House Republicans from Texas debuted a framework to regain control of the U.S.-Mexico border when the GOP takes the majority in early January and vowed to end the crisis “once and for all.”
The Texas delegation announced Thursday morning outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington a four-prong plan to reverse the record-high number of people encountered illegally crossing the southern border over the past two years.
ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS SOAR IN EL PASO SECTOR IN NOVEMBER
“We know this border better than anybody. We live it,” said Rep. Michael McCaul, the former House Homeland Security chairman. “When they say every state’s a border state, I don’t think so. We get overrun every day by the cartels, the criminals, the drugs, the fentanyls [sic], the human trafficking.”
“In the new majority, we’re going to fix it once and for all,” McCaul added.
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Republicans are poised to have a narrow 222-seat majority in January.
“With this new Republican majority in the House, our Texas delegation is committed to using every tool and authority at our disposal to hold President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, and this entire administration responsible for their dereliction of duty, to support our state leaders and their efforts to defend Texas in the face of this clear and imminent danger, and to put policies and this framework in place that will protect our citizens and secure our sovereign border,” said Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX). “This is our commitment to America.”
