On the recordJuly 25, 2023
We've spent hundreds of billions of dollars securing the border, and it has been an expensive failure.
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congress.gov“We've spent hundreds of billions of dollars securing the border, and it has been an expensive failure.”
Escobar highlights the ineffective spending on border security without reform.
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