Americans across the country, people around the world, and myself believe that in this room, they know that President Biden is failing at our southern border. That is not a secret. We have had months of record-shattering numbers of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border. We have had unfathomable amounts of illegal drugs produced by Mexican cartels--meth, fentanyl, heroin--coming into our country. It is making its way across that southern border and into States like my home State of Montana. Many of you have probably heard me say that Montana is a northern border State with a southern border crisis. Well, that is true. The crisis at our southern border, created by President Biden, is out of control, and we all know we must do something to change the status quo to protect our families and our communities. But what I am here to talk about today is how President Biden is also failing at our northern border--the border between the United States and Canada. While our southern border remains wide open to illegal drugs, illegal immigrants--many potentially COVID-positive or unvaccinated--our northern border remains closed because of President Biden. The hypocrisy here is stunning. It is infuriating. It is unexplainable. There is no reason or rationale behind President Biden's decision. It can't be because of COVID-19 or because of vaccination rates. Canadians are over 80 percent vaccinated--80 percent.…
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