If Biden admin ‘wanted to stop’ border crisis, ‘they would’: Sen. Cornyn
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on the Biden administration’s response to the migrant surge at the southern border.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said on Monday that if the Biden administration wanted to stop the migrant surge, "they would."
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JOHN CORNYN: I would say it’s a failure of the administration to perform one of the most basic functions a government is supposed to perform which is to defend our borders, protect our national sovereignty and enforce our laws.
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There is no deterrence. There are no consequences associated with illegally entering the United States. Under the Biden administration, they’re waved through and told to appear for a future hearing and we know the majority of them will not show up. And so this is an invitation for more people to do exactly the same and that’s what I predict. If they wanted to stop it, they would. We know from the Border Patrol that there are three things that we need. We need Border Patrol agents, we need infrastructure called a fence or wall and we need technology. We need the will to actually accomplish the job. That’s what’s lacking here. And the American people are simply being lied to.
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