'Forget Bidenflation, we have a BIDENVASION!' Arizona GOP senate hopeful Kari Lake says her state is being overrun by a 'foreign ARMY' of 'fighting-age men' illegally crossing the border from Mexico

Arizona's Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake described the surge in migrants crossing through the southern border as an invasion by a 'foreign army' of 'fighting-aged men' as migrant encounters reach record levels.

Lake, who has not yet conceded she lost the governor's race in 2022, said on Fox New's Sunday Morning Futures that her state will be forever changed if action is not taken on the border crisis.

John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector, said for the week ending December 1, there was a total 17,500 apprehensions on the border in the region.

'The worst border in the whole country is in Arizona and is the Tucson sector,' said Lake, a former TV newsreader who is a vociferous supporter of Donald Trump.

'This is not families coming across, and we do have those, but the majority of these people are fighting aged men. We are watching as we are being invaded and we're seeing a foreign army basically pour across out border.'

'We talk a lot about Bidenflation, we have a Bidenvasion happening on the border in Arizona.' 

Earlier this year, DailyMail.com documented hundreds of African migrants crossing into the US in Lukeville, Arizona, in broad daylight. 

An ongoing diplomatic spat between the US and Nicaragua means the latter country is now charging refugees a $160 entry fee, then turning a blind eye as migrants head north towards the United States.  

In September, US Customs and Border Protection data revealed migrant encounters at the US southern border hit all-time high of 269,735, including 218,763 Border Patrol arrests at illegal crossing points, and another 50,972 expulsions at ports of entry.

The record monthly figure brought the total number of migrant encounters for the recently concluded 2023 fiscal year to 2.48 million, up from 2.38 million in 2022, and the highest of any year on record. 

US Customs and Border Protection data showed migrant encounters at the southwest land border remained high with 231,529 in October and 235,173 in November.

Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani of Arizona has called for the National Guard to be deployed to help deal with the spiraling migrant crisis.

'Tucson Sector is leading in encounters and our agents and officers are overrun and undermanned,' Ciscomani wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, hours before senators issued a statement revealing another popular port of entry would close amid the influx of arrivals.

'The situation is far past a breaking point and those on the frontlines of this crisis are in need of immediate support,' he added, citing the 3,000 encounters seen at the Tuscon Center on Thursday.

Demanding immediate federal intervention, the rep stated: 'We must be doing all we can to help our local communities, law enforcement officers, and CBP agents and officers.

'No one knows the gravity of this situation better than our local officials,' he went on, as the Lukeville Port of Entry 150 miles west was similarly overrun.

He told Mayorkas, who assumed to top spot at Homeland Security in 2021: 'As you consider this request, I urge you to work with Governor Katie Hobbs, as well as Arizona county supervisors, mayors and sheriffs.'

Shocking video from last week showed human smugglers taunting news crew at Arizona-Mexico border and blowing kisses at them while using power tools to saw hole in wall.

A fleet of SUVs belonging to a cartel pulled up to the border in Lukeville and eight people were escorted out of the vehicles.

Migrants including a family and an elderly man with one leg were assisted through the small gap in the wall by the smugglers.

Around two hours later, the cartel crew returned with electric power tools to cut a new hole in the wall.

They used electric saws and drills as well as a generator for the task before they began taunting the television crew.

The smugglers blew kisses and laughed as they continued to cut a hole through the wall.