Rep. Mark Green criticized the federal government for rolling out CBP One appointments, which migrants can book through an app, and lashed out at Mexico for offering bus rides.

He told Newsweek in september that ““The decision to double and expand access to the abusive CBP mass release system runs counter to proper enforcement of immigration law.”

Republicans in Texas have aggressively tackled the U.S.-Mexico border crisis, setting up barbed wire and shackles and sending buses full of migrants to six sanctuary cities in Republican states.

According to the report, Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant bus program has cost taxpayers $221 million to transport more than 120,000 asylum seekers to Democratic-run states north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Washington Examiner.

Recently, Republicans declared victory when buses stopped transporting migrants from Texas.

The buses are effectively no longer running because, following President Joe Biden’s sweeping measures, there are no more migrants available to send through the country.

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