BIDEN-HARRIS BORDER CRISIS

Biden-Harris Border Crisis Worsens

• While Democrats fail to protect the American people, border state Republican governors are stepping up to protect their constituents.
• Joe Biden and Kamala Harris refuse to stop the border crisis they created – and it’s worse than ever.
• Harris has been border czar for 100 days and there has been little to no progress on securing our border and keeping our country safe.
• For months, Harris treated the crisis at the border like it is a joke:
  • Insisted visiting the border would only be a “grand gesture.”
  • Rolled her eyes when asked about the border.
  • Equated going to the border with “play[ing] political games.”
  • Laughed when asked if she would visit the border, saying “not today.”
  • Compared going to the border to going to Europe.
  • Ignored questions about why she wouldn’t visit the border.
• Because of the Biden-Harris border crisis and open border policies our communities are less safe.
  • Residents of border towns are scared to leave their homes due to surging border crime.
• Numbers show the border crisis has only gotten worse.
  • In May, 180,034 illegal immigrants were apprehended trying to cross the border – the highest one-month total in 21 years.
  • The number of unaccompanied migrant children encountered at the border per day is increasing.
    • CBP agents recently encountered 530 unaccompanied migrant children in one day, up from the average 300 daily encounters.
  • CBP Agents are arresting nearly 6,000 illegal immigrants a day – that’s the highest number in two decades.
• Border apprehensions have increased every single month that Biden has been president.
  • 711,784 migrants have been caught attempting to illegally cross the border in Biden’s first five months in office.
  • 88,998 migrants who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border have been released into the United States since Biden took office
    • Just 18 people who were let go during President Trump’s final full month in office.
• Human traffickers and drug smugglers are taking advantage of the Biden-Harris open border policies.
  • More deadly fentanyl has been seized so far in 2021 than throughout all of 2020.
  • Intelligence officials have warned individuals with ties to terrorist groups are taking advantage of the “porous border.”

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