On the recordNovember 3, 2021
As Congress debates spending trillions of taxpayer dollars, there is a crisis on our southern border that is being ignored. In the past year, our Border Patrol agents have made almost 1.5 million apprehensions, yet we are still seeing that there is a massive surge in illegal immigration. The rise in overdose deaths that our country has seen can be directly tied to the increase in fentanyl that is being smuggled into the United States through Mexico. Now, at the height of the crisis, we are seeing reports that the Biden administration wants to pay settlements to immigrants who enter our country illegally. This is unacceptable. Now is the time to secure our border and stop the security and humanitarian crises that this policy has created. Right now, Congress should be working to address the real and present danger at our southern border, not debating yet another socialist spending spree. ____________________
