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House Speaker Mike Johnson leads 64-deep GOP contingent to border: ‘America is at a breaking point’
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0:37Now PlayingHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) led 64 fellow Republicans on a visit to the besieged southern border Wednesday to amplify their call for an immediate crackdown on illegal immigration.
Speaking in Eagle Pass, Texas, Johnson told reporters the nation’s increasingly porous perimeter has empowered cartels, imperiled migrants and left the country vulnerable to terrorist infiltration.
“One thing is absolutely clear,” he said. “America is at a breaking point with record levels of illegal immigration.”
Johnson squarely blamed President Joe Biden and Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas for record-breaking rates of illegal border crossers, calling the situation a rapidly unfolding “catastrophe.”
“The situation here and in other parts of the country is truly unconscionable,” Johnson said after visiting migrant processing centers and conferring with local residents and law enforcement officials. “We would describe it as both heartbreaking and infuriating.”
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