Straight Talk with Sam

When illegal immigration surged in early 2019, President Trump took decisive action to secure our border and protect our communities. He instituted the Remain in Mexico policy, redoubled efforts to build the wall, and declared a national emergency. Nancy Pelosi and her pals tried to overturn it and reopen our southern border. I led House Republicans in protecting President Trump's national emergency declaration to keep our country safe.

As a result, when President Biden and Vice President Harris got to the White House, they inherited a border that was under control. Instead of building on President Trump's success, they blew up everything to appease a few liberal activists. They immediately threw out Remain in Mexico and canceled contracts to build the wall-costing taxpayers billions and making our communities less safe.

To nobody's surprise, illegal immigration skyrocketed. Since 2021, there have been 8.1 million encounters at the southern border, including dozens of individuals on the terrorist watch list. The terrifying reality, though, is that there have been more than 2 million gotaways that completely evaded border patrol agents during that time. We have absolutely no idea who these individuals are or what kind of threat they pose to our country.

President Biden denied that the crisis existed for months, but when it became too big to deny any longer, he naturally tapped Vice President Harris as his new Border Czar. Yes, he picked the woman who doesn't think illegal immigration should be a crime to fix the border crisis. Unsurprisingly, that didn't work.

After many more months of delays, denials, and dithering, the Biden-Harris Administration somehow decided to tell everyone the only way to solve this crisis was to pass "immigration reform" and grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. That wouldn't just be unfair to the millions of people who have come to our country legally; it would be like putting up a giant billboard at our southern border that says, "Come on in! Free citizenship and welfare!"

What's unbelievable, though, is that they think we're stupid enough to believe that. President Trump already got the border under control without granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. All it takes is enforcing the laws already on the books and giving our border patrol agents the tools they need to do their job, including a big, beautiful wall. The time for excuses is over. It's time for action.

Sincerely,

Sam Graves