We urge you to secure the border now! We are living in the worst border crisis in our history, with over 8 million illegal crossings since President Biden took office. We must have knowledge and operational control of who is entering and who is leaving the country. The U.S. government is supposed to create order by defending us from those that present risks to national security and our rule of law.
Here are some of the biggest problems at the southern border that need to be addressed:
- Around 16,000 officers guard the 1,954-mile-long U.S.-Mexico border. This is not enough to handle the constant flow of migrants trying to cross the border daily.
- More than 1/4 of all CBP & ICE officers are considering leaving their job, morale is low, and there has been a concerning rise in suicides.
- Approximately 1.7 million known “got-aways” crossed the southwestern border from when Biden took office until the end of Fiscal Year 2023.
By strengthening border security and imposing swift consequences for visa overstays, we send a clear message that we are serious about upholding the law. Please, set aside politics to secure the border and secure America today.
Together, we can:
- Construct border wall in strategic locations where people can quickly disappear;
- Hire more Border Patrol agents to lower the number of gotaways; and
- Arm them with better technology to better detect illegal border crossers.