Political Quotes

“August border numbers came out on money, bringing the total number of encounters at our southern border, thus far, for fiscal year 2024 to more than 2 million--2,033,260 to be precise--the third highest total ever recorded, with another month still to go. The highest total ever recorded was in fiscal year 2023. The second highest total ever recorded was in fiscal year 2022. And the fourth highest total ever recorded was in fiscal year 2021. In other words, President Biden and Vice President Harris have presided over 4 years of recordbreaking illegal immigration at our southern border. The problem started right away. On the day he took office, President Biden began dismantling the border security policies of his predecessor, and illegal immigration began surging in response--no big surprise there. For 3-plus years now, President Biden and Vice President Harris essentially just stood around and watched. They watched as recordbreaking numbers of individuals surged across the southern border. They watched as the Border Patrol and border cities struggled under the massive influx. They watched as encounters of individuals on the Terrorist Watchlist nearly quadrupled in fiscal year 2022, and then rose even higher the next year. Vice President Harris was supposed to be President Biden's border czar. I would be hard-pressed to name anything she did to stop the influx.…”