NICK GOSNELL Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. said that the border crisis continues despite the meeting in Mexico between Mexican leaders and U.S. cabinet members.
"Under Joe Biden, we've had ten million people cross the border illegally," Marshall said. "Ten million, including 1.7 million got-aways. We have no idea who they are, where they are, what they are doing. Certainly, we know some of them are terrorists, many of them are aliens of interest. This is our number one national security threat that we face. All along, Joe Biden's had the ability to stop this, to slow it down, with simple policies."
Marshall has a simple question for the administration.
"Why do we have to beg the President of the United States to secure our border?" Marshall asked, rhetorically. "That's his job. He took an oath to protect us from enemies, both domestic and foreign. He's not doing it."
There is literally no way to know the background of those that Border Patrol has not caught, but the cross section of those captured is concerning.
"We've caught 24,000 Chinese nationals, young men of military age," Marshall said. "You would think, if we caught 24,000, how many more are there in the got-aways? Tens of thousands of people from countries of concern, like Iran and Iraq, as well. Known terrorists, we've caught over 100 known terrorists. We've known these aren't good people."
That's setting aside the flood of fentanyl that is still crossing the border, as well. Marshall said he doesn't understand the President's motivations, but he asks constituents to watch his actions.