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Jason Smith

Jason Smith (R-MO) represents the eighth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The truth about the border

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Over the last two years, we have watched President Joe Biden and his administration make a mockery out of our nation's border security. Because of his refusal to enforce the law or keep in place strong policies adopted under the Trump administration, record numbers of illegal immigrants have crossed the border. There have been over a million gotaways, or illegal immigrants who crossed the border and evaded authorities. That's more than the entire population of Delaware, Biden's home state. In October, there were 230,678 illegal immigrant encounters at our southern border, a 334% increase from the average number of October encounters under President Donald Trump. And we've had 20 straight months of over 150,000 illegal border crossings. In other words, it's clear as day that the border is in complete chaos.

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