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On the recordSeptember 29, 2023
I am in support of funding the government so our military, Border Patrol officers, and other dedicated employees that are protecting our Nation can continue with their job and get paid while they are doing it. I am also in support of House Republicans pushing and demanding that the Senate secure our border by including the bill that we have already passed out of this House, H.R. 2. One of the biggest crises in our Nation right now is a result of this administration's disastrous border policies. President Biden's policies have allowed 233,000 border crossings in just August of this year compared to 50,000 just 3 years ago under President Trump. Biden has invited 211,000 additional migrants to fly directly into the United States from their home foreign country. Biden has accepted 263,000 additional more migrants to apply for asylum via his new CBP One app. Biden has allowed 151 migrants to enter our country that are on the terrorist watch list--and that is just who we have caught. Biden has allowed migrant women and children to get raped by cartels. His policies have allowed young migrant children to be sold into sex slavery. His policies have allowed fentanyl to flood our border and kill our citizens. This has got to stop, and Republicans are here to stop it and protect our Nation. House Republicans have already passed a bill to secure our border that is now sitting over in the Senate waiting to be heard. Schumer won't even bring it up for a vote.…
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Debbie Lesko
Republican · Arizona

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