Biden 'clearly in partnership' with human trafficking cartels: Texas AG Ken Paxton at CPAC

Speaking on a panel at CPAC Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that President Joe Biden is "clearly in partnership" with cartels, with Biden reversing or attempting to reverse most of Trump's policies and attempts to secure the border during his administration.

"It’s so obvious, we saw what worked under Trump. It’s called enforcing the very things he talked about, and literally day one, Joe Biden comes out and says I’m not deporting anybody," Paxton told the crowd on a panel titled "The America First Bar Association," which also featured Rep Dan Bishop and America First Legal president Stephen Miller.

Recounting the moves Biden made when taking office in regards to the southern border, including dismantling the remain in Mexico and Title 42 policies invoked by Trump, waisting "all the resources appropriated to build the wall and let it all rot, paid contractors not to work, and all of that went to waste, catch and release started up again."

"So all the policies that worked that brought all the numbers down, when you reverse those policies, all the numbers went up. I don’t know why the media can’t figure this out. It’s really obvious."

"And Joe Biden is clearly in partnership, without saying it, without having a written contract, with the cartels… He has told them openly, bring as many people here as possible as fast as you can. You don’t have to hide from us anymore."

Paxton said that illegal crossers used to try to hide and sneak their way across the border but "that is not what happens anymore," unless they're "terrorists or really bad criminals."

"This is an administration that this is exactly what they want. They know they’re helping the cartels bring drugs in, human trafficking, it’s all designed by our own government. And so we are in a war with the cartels, with the Chinese importing fentanyl, and our own president against the United States and our country and my state."

"So we have to have a new president because this is clearly not working," Paxton concluded.

This comes as illegal immigrants continue to pour over the southern border. 

It has been revealed that since Biden’s term began, nearly 7.3 million illegal immigrants have come into the US. This number does not account for the estimated 1.8 million known "gotaways" who have eluded authorities. 

The Biden administration sued Texas over its efforts to secure the US-Mexico border to protect the nation from the invasion. SCOTUS ruled alongside the Biden administration, stating that they could cut razor wire set up by Texas. Governor Greg Abbott has invoked the invasion clause in the US Constitution.