Tuesday, October 26th, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) responded to the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s report on the number of illegal migrant encounters along the southern border in the month of September:
“The border crisis is beyond tragic, and the blame falls squarely on President Biden and his openborder policies. We now know that over 1.7 million illegal immigrants were apprehended crossing the southwest border this year—the highest number ever—and CBP has seized enough fentanyl at the border to kill every person in the United States seven times over.
“Right now, migrant caravans with thousands of unknown migrants are marching towards our border, and the Biden Administration continues to mislead Americans and deny the crisis.
“I am extremely concerned about who is facilitating these caravans, and what organizations are possibly involved in drug and human trafficking along the way. The Biden Administration has abandoned Texans. Their blatant disregard for border security is unacceptable and puts the safety all Americans at risk. . . “