Marc Molinaro: “My amendment is very simple. It is a modest increase to funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency which…”

“My amendment is very simple. It is a modest increase to funding for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency which will assist in ensuring our southern border is secure. There is little question that this administration has created a crisis at our border. Every State across America is facing the significant challenge of millions of undocumented individuals crossing into the country, in some cases even being transported to cities and States across America by this very administration. With that comes significant increases in human trafficking and the drug trade increases of fentanyl and synthetic opioids crossing the border, taking American lives, and devastating communities all across the country. My own State of New York, admittedly, through bad policy decisions of the mayor of New York City and the Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, has become a border State. Hundreds of thousands of individuals are being relocated to the State of New York all at the same time making an enormous crisis even worse. In our own State we have seen individuals transported from downstate to upstate all with the sanction and the incentivizing from this President and the administration. Every tool, every resource, and every additional dollar we can provide Customs and Border Patrol is critically necessary to not only securing our border but saving lives, as well.…”