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On the recordJuly 23, 2025
in the United States, we justly pride ourselves on being a nation of laws. This is one of the things that makes our country different from the rest of the world. Economists have written about the fact that, while there are many entrepreneurial or innovation societies and economies, it is the rule of law, the predictability, the enforcement of contracts, and the fundamental guarantees of rights that make us successful where other countries fail. Unfortunately, we have seen the undermining of the rule of law, in the last 4 years, by President Biden's refusal to simply enforce our immigration laws. And my prediction is we will be paying the price not just in weeks and months but in years and decades for what has come to be known as the ``Biden border disaster.'' President Biden's policies betrayed the American people because of the lack of leadership in the face of a historic crisis--here, again, of his own making--at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Addressing immigration policy and its impact during a Senate Judiciary hearing.

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