Political Quotes

“Mr. President, 10 million. Between official U.S. Customs and Border Protection encounters and known ``got-aways,'' there have been roughly 10 million migrant encounters at our southern border during the Biden-Harris administration. To put that number in perspective, that is roughly 10 times the population of my home State of South Dakota. Ten million is larger than the population of Colorado. It is larger than the population of Tennessee. It is larger than the population of Maryland, of Massachusetts, of Indiana. I could keep going. Ten million is larger than the population of the vast majority of U.S. States. Needless to say, a crisis of this size has had consequences. Shelters have been overwhelmed. Border cities have been overwhelmed. Blue cities far from the border have been overwhelmed. Border Patrol agents are exhausted, as their Chief noted in an interview last week. I haven't even mentioned the national security implications. There is no question that the chaos at our southern border represents a serious security risk for our country. And you don't have to take my word for it. The Department of Homeland Security's 2025 threat assessment notes: Over the next year, we expect some individuals with terrorism ties and some criminal actors will continue their efforts to exploit migration flows and the complex border security environment to enter the United States. That is from the Biden Department of Homeland Security's 2025 threat assessment.…”