The Biden-Harris administration’s “smoke and mirrors” border scheme has concealed the true extent of the immigration crisis amid the 2024 election season, San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond revealed during a Monday interview with Glenn Beck.Between September 2023 and June 2024, the Border Patrol released more than 155,000 foreign nationals onto the streets of San Diego County, Desmond stated.'This isn’t about securing the border for the Feds — it’s about optics.'Most of those individuals were dropped off at the Iris Avenue Transit Center, where they hitched a ride to their next destination deeper within the interior of the U.S. after being released by Border Patrol officials. The Biden-Harris administration was torched for the street releases and the negative optics of using the train station as its main drop-off point for the San Diego Sector.According to Desmond, the federal government started busing and flying immigrants to other border sectors to reduce the number of street releases in San Diego County.“There’s about three buses a day that Border Patrol is taking migrants to Yuma, Arizona, which is right on the California-Arizona line. So about three buses per day, and they have about three or four flights per week, leaving San Diego going to Texas, primarily McAllen, Texas,” Desmond told Beck.“It’s just smoke and mirrors. What they’re doing is they’re just taking these numbers, they’re no longer putting them on our streets, which was very in the open, and press and everything else had access to that, and they’re hiding them by busing them to Arizona or flying them to Texas,” he declared.Desmond noted that the southern border numbers may be down over the past few months but only from “record highs.”Border officials told Desmond that the agency planned to restart the street releases in San Diego County last Friday.“So I think, unfortunately, we’re going to be back to the mayhem that we had in the previous months,” he told Beck. “That’s what I fear.”He noted that, under the Biden-Harris administration, the San Diego Sector had become the number one spot for border crossings and fentanyl and “one of the top spots for human trafficking.”Desmond also explained to Beck that several times per week boats packed with illegal aliens are running up onto the shores. The illegal immigrants then jump off the boats and flee on foot into nearby neighborhoods.“They just abandon the boats on the beach. Those people aren’t even checked or go through Border Patrol. They’re not fingerprinted,” he stated. “That’s been happening for months.”Desmond slammed the state’s sanctuary status, which prevents local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials. “The state of California is a sanctuary state, which means our local law enforcement cannot enforce immigration laws. So even these people that are getting off the boats and walking into our neighborhoods, local law enforcement can’t do a thing about it,” he continued.“There’s very little locally anybody can do about this,” Desmond added.In a post on X, he wrote, “Border Patrol officials have informed me that street releases were set to resume again last Friday in San Diego County, adding to the more than 155,000 in the past year. But with the election around the corner, the Federal Government was worried about the optics, so every day, they’re bussing illegal immigrants from San Diego to Yuma, Arizona, to fly them across the country.” “This isn’t about securing the border for the Feds — it’s about optics,” he concluded.The Border Patrol did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A journalist was reportedly arrested over the weekend after he attempted to expose an all-ages drag show held at the Mission Event Center in Mission, Texas.The Fiesta de Colores event was held on Saturday and hosted by RGV PRIDE, a South Texas Equality Project group. It was open to the public for $10 per person. One advertisement promoted the event as free for children under 12, while another conflicting ad stated that children under 10 could enter for free."All ages welcomed," one ad stated. "Vendors, drag entertainers, music & more.""RGV PRIDE presents Fiesta de Colores, a celebration of diversity with the LGBTQIA+ Family & Allies. The event will take place at Mission Event Center and will feature a variety of activities, including music, dancing, and more. The event is scheduled for Saturday, October 19th, 2024, from 3pm to 12am," it continued. "Did you know in October as part of LGBTQ+ History Month we have: 8th - International Lesbian Day 11th - National Coming Out Day 15th - National Latinx HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 16th - International Pronoun Day 26th - Intersex Awareness Day Last week: Asexual Awareness Week."'Four Mission police officers arrested Taylor for not leaving.'According to RGV PRIDE's website, Geneva Karr, a "Drag Artist from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16," was slated to "grace our main stage." The event also offered a meet-and-greet with Karr.Sarah Fields, the president of Texas Freedom Coalition, reported in a post on X that her friend and fellow journalist, Taylor Cramer, was arrested by Mission Police Department officers after he attempted to expose the all-ages drag show.According to Fields, Cramer purchased a ticket and received a wristband to attend the event. Once inside, he entered the main room, where a drag performance was taking place with at least one child present, she noted.The journalist's video evidence showed that Cramer attempted to film the show, but a man obstructed his view by dancing, clapping, and jumping in front of the camera."Security told Taylor he had to leave. He explained that only the owner or acting manager of the property has the legal authority to trespass someone. (This is correct)," Fields continued. "Four Mission police officers arrested Taylor for not leaving. Two officers then talked with him outside in front of another officer who was going to [transport] him to booking. They asked Taylor if he 'would be cool' and they would not book me if he simply left the property."Cramer's approximately two-minute video captured his interaction with local police officers. He could be heard asking police whether the person who requested he leave the event was the owner of the building."No, the City of Mission is," the officer responded."Yes, the City of Mission owns this building where you're having this drag show with children right now," Cramer stated."Yeah, yeah," the officer replied, nodding his head in the affirmative.Police refused Cramer's request to re-enter the event, as attendees inside held the door closed."Well, look, let's go talk outside," the officer told Cramer."No, I'm not doing the outside thing. Because that's all you want me to do is get outside the property. If I haven't done anything wrong, I don't need to," Cramer stated.Cramer refused to leave without instruction from the property manager."She doesn't want to come out," another officer told Cramer."So, I have it from your authority — can you say on camera that from the acting manager of this facility you, as the lieutenant, are relaying that information?" Cramer responded.The officer requested that the journalist put the phone down as he reached to grab it from him. Officers told Cramer that he was being placed under arrest. "What? For what?" Cramer asked. An officer replied, "You've been told to leave."The video jumped to the men continuing their conversation outside. One officer can be heard telling Cramer, "It's a free country, correct?""No, it's not," the journalist responded. "I just got arrested for just being here. Yep, no, it's not a free country. You guys proved it. You absolutely proved it."Last year, Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed into law Senate Bill 12, which prohibits sexually oriented performances in the presence of children. However, the law is currently not in effect, as it remains tied up in the court system after the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas challenged the legislation.The City of Mission, the Mission Police Department, and STEP did not respond to a request for comment.