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John Cornyn: since the President of the United States, President Biden, took office, America's southern border has faced…

On the recordJuly 12, 2023
since the President of the United States, President Biden, took office, America's southern border has faced unprecedented challenges. Unfortunately, none of these struggles seems to have captured President Biden's attention--not the 5.4 million border crossings or the more than 1.5 million ``got-aways''; not the 1.6 million pounds of illicit drugs that were seized by Border Patrol, the 108,000 Americans who died last year from drug overdoses; not the tractor/trailers filled with the bodies of dead migrants or city sidewalks lined with people who have nowhere to go; not even the fact that the cartels are making a fortune off the backs of vulnerable migrants and fueling America's drug crisis. The American people have been stunned by the scope and the scale of President Biden's border crisis--and I call it that because it is a result of his policies. But it has been going on for 2\1/2\ years now, and the Biden administration doesn't seem to care. The administration has tried to deflect, distract, even deceive the American people into thinking things are just not that bad or maybe they could be worse. But the spin doctors can only accomplish so much. We have continued to learn about the many ways the Biden administration has fumbled its mission at the southern border. And the consequences have been absolutely devastating.…
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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Jul 12, 2023

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