The state of Alabama is suffering the consequences of the Biden administration’s liberal border policies, according to Republican U.S. Senate nominee Katie Britt.
Recently updated statistics compiled by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) show that approximately 91,000 illegal immigrants reside in the Yellowhammer State.
According to Britt, the mass influx of migrants that continue to penetrate the nation’s interior have “effectively” turned Alabama into a border state.
“There is no doubt that Joe Biden’s radical agenda has effectively made every state a border state, including Alabama,” declared Britt in a statement to Yellowhammer News. “His administration has intentionally chosen to eliminate the strong border policies that were working under President Trump and instead turn back to the failed agenda we first saw implemented by President Obama. For example, President Biden has replaced the commonsense Remain in Mexico policy with the dangerous practice of ‘catch and release.’ The result is record numbers of illegal immigrants flooding across the southern border and being released into places like Alabama.”
Throughout her senatorial bid, Britt has made combating illegal immigration a central tenet of her candidacy. As Alabama’s junior senator, the first-time candidate pledged that she would work to implement conservative reforms to the nation’s immigration laws “on day one.”
“I have previously released my plan to overhaul our immigration system in a way that puts American families and workers first, and I am eager to begin fighting to implement this plan on day one as Alabama’s Senator,” she outlined.
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Should Republicans regain control of Congress, Britt said that the Biden administration would be held to account over its “failure” to protect national sovereignty.
“The Biden Administration’s failure to fulfill their Constitutional duty to defend our nation’s sovereignty and uphold law and order is merely one reason why it is crucially important that Republicans retake both the U.S. Senate and the House in November to hold them accountable and restore sanity to Washington,” asserted Britt. “Together, we will save the country we know and love for our children and our children’s children.”
Britt will face progressive Democratic Party nominee Will Boyd in the November 8 general election for the seat currently occupied by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa).
Dylan Smith is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanSmithAL
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