Border Patrol Union says White House 'propagandists' not telling full story on crisis: 'doesn't come close'

The country's largest national of separator parol agents says nan White House is offering a cloaked image of nan migrant situation astatine nan U.S.-Mexico border that "does not travel close" to reality.

The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), which represents astir 18,000 agents, took to Twitter Saturday to praise nan "few outstanding reporters" that consistently screen nan ongoing struggle by agents to incorporate nan migrant surge but said White House "propagandists" are dominating nan narrative.

"The magnitude of media sum you spot of nan separator mayhem by a fewer outstanding reporters doesn't travel adjacent to capturing nan afloat grade of what's really going on," NBPC said. "Believe nan propagandists successful nan WH aliases judge nan agents who patrol nan separator 24/7 and spot it firsthand."

To them, nan prime is simple: "Believe nan propagandists aliases judge nan facts."

BIDEN HAS ABSOLUTELY ‘NO DESIRE’ TO ENFORCE THE LAW AT THE BORDER: REP. PAT FALLON

A U.S. Border Patrol supplier checks for recognition of immigrants arsenic they hold to beryllium processed by nan U.S. Border Patrol aft crossing nan separator from Mexico connected December 30, 2022 successful Yuma, Arizona.  (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

In a bid of tweets, NBPC called for Congress to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and said nan migrant situation is simply a "certified disaster" nether his and President Biden’s management.

"Arrests up complete past twelvemonth again…but immoderate successful unfastened separator crowd would person you judge they’re ‘down 90% nether Biden,’" nan national continued successful different tweet.

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-CO, left, confers pinch U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA, during a proceeding connected U.S. confederate separator information connected Capitol Hill, February 01, 2023, successful Washington, DC.  (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

U.S. Reps. Ken Buck, R-CO, left, and Darrell Issa, R-CA, mobility witnesses connected Capitol Hill, February 01, 2023, successful Washington, DC.  (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Then, sharing a tweet from Fox News’ Griff Jenkins, nan NBPC said reporters who screen nan migrant situation whitethorn look criticism, but that does not make their reporting immoderate little true.

"If personification reports nan truth astir what's going connected astatine nan border, and is falsely attacked and branded by extremist morons to soundlessness them, does it make what he aliases she reported little true?" nan NBPC asked successful different tweet.

MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS AT SOUTHERN BORDER HIT 1,000,000 MARK FOR FY 2023, OUTPACING PRIOR YEAR: SOURCES

Migrant encounters astatine nan confederate separator crossed nan 1 cardinal people for Fiscal Year 2023, marking what aggregate Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources told Fox News was an unprecedented gait for encounters.

As of Friday, nan full migrant encounters astatine nan separator were astatine 1,008,217 for nan fiscal year, which began successful October.

This complaint acold surpasses that of FY2021, wherever location were much than 1.7 cardinal encounters overall.

Immigrants hold to beryllium processed by nan U.S. Border Patrol aft crossing nan separator from Mexico connected December 30, 2022, successful Yuma, Arizona.  (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

Immigrants hold to beryllium processed by nan U.S. Border Patrol aft crossing nan separator from Mexico connected December 30, 2022, successful Yuma, Arizona.  (Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

It is still good up of nan FY2022 rate, which reached 839,819 by March 1 — good nether nan 1 cardinal people — and complete 2.3 cardinal overall.

Hitting 1 cardinal truthful early successful nan twelvemonth has immoderate agents concerned numbers spike again complete nan spring, arsenic warmer upwind and much agreeable conditions make crossing nan separator much appealing.

"Agents cognize activity passim nan agency and nan management will observe 2 months of little numbers alternatively of acknowledging nan daunting task of being tasked astatine nan separator pinch yet different humanities and preventable situation," an supplier told Fox News.

President Biden has called connected Congress to enact migration betterment to reside separator information and amnesty for millions of migrants already successful nan U.S.

"America’s separator problems won’t beryllium fixed until Congress acts. If we won’t walk my broad migration reform, astatine slightest walk my scheme to supply nan instrumentality and officers to unafraid nan border. And a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, those connected impermanent status, workplace workers, and basal workers," Biden said successful his State of nan Union address.

The legislature conflict for a imaginable migration measure could beryllium a agelong 1 arsenic nan Democrat-controlled Senate, and nan Republican-majority successful nan House of Representatives will person to work together pinch nan president.  

AT ARIZONA BORDER, JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARS FROM OFFICIALS ON MASSIVE MIGRANT SURGE 

Republican lawmakers visited nan U.S. confederate separator earlier this week pinch Mayor Douglas Nicholls of Yuma, AZ, who praised nan opportunity for those moving nan state to spot nan increasing situation firsthand.  

Democratic lawmakers did not subordinate connected nan travel and alternatively called it a "stunt."

"Having nan attraction this week from Republican members of nan Judiciary Committee was important that will commencement changing immoderate minds and opening up immoderate of nan discussion," nan politician said.

Nicholls noted a delegation of Democrats will beryllium visiting "later this period aliases nan next" wherever he hopes to supply them pinch akin accusation connected nan border.

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"That’s what it is about, educating group truthful that erstwhile they get into nan decision-making mode they will spot location are existent issues that request to beryllium addressed," he added during an question and reply connected Fox News Live.

The Biden administration, including Secretary Mayorkas, has claimed nan confederate separator is nether power and has mostly denied location being a crisis.

Fox News’  Adam Shaw and Griff Jenkins contributed to this report.