Political Quotes

“the Biden border crisis continues to rage. Last month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered 207,416 individuals attempting to cross our southern border illegally, the highest June number ever recorded. And April and May successively set records for the highest numbers for any month ever. During the 2021 fiscal year, Customs and Border Protection encountered a record number of individuals attempting to cross our southern border illegally--1,734,686, to be precise--a record. We still have 3 months to go for this fiscal year, but we have already exceeded last year's number by more than 11,000. That is right. In just 9 months, we have already exceeded last year's record number of apprehensions. The situation on our southern border is out of control, although you would never know it to hear the President and his administration. ``The border is secure'' the President's Homeland Security Secretary said just a few days ago. Again, The border is secure. My only question is how he said that with a straight face. Our southern border is the opposite of secure. It is in crisis. The flood of illegal immigration is so great that huge numbers of Customs and Border Protection officers have been pulled off the border to process migrants. A May article from the Economist reported that: Around 60 percent of CBP agents have been assigned to process migrants, taking them away from field work.…”