Immigration & Border Security

Written in November 2024

The crisis at the border has to be dealt with appropriately. We cannot have such a porous border and believe we can remain safe within our communities. We have to ensure the U.S. Customs and Border Protection within DHS have the mandates and appropriations to obtain the objective of a secure border. We also need to process immigrants faster, and ensure they are tracked adequately.

U.S. Border Patrol has to have the tools and resources necessary to accomplish their mission - utilizing Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (AUVs) should be a top priority - this is a ‘force multiplier’ and can help stem the attempts of illegal border crossings.

As Senator, I would be in favor of implementing faster immigration vetting, applying more advanced technologies at the border, and completing the wall.

The recent border crisis was a disaster for the Biden Administration. Every knows he could have solved the planned mass migration, but simply chose not to. What is extremely sad is the cancerous polarization that occurred in February over the ‘border bill’ that included lining the pockets of politician’s friends, billions more to Ukraine with no accountability, and no assurance that new policy is robust enough to deter the number of immigrants we have seen under Biden’s leadership.

Congress is touting it is the greatest bill of our generation, but remember Obama had control of the Lower and Upper House of Congress, promised to pass immigration reform, but conveniently failed.

The win on this border bill was some reform on the asylum process, which involves an Asylum Officer instead of a court date to see a Judge in several years.