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Washington, D.C. – During the House Homeland Security Committee’s markup of the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023, Congressman Josh Brecheen called on Democrats to listen to the experts, including President Biden’s own Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, and support physical barriers to help solve our border crisis. 

Congressman Brecheen’s remarks came after Democrats offered an amendment that would have struck resuming border wall construction—a key provision of the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023. 

Congressman Brecheen quoted then-Senator Joe Biden’s own words in 2006 when he said in regards to the Secure Fence Act: “Why I believe the fence is needed does not have anything to do with immigration as much as drugs. And let me tell you something folks, people are driving across that border with tons, tons, hear me, tons of everything from byproducts for methamphetamine to cocaine to heroin and it’s all coming up through corrupt Mexico.”

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“There was a time when both Democrats and Republicans believed in physical barriers. There was a time when both reasonably said that physical barriers make border patrol agents’ jobs more efficient,” said Congressman Josh Brecheen. “How have we drifted so far away where President Biden takes office and says ‘not another foot’ of the wall?” 

“I think the reasonable thing to do is listen to our border patrol experts,” Brecheen continued. “If we’re really being open to listening to one another, let’s learn from the past when both Republicans and Democrats agreed that physical barriers make the jobs of our border patrol agents more efficient. Let’s listen to the experts.” 

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