John-
America is at war with the Mexican drug cartels. Even if we aren’t on a war footing, the cartels are. Recent drone footage showed Mexican cartels camping out just a few hundred yards from our border, in what is essentially a forward operating base. These bases are filled with cartel soldiers armed to the teeth with long guns and body armor.
And one of their main sources of revenue - fentanyl - is flooding across our borders and killing Americans. In July, Border Patrol agents saw a nearly 200% jump in seizures of fentanyl at the U.S.-Mexico border. Of the more than 108,000 overdose deaths last year, more than 80,000 were linked with fentanyl. Now the cartels are improvising with “rainbow fentanyl,” colored fentanyl pills disguised as candy.
This is our biggest national security threat and it’s right on our doorstep, being fueled by Biden’s open border policies. Since President Biden has taken office, the U.S. has had almost 4 million [3,926,529] migrant encounters. CBP had 199,976 migrant encounters along the Southwest border in July 2022, including 134,362 single adults, 52,040 family units, and 13,299 unaccompanied minors.
And as of July 30, 60 people whose names appear on the terror watch list were stopped trying to cross into the U.S. – Mexico border between ports of entry in this fiscal year.
We need to get on a war footing now, and the first step to taking back control of our border is taking back control of Congress. That’s why I’m fighting relentlessly to elect strong conservatives in swing districts across the country so we can have a governing majority after the midterm elections. If we are not successful, Democrats will continue to push for open border policies and ignore the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis that is threatening our safety and sovereignty.
I could really use your help in this effort, and greatly appreciate any donation you can make to this mission.
