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On the recordSeptember 24, 2024
Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the crisis that we are facing today in America at our southern border. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have created the worst illegal immigrant crisis in American history. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden removed every successful policy that was in place during the Trump administration. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden replaced them with policies that released millions upon millions of illegal immigrants into our country. The crisis, the chaos, the crime--they are all a direct result of the terrible policies by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. Here are the facts: More than 10 million--10 million--illegal immigrants have flooded into our country. They have done that in just the last 4 years with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden in the White House. At the same time, deadly drugs like fentanyl are flowing into our communities. Each year, tens of thousands of Americans are poisoned by fentanyl that comes across our southern border. Our communities in every State are being overrun and overwhelmed by this flood of illegal immigrants. Let's look at the horrible scenes that are developing now in Aurora, CO, just to the south of my home State of Wyoming. This is a city where members of violent Venezuelan gangs have turned apartment complexes into hell holes. That is exactly what they have done.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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