Senate Conservatives Fight Back

Earlier this week, we told you about a so-called “border security deal” that was being negotiated in secret between some Senate Republicans, Chuck Schumer and the Biden White House. All the reports about the details of this deal indicate that it is a total disaster. No wonder it is being done behind closed doors.

I am pleased to report that several Senate conservatives forcefully pushed back yesterday against this outrageous “cave-in.”

But before he tore into this terrible deal, Senator Ted Cruz effectively framed the entire immigration debate, highlighting a number of issues I raised in my latest column. Here’s an excerpt of his remarks:

“The Biden border crisis is an absolute humanitarian disaster and Democrats don’t care. Last year, 853 migrants died crossing illegally into this country. And Alejandro Mayorkas didn’t even know how many had died because he didn’t care.

“When I brought 19 senators down to the border, we saw a man who had drowned floating in the Rio Grande. Democrats don’t care. Last year, thousands upon thousands of children were brutalized and sexually assaulted by human traffickers, and Democrats don’t care.

“Last year, thousands of women were sexually assaulted by human traffickers, and Democrats do not give a damn. Last year, more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses from Chinese fentanyl flooding across the southern border, and Democrats do not give a damn. . .

“If they cared, they would stop it. If you cared about the children being raped at the border, you would say, ‘No more!’

“When Joe Biden came in, we had the lowest rate of illegal immigration in 45 years. He inherited success, and he deliberately broke it. Democrats want these open borders.”