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Abortion remains one of the biggest issues Christian voters face on the ballot, and many are demoralized by former president Trump’s moderate stance — as it will result in the lives of more innocents being taken. Since Kamala Harris and her VP pick, Tim Walz, are drastically more radical on the topic of abortion, many of those voters don’t see a choice that reflects their values and are threatening to sit out of the election. President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Dr. Albert Mohler is of the mind that sitting this election out is not the answer. “We’re called to a very long fight here. We’ve got to stay in the fight, and that means that we’ve got to be honest about the political alternatives in an election like 2024,” Mohler tells Allie Beth Stuckey of "Relatable." “When it comes to the Harris-Walz ticket, you’re talking about absolute unbridled support for abortion at any point up until birth, paid for by the American taxpayer, and, quite frankly, aggressively supported with all the power of the administrative state. On the Republican side is a very different picture, and frankly, we need to be honest about those two stark alternatives,” he continues. Stuckey is in complete agreement, noting that a future Harris-Walz administration views abortion as a “fundamental right” that should not be left up to the states. “I noticed just in their animation, Kamala and Walz in the debates, that this is really what they’re most excited about. This is when they kind of become most articulate, it’s when they sound the most knowledgeable. When they are talking about abortion, their fervor just comes out in full force,” she explains. While the United States Constitution recognizes certain rights as inalienable, Stuckey and Mohler both understand that the Democrat ticket plans to recognize abortion as one of those. “From the Christian worldview, there are certain human rights that the government doesn’t create, it just recognizes and agrees to honor, and that’s ridiculous when it comes to abortion on both counts, because there is no society throughout all of human history that has somehow come to the claim that abortion is a fundamental, inalienable right,” Mohler says. “Governor Walz, he signed one of the most aggressively pro-abortion bills in all of, I won’t say American history, all of world history, in which there’s absolutely no restriction on abortion, period. The bill that he supported and signed into law in the state of Minnesota,” he continues, adding, “I think he means what he says, and that’s what scares me the most.” Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The editorial board of the Los Angeles Times will not endorse anyone in the presidential election after a 20-year run of endorsing Democrats. The editorial board listed other endorsements and said it was “no exaggeration to say this may be the most consequential election in a generation" but then ignored the presidential election. The LA Times had endorsed Harris when she ran for California attorney general in 2014 and in 2016 when she ran for the US Senate. While some on social media saw this as a sign of former President Donald Trump's popularity, a report by Max Tani of Semafor claimed it was forced on the editorial board by the paper's billionaire owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. A spokesperson for the Times refused to comment on the story. “We do not comment on internal discussions or decisions about editorials or endorsements," read the spokesperson's statement. Semafor reported that Soon-Shiong, who became wealthy in the health care industry, also overrode the paper's leaders when they were going to endorse U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts during the Democratic primary presidential campaign in 2020. The paper endorsed no one in the primary but endorsed then-candidate Joe Biden in the general election. The L.A. Times had endorsed Harris when she ran for California attorney general in 2014 and in 2016 when she ran for the U.S. Senate.Some on the left posted images of their subscriptions being canceled over the decision. "Of all the elections to sit out. The Los Angeles Times decision to not endorse for president this year made my decision to cancel my subscription extremely easy. They’ve coward [sic] in fear over Trump’s 'Enemies will be punished' threats. Gross, weak and pathetic," responded lawyer Sean Nyberg. Prior to 2008, the paper had refused to endorse any presidential candidate over interior disagreements about the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. Prior to that, the paper had endorsed Republicans for nearly a century since its 1881 founding. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Florida police arrested a 36-year-old woman who allegedly instructed her 10-year-old daughter to murder a baby by dropping the child on its head, causing serious injuries. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that Tara Alexis Sykes was arrested after they were contacted by the Gulf Coast Kids House on Thursday over serious injuries reported to a 2-month-old baby. 'I have been in Law Enforcement for over 40 years and have never seen anything quite like this.'The baby had been dropped headfirst onto a tile floor, and police determined that the child had been instructed to do so by Sykes through the social media features on the Roblox game. Police said that Sykes enumerated various methods by which the girl could kill the baby, including drowning in a bathtub, burning with scalding water, or dropping the baby on its head. Sykes also allegedly told the child to kill two foster parents that the child was living with temporarily. Sykes had instructed the 10-year-old on how to kill the adults the 10-year-old was temporarily living with by cutting their throats with a knife while they slept and burning their house by dousing bed sheets with aerosol spray and setting them on fire. The 10-year-old doused the sheets but was unable to carry out the instructions. The baby suffered a skull fracture but is expected to survive. Sheriff Chip W. Simmons said he was "truly disturbed" by the allegations in the case. "I have been in Law Enforcement for over 40 years and have never seen anything quite like this," said Simmons in a statement. "There is something really wrong with her."Sykes was held without bond, and the sheriff's office spokesperson said they do not foresee the daughter being charged with anything. The woman was charged with attempted murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse. Experts warn parents to monitor children on social media and limit their use to prevent access from child predators. In one incident from 2023, a Delaware man allegedly kidnapped a 11-year-old girl from her New Jersey home after interacting with her on Roblox. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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