Political Quotes

“I rise in support of our CRA disapproval of the Department of Homeland Security's public charge inadmissibility rule. Last week, I had the honor of leading a trip with several of my fellow Senators to Brownsville, TX, to see the border crisis up front and firsthand for myself--the border crisis created by Joe Biden--as title 42 was coming to an end. We met a lot of people on the trip, and I want to share some of their thoughts, some of their concerns. We met a young former marine officer who said he felt safer in Afghanistan than he did in southern Texas right now. Local residents were bracing for the impact, with 170,000 people just across the border waiting to come across with the end of title 42. Families are gearing up to protect their families against the cartels, very specifically. We met a fifth-generation rancher who was leaving his family ranch and moving his family into town, and even that night, he was teaching his wife how to load a 410-gauge shotgun to protect their family. We met officers. Many of these officers were multigenerational--their fathers, their grandparents had served on the border--and they said it was worse than they have ever seen in their lifetime. Something new on this trip: We were told that 90 Chinese military-age nationalists are entering illegally every day in South Texas. As we all know, over 6 million people have entered the country illegally since President Biden took office--6 million people.…”