It is the responsibility of the federal government to secure our nation’s sovereign borders. President Biden and his administration have abdicated their responsibilities with their poor border policies.
By Cong. August Pfluger
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – 200,000 illegal immigrants were encountered at the southern border last month – a 325% increase from the average July number under President Trump. This brings the total number of illegal crossings since President Biden took office up to over 4.2 million including 800,000 illegal immigrants who escaped into the country undetected. To put that in perspective, that is the size of more than 13% the population of Texas.
I am committed to shining a light on this terrible crisis and ending the never-ending influx of illegal immigration.
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee just released the latest installment of Startling Statistics highlighting the incredible security risk created by President Biden's Border Crisis.
- Encounters of individuals found on the terror watchlist climbed by 10 last month—surpassing total encounters from the previous five years combined.
- July was the 17th straight month with more than 150,000 encounters – a trend never before recorded.
- As of July 31, 66 people whose names appear on the terror watch list have been tracked trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border this fiscal year.
- In just eight months this year, Customs and Border Protection has already arrested 22,375 individuals with criminal convictions and 627 known gang members, including 256 members of MS-13 attempting to cross the border.
Click here to read the full Startling Stats sheet. Click here to watch my conversation on Fox Business this week denouncing President Biden's Border Crisis.
