Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) in sending a letter to Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas requesting information on the status of border wall construction and urging the administration to complete it. The group also requests the number of migrants expected to enter the United States after Title 42 expires tomorrow, May 11.
“The Administration has failed to acknowledge the crisis at our border, and is recognizing in the eleventh hour that the upcoming removal of Title 42 authorities, and the subsequent surge in border crossings that is predicted, will have disastrous effects on the security of our nation. There is no clearer evidence of this than the recently announced decision to send 1,500 active-duty troops to assist border officials who are tasked with defending nearly 2,000 miles of border territory,” the senators started.
“Additionally, the Administration’s decision to halt construction of the southern border wall has contributed significantly to the acute humanitarian crisis brought about by illegal immigration and ahead of this week’s Title 42 expiration, we urgently request more information on the status of the border wall in anticipation of future congressional action,” the senators continued.
“If the Administration had decided to spend congressionally-appropriated funds to finish the wall, perhaps your department would not need troops to assist. Perhaps the crisis would be more manageable. Terrorists, traffickers, and other bad actors know about our country’s failure to secure the border and they continuously exploit those weaknesses. There is a glaringly simple solution right in front you: we must finish the border wall,” the senators concluded.
Joining Senators Cramer and Romney are Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Ted Budd (R-NC), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), Deb Fischer (R-NE), John Hoeven (R-ND), James Lankford (R-OK), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Jim Risch (R-ID), Marco Rubio (R-FL), J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Todd Young (R-IN).
Click here to read the letter.