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The National Border Patrol Council, the largest Border Patrol union across the country, endorsed former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election.

“America, I have a message for you," Border Patrol agent Paul Perez, who is the head of the union’s Local 3307 chapter in Arizona. "If we allow border czar Harris to win this election, every city, every community in this great country is going to go to hell."

"The untold millions of people, unvetted, who she has allowed into this country that are committing murders, rapes, robberies, burglaries, and every other crime, will continue to put our country in peril," Perez said. "Only one man can fix that. That is Donald J. Trump."

Biden announced on March 24, 2021 his appointment of Harris “to lead efforts to stamp migration across the U.S.-Mexico border.” He reportedly asked Harris to focus on Mexico and the Northern Triangle — El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, countries that will "need help stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border," Biden said.

"On behalf of the 16,000 men and women represented by the National Border Patrol Council, we strongly support and endorse Donald J. Trump for President of the United States," the organization posted on their X account on Monday. 

An August poll released released by American Greatness showed the race to be a dead heat in seven battleground states, including North Carolina, with voters favoring Trump on economic issues and giving Harris low marks on border security and her support for reparations.

Only 8% of voters in the survey said Harris’ performance on the border was “very strong,” with 47% saying her performance has been “very weak.” 

“Thanks to failed Border Czar Kamala Harris and her top cheerleader Josh Stein, dangerous illegal immigrants like this one are causing mayhem and wreaking havoc across our state,” North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson wrote in a Sept. 13 social media post on X. “President Donald Trump and I will stop this madness!”

In fiscal year 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 2,756,646 encounters with illegal aliens. There were only 646,822 illegal alien encounters in Fiscal Year 2020 when the Biden-Harris Administration first entered office.