Sen Collins visited the southern border on May 26 to view, first hand, conditions there and the chaos that exists at the border. She was with a group of U.S. senators, one of whom, Mike Braun of Indiana, tweeted: “When we had the Remain in Mexico policy we [had] 45 year record lows for border apprehensions. Now, due to President Biden’s policies, the surge of illegal migrants at the border is the worst in 20 years.”
In its May 2021 report, Customs and Border Protection reported it had “encountered 180,034 persons attempting entry along the Southwest Border.” This projects out to more than two million annually, far surpassing the 1.3 million apprehended in 2004, which was the highest number for the last two decades.
Sen. Collins commented that the “Border Patrol is overwhelmed, overworked and discouraged by the new policies.” Those new policies include accepting into the country any, and all, unaccompanied alien children or UAC, who claim amnesty.
Sen. Collins’ final comment on the Border Patrol was that they are “putting themselves in danger each and every day to help secure our borders. They need our help. They need better policies from Washington.”
Better policies from Washington? She is one of these denizens of Washington responsible for policy. Is that the best she can do? Those policies, as mentioned by Sen. Braun, are the reverse of former President Trump’s policies.
Why doesn’t Sen. Collings appeal to President Biden, and start demanding border security enforcement, and not the “Welcome Wagon” approach of this administration? Disgraceful.