Want to Guess How Long JD Vance's BlueSky Account Lasted?
How Ted Cruz Responded to Tucker Carlson's Ridiculous 'Gotcha' Clip
Hackers Just Took Over Iran’s State TV — Here’s What They Had to...
Really, Whoopi Goldberg?
Just Wait Until Liberals Learn About Syllogisms
Miamians Agree: Holding Elections When No One Votes Is Broken Governance
Devastating Video Reminds Democrats How They Covered Up for Biden's Mental Failings
Democrat Who Blames Trump Over Iran Gets Quite the Reminder From Scott Walker
President Trump Will Extend Deadline for TikTok Ban Again
Do We Really Need Kathy Hochul Weighing In on Brad Lander's Arrest?
Obama Felt the Need to Rant About 'Commitment' to 'Liberal Democracies,' Warn About...
Texan Arrested for Allegedly Buying Fireworks for LA Protests
NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Defends ‘Globalize the Intifada’
The Results Are in: Here’s the Worst-Run Major City in America
Gavin Newsom Launched a Substack
Tipsheet

Blackburn On Her Visit to the Border: The Biden Administration Won’t Let Border Patrol Do Their Job

AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, Pool

This week, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican, visited the southern border to see the ongoing illegal immigration crisis firsthand. In a Fox News interview on Monday, Blackburn discussed her visit and how the Biden administration’s “open border” policies have left Border Patrol agents unable to do their job.

Advertisement

“The Border Patrol are fantastic. They want to do their job. The administration is not allowing them to do their job,” Blackburn said in the segment, mentioning that the National Guard and the Texas Highway Patrol are helping to secure the Texas-Mexico border. 

This year, Blackburn noted, there have been 1.1 million apprehensions at the border. During her visit, she spoke to Border Patrol agents who shared with her that the “criminal element” at the border has upticked enormously. In addition to illegal drugs, Border Patrol is highly concerned what other items – weapons, and so forth – illegal immigrants might be bringing into the United States.

“We’ve got people from 150 different countries that have crossed that border so far this year. We have apprehended two individuals on the terrorist watch list. And after the disaster in Afghanistan, people along the border, whether they’re ranchers or property owners, or local law enforcement, they’re very concerned about who and what may be coming across that southern border and coming into our communities.”

Advertisement

Previously, Blackburn has pointed out that illegal immigration is a pressing issue for her constituents in Tennessee. In her interview, she reiterated that stance and noted that “every state’s a border state,” echoing the same sentiment Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said this weekend in an interview.

“Every town’s a border town. Every state is now a border state because of this open border,” Blackburn concluded. “And the fact that by the time we get to the end of the year, we will have apprehended 2 million people. This is not slowing down at the border.”

Watch the interview here.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement