Political Quotes

“I was troubled to recently hear that former chief of Border Patrol, Raul Ortiz, never spoke to either President Biden or the Vice President and so-called border czar Kamala Harris in the 2 years he headed up security at our southern border. In a recent interview, Chief Ortiz said he never had a single conversation with either of them. He went on to say: ``That is a problem,'' given that he commanded 21,000 border patrolmen. I would argue it is more than a problem. At the very least, it is an indication that border security was never and has not been a priority for our Commander in Chief. It is a bit like abandoning a soldier on the battlefield, Mr. Speaker. Because of the policies of the Biden administration, Ortiz had to endure an unprecedented surge of illegal immigration month after month. In his 2\1/2\ years at the helm, there were more than 5 million illegal immigrant encounters and 1\1/2\ million got-aways during that period. His patrolmen seized more than 50,000 pounds of fentanyl at the southern border by the time of his retirement at the end of last June. When asked about whether the White House was sending mixed messages to Mexico, Central America, and beyond, he said, without hesitation: Yes. That mixed messaging was heard loud and clear when President Biden was on the campaign trail in 2019 and said that the United States could take another 2 million immigrants ``in a heartbeat.'' That message got even louder after he took office.…”