U.S. Sen. Katie Britt isn’t wasting any time in getting her feet on the ground.
The state’s freshman senator will join Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) to visit the Del Rio Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border next week.
The all-female delegation will tour the area Jan. 9-10.
“President Biden created a humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border. He ended Remain in Mexico, terminated the safe third country agreements, and pushed to end Title 42,” Blackburn, Hyde-Smith and Britt said in a joint statement. “All the while, deportations have dropped to the lowest levels in ICE history.
“Under the Biden Administration, drug cartels have been emboldened to take advantage of innocent women and children for sexual and monetary gain. Human trafficking has skyrocketed from a $500 million business in 2018, to a $13 billion complex industry.”
The senators will meet with federal, state and local law enforcement to see the impact of Biden’s border crisis firsthand, the news release said. They will also meet with local landowners and those who have been victimized by the cartels and trafficking.
“President Biden’s failure to secure the border is resulting in countless innocent victims being sexually abused and killed,” the senators said. “Over the last two years, drug overdose deaths – largely driven by fentanyl – have become the leading cause of death for adults 18 – 45-years-old.
“It’s time to enforce the rule of law and secure our border.”
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