The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress are complicit in what's happening at the U.S.-Mexico border, said Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.
"President [Joe] Biden, on day one when he became president, said, 'I'm going to stop construction on the border wall.' He undid all of the [former President Donald] Trump policies that were actually helping reduce the number of illegal immigrants crossing the border," Lesko said during an appearance on Newsmax's "Saturday Report."
"In December of last year, we had the highest number of illegal immigrant apprehensions in the history of us recording how many people are coming across the border. I always find it interesting when reporters ask illegal immigrants themselves, 'Do you think the border is closed?' and the immigrants say, 'No, I just crossed it.' This is just terrible. This is a humanitarian crisis.
"In Texas, people are sleeping out in the cold. In Arizona, we have girls that are being raped; women that are being raped. I have talked to Border Patrol officers and officials on the ground in Arizona. They said they suspect many of these young, teenage girls are being sold into sex slavery. Tons of fentanyl is crossing over the border, killing Americans. And the Biden administration is complicit in all of it."
Lesko said House Republicans will pass border security legislation, but "what happens with it in the Senate, I don't know." And Biden will "probably veto it" because he "wants open borders," she said.
"They are not prioritizing securing the border, and it's affecting U.S. citizens. It's affecting the illegal immigrants themselves because the cartels are totally in control," she added.
Fentanyl seizures along the southwest border from November to December 2022 increased by 52 percent, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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