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Congressman Posey published the following opinion piece on Newsmax.com:

On his first day in office, President Biden went to work tearing down important border security measures put in place by President Trump, sending a strong message to the world that his administration would not enforce our border laws.

In doing so, Biden paved the way for an invasion of millions of illegal immigrants on our southern border and set the stage for this dangerous and unsustainable border crisis.
It’s a reckless endangerment of the American people. President Biden and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas must be held accountable for what they have done.

When I visited the border near Nogales, Arizona several years ago, I saw firsthand how dangerous it is.

Aside from inviting millions of illegal aliens to break our immigration laws, an open border empowers the brutal cartels notorious for drug smuggling, human trafficking, gun running, and committing extreme acts of violence. Fentanyl, which is heavily trafficked by these cartels with help from China, has become a leading cause of death for adults aged 18 to 45. Open borders enable human trafficking to flourish, and sadly the United States has become one of the world’s worst offenders. Scariest of all, terrorists have used the border crisis as cover to slip into our nation undetected.

What brought us to this point?
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