Exclusive | Biden-Harris admin shipping migrants to Arizona and Texas to hide border problem before Election Day: Its about optics

With just two weeks until the presidential election, the Biden-Harris administration is working overtime to hide its illegal migrant problem from the public’s view, furious Border Patrol agents say.ICE has been ordered to speed up deportations.And Border Patrol agents are busing and flying migrants from San Diego — where arrivals are still double what they were when President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office, Homeland Security sources told The Post.They’re being sent to border towns in Texas and Arizona, which have far fewer migrants.San Diego County Border Patrol Supervisor Jim Desmond called the move a “blatant attempt” by the Biden-Harris admin “to protect their image before the election.”Each week, “numerous buses” are being sent to Yuma, Arizona, and “3 to 4 planes” are being flown to McAllen, Texas, Desmond said.He sounded the alarm about the policy on X, writing: “This isn’t about securing the border for the Feds — it’s about optics.”For months, the administration has touted a drop in illegal border crossings following new asylum restrictions — which are essentially a rehash of Trump administration policies.

But the San Diego sector of southern California is still getting slammed — in part because migrants have a better chance of skirting the rules and staying in the country due to an order, previously reported by The Post, that agents should release migrants from more than 100 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.Migrants from those countries are harder to deport because their home governments don’t readily accept deportation flights.The Border Patrol had more than 1,200 illegal migrants in custody in a single day last week in San Diego’s migrant holding facilities, which are meant to hold just 1,000 people — putting Border Patrol center at 122% capacity, Homeland Security sources said.Earlier this summer, the facility was at more than 150% capacity.Facilities in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas is...