Migrant Says ‘I Love You Joe Biden’ After Crossing Illegally in Arizona

One of the thousands of illegal immigrants who crossed into the U.S. at an overwhelmed part of the southern border in Arizona had warm words for the president of the United States as he hoped to be released into the country.

“I love you Joe Biden, thank you for everything, Joe Biden!” the male African migrant told Fox News in Lukeville, Arizona.

“I’m a good person, I want to be good person here in the United States,” he said.

Both he and another migrant said they are not seeking asylum and instead wanted work and opportunity in the U.S.

“I came here because I want [a] quality life, America is a land of opportunity,” the other migrant, also from Africa, said.

Both were planning on going to New York City, which has seen more than 140,000 migrants since last year and has been forced to cut budgets due to the crisis.

Both the migrants were part of a massive surge of migration into the Tucson Sector in Arizona which has left authorities overwhelmed.

The Tucson Sector saw nearly 3,000 encounters in a single day and has seen 17,500 encounters in a single week, the highest weekly total ever recorded.

Of those camped out, there were a large number of Africans from countries Senegal, Guinea, Mauritania, Egypt and elsewhere waiting to be processed and potentially released into the U.S. Others were from the Middle East and Asia.

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