https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf2Uh6yuhPU
I don't see this questioning of the DEA chief by Cruz as damning or substantial. Whose responsibility is for the drugs and whose is it for border crossings. It seems the DEA Chief has stated what the DEA's report is on drug trafficking at the border, but whenever the migrant issue is brought up she defers to the Department of Homeland Security. If it's not her jurisdiction, I can understand not making a comment on the DHS's behalf. This video also has nothing to do with some dispute about whether there's some attempt to mislead the amount of drugs entering the US with semantics.
Can someone link to this "might as well be 50% of border officers cut" that Cruz asserts is happening under Biden? I can't find it. If we're arguing about semantics, if I see 50% border officers REASSIGNED to keep up with increasing number of detainments and not just straight up terminated, I would say Ted Cruz is being incredibly disingenuous.
Looks like Biden sent 1500 Troops to support the border to "in mostly administrative and transport roles to free up law enforcement and Border Patrol" that doesn't sound like Biden is just opening borders unchecked.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-administration-considers-sending-1500-us-troops-border-ahead-lifting-title-42-sources
Can you substantiate this "By lax border patrols and policies, I'm talking about border patrol officers spending more time away from the border and more time with those caught and in custody."
It feels like the articles I'm finding state that the Biden admin has increase funding to the border patrol, sent troops to support the border staff, apprehended and expelled more migrants each year, the semantic issue of whether someone is lying by omission is incredibly weak, and I take issue with this feeling I have of you making assertions but not properly substantiating them, for now I'm not going to continue this conversation if I have to be the one to cite my own findings to support my claim and also be the one to cite your findings that I find dubious in their relevance. I would never make a claim, not attach any caveats, not source exactly what I'm referring to and just "run with it". I said at the start I wasn't going to research this which I ended up doing a little of it anyway but I specifically wanted to prompt you to show me your homework which I don't see here.