U.S. Rep. Carl on border crisis: ‘I personally don’t think there is a plan — I think Biden was in such a hurry to try to destroy what Trump had put in place’

The front-and-center issue on the national political scene has been the turmoil underway at the U.S.-Mexico border and how the Biden administration is attempting to diffuse the situation.

Some Democrats have said the crisis underscores the need for a comprehensive approach to solving the country’s immigration woes. However, U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) said he did not believe there was such a plan.

During an interview on Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5 on Wednesday, Carl suggested the rush to transition from the Trump administration’s immigration policy is what has caused the situation underway now.

“[I] personally don’t think there is a plan,” he said. “I think Biden was in such a hurry to try to destroy what Trump had put in place there that by just cutting it off and shutting it down and throwing his arms open, I don’t think they anticipated what’s happening there now. So now it is a matter of who else can they blame without blaming themselves because most of these congressmen — they have an election coming up in 2022. It’s not that far off. They’re going to have some pressure put on them. We’re getting flooded. We’re just being overrun by these folks coming from the south.”

“We need their labor,” Carl continued. “I’m all for it. I’ve got a farm community. We need their labor. It’s a seasonal job. Let’s figure out a way of making the green card smoother and easier and more documented — come in, do your work, go back home to Mexico. I’ve spent a lot of time around some of these folks. It is what they want to do. They can come here, work for six months and make two years’ worth of income in Mexico. So that is what they choose to do. Then they go back home to their families. That is what they want to do.”

According to the AL-1 Republican congressman, there was more money to be made in human trafficking than the drug trade at this moment, and he urged his Democrat colleagues not to be concerned about blame but instead work toward a solution.

“What you’ve got now is the coyotes are bringing them across for $3,000, $4,000 per person,” Carl said. “Cartels are making more money off of this, off of human trafficking than they are on drugs. Let’s stop and think — some of these people get a discount on coming over for bringing the drugs with them. It’s just a wide-open border. It’s scary, and up here, it’s on everybody’s conversation. Democrats are not the evil person here we want to make them. They’ve made a mistake. Let’s fix it. That’s OK — let’s fix it now before it gets any worse.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly, and host of Mobile’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on FM Talk 106.5.