Mariannette Miller-Meeks: “Since President Biden took office there have been 8.7 illegal crossings nationwide. There have been over 7.2 million…”

“Since President Biden took office there have been 8.7 illegal crossings nationwide. There have been over 7.2 million illegal crossings of our southern border. The total number of illegal immigrants who have entered through our southern border is greater than the population of 36 States, including Iowa. Last week, the Republican-led House took a stand and passed the Laken Riley Act, legislation introduced by Representative Mike Collins. This is in addition to having passed H.R. 2, a border security and immigration bill. This legislation honors the life and memory of Laken Riley and other victims of the Biden administration's open-border policies and endorses immigration laws. The legislation also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged with theft in the United States. I voted for the Laken Riley Act to honor Laken Riley and protect our communities. I also voted in honor of the countless victims of the border crisis, the angel families, like Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old University of Iowa student who was killed by an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who lived in the United States for several years before murdering Mollie. Like Laken Riley, Mollie was out for a jog. These heartbreaking stories of both Laken and Mollie are a constant reminder that our immigration system is broken and that the Biden border crisis is worsening by the minute.…”