Summary: In July 2022, Parker County joined the call for border control by proclaiming illegal immigration an "invasion." This week Senator Cornyn leads a bipartisan group of lawmakers on a Texas border tour. Cornyn is one of two US Senators from Texas. / File under You Elected Him so You Need to Know.
Latest Update: Monday, 09 January, 2023
Sinema, Cornyn lead bipartisan group of lawmakers on border tour
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Sinema, Cornyn lead bipartisan group of lawmakers on border tour, The Center Square, 06 January 2023, Excerpts.
Arizona’s newly-independent U.S. senator and a senior Texas Republican plan to bring several of their colleagues to the southern border for a firsthand look at what she calls “Washington’s failure.”
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced Friday they’re hosting six other senators in El Paso, Texas, and Yuma, Arizona, to “see the many challenges at the Southwest Border, meet with the brave men and women tasked with securing the border, and hear from local law enforcement, community leaders, and non-profits” responsible for asylum seekers out of federal custody.
Accompanying the two are Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., James Lankford, R-Okla., Chris Coons, D-Del., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
“The humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border has created untenable and unacceptable challenges for Texas communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, which is why I’m glad my colleagues from across the country will see the impacts of this firsthand,” Cornyn said. “On this visit, we will hear from the men and women working around the clock to manage the strain of this crisis, and I hope this will result in meaningful discussions about finally securing our border and giving these communities tangible relief.”
The visits come as the southwest border ends a record year in encounters. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, a record 3 million illegal foreign nationals were apprehended or recorded evading capture by Border Patrol agents in fiscal year 2022, according to data obtained by The Center Square.
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• "Invasion" on the Border, Parker Co. included, Willow Park Civics Blog, 02 August 2022
• Reps. Gonzales & Cuellar, Sens. Cornyn & Sinema Tour Texas-Mexico Border in Rio Grande Valley, Texas Insider, 04 June 2021
• Senators Sinema, Cornyn cooperate on immigration bill, KGUN Tuson, 01 June 2021, Democrat, Republican seek bipartisan solutions
• Border crisis: Sens. Cornyn, Sinema to introduce bipartisan bill targeting migrant surge, Fox News, 21 April 2021,A bipartisan bill aimed at blunting the southern border crisis will reportedly be introduced Thursday by Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
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