The GQP regularly uses the number of people arrested/intercepted, and the quantities of drugs intercepted (most carried by US legal residents/citizens), as proof of an open border — when it’s actually proof of robust enforcement.
And the same GQP is adamantly refusing to approve Biden’s requests for more money for more BP staffing so they can do a better job. It’s crystal clear, and often explicit, that they don’t want to solve the problem; they want to campaign against Biden on it, because it’s all they have now that abortion (and LGBTQ) have gone toxic for them.
The GQP regularly uses the number of people arrested/intercepted, and the quantities of drugs intercepted (most carried by US legal residents/citizens), as proof of an open border — when it’s actually proof of robust enforcement.
And the same GQP is adamantly refusing to approve Biden’s requests for more money for more BP staffing so they can do a better job. It’s crystal clear, and often explicit, that they don’t want to solve the problem; they want to campaign against Biden on it, because it’s all they have now that abortion (and LGBTQ) have gone toxic for them.