As migrant border crossings skyrocket, Americans need to ask about Democrats' motivations

It's not always easy to determine what's driving our government's leaders. As Biden's border crisis continues to spiral there are more questions than answers from the White House.

Cal Thomas is one of America's most widely syndicated op-ed columnist in the U.S. He is the author of several books. His most recent is "America’s Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires, Superpowers and the United States." Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.

Roughly 100,000 migrants have come to New York's five boroughs, forcing Mayor Eric Adams to come up with emergency shelters, reports the New York Post.

According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), "Despite the happy talk coming out of the Biden administration, claiming that their policies have reduced illegal immigration, the July Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data show precisely the opposite. Overall CBP encounters in July were 245,286, up from 238,929 in July 2022. Even Southwest Border encounters between ports of entry - which had been artificially reduced because the administration has been massively abusing its parole authority to allow many inadmissible aliens to enter - rose sharply in July, even as temperatures soared into the triple digits."By every metric, illegal immigration increased last month - at the Southwest border, the Northern border, unaccompanied children, family units and single adults. In the 30 months that President Biden has been in office, there have been 6.9 million CBP encounters and 1.7 million known gotaways."