Biden’s open border policy contributes to rise in ‘femicide’ epidemic in the US

The United Nations refers to it as “femicide” — the brutal assault, rape, and murder of women and girls simply because of their gender.

This is a widespread issue in Latin America.

Femicide is evident along the entire journey from South America and the Northern Triangle countries to the northern border of Mexico.

Instances like rape trees, where women’s clothing is displayed on branches, and rape tents, where girls and women are taken by smugglers, can be seen along the route.

Even when illegal immigrants cross into the United States, the incidents of rape do not cease. Now, women are falling victim to migrants, bringing “femicide” into local neighborhoods.

Where are the women’s rights groups in all of this?

Unfortunately, they remain silent and seemingly unconcerned.

There is a political taboo against condemning Latin America’s acceptance of violence against women.

Just two weeks ago in Queens, an Ecuadoran illegal immigrant by the name of Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi allegedly attacked a 13-year-old girl on her way home from school.

He violently raped her at knifepoint and filmed the assault for his own gratification.

Notably, progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) dismissed news coverage of this horrific crime as “fear-mongering.”

Inga-Landi has a history of abusing women, which includes physically assaulting his pregnant wife, according to police reports.

He crossed the border unlawfully in 2021 and was ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge in New York City the previous February.

And what about the teenage victim?

Her anguished father vehemently opposes President Biden’s “open border policy” because he believes it creates opportunities for danger, as he expressed to The Post.

“Look what came in,” he lamented. “Look what happened to my daughter.”

According to reports by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), violence against women is rampant in Latin America.

In Mexico, femicide rates are escalating, as reported by the George Bush Institute at the nonpartisan Wilson Center in Washington, DC.

“Gender-based violence continues to be a significant yet overlooked factor driving migration from Central America and the broader region,” stated the institute.

On April 24, UN official Alice Shackelford warned about the “emergency situation” in Honduras where violence against women is becoming normalized, resulting in the highest femicide rate in Latin America.

Migdonia Ayestad from the National Autonomous University of Honduras emphasized the extreme level of hatred and contempt towards women in the country, leading men to believe they have control over women’s bodies.

While the United Nations has its own ideological motives in this issue, and not all Latin American immigrants are violent criminals, there is an undeniable influx of dangerous anti-female sentiments entering the country through Biden’s lenient border policies.

Leftists prefer to downplay the problem, quick to condemn cases like that of Harvey Weinstein but turning a blind eye to crimes committed by Latin American immigrants.

“There’s no culture south of the border that celebrates rape,” claimed CNN political commentator Van Jones, defending the region. “You’re insulting people south of the border.”

Yet, the reality is that violence against women is pervasive in Latin America, and now it is permeating our own borders.

The tragic incidents continue to grow: A Honduran illegal migrant is accused of raping a 14-year-old girl at knifepoint in Kenner, Louisiana on February 25.

Mexican illegal migrant Eduardo Sarabia was apprehended on May 16 for allegedly abducting and raping two women in a van specially designed to facilitate such heinous acts.

An El Salvadorian illegal migrant, taken into custody this month, is suspected of raping and killing Rachel Morin in Maryland, and he is also linked to an assault on a mother and her 9-year-old daughter in a Los Angeles home invasion.

Venezuela, notorious for contributing to femicidal crimes, refuses to provide the US with detailed criminal backgrounds of migrants arrested at the border.

The consequences are devastating.

For instance, Laken Riley, a nursing student from Georgia, was raped and murdered on February 22, allegedly by a Venezuelan migrant.

On that same day, another Venezuelan migrant, Renzo Mendoz Montes, reportedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old in Virginia.

Just last week, the lifeless body of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was found in Houston, allegedly murdered by two Venezuelan migrants. They subjected the girl to a harrowing ordeal before ending her life.

These escalating incidents of violence demonstrate the urgent need for women’s rights groups supporting President Biden to take a stand: Protection from rapists and killers is a fundamental right.

Leftists may object to the term “illegal” in reference to immigrants, but the reality is that some are indeed rapists and murderers. They are monsters.

To curb this femicidal chaos, it is imperative to close the borders.

Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.