Chaos

Things in Washington, DC, might seem a little chaotic right now. We avoided a government shutdown, but now, there's no Speaker of the House. That's stalled things momentarily. Next week, we'll start the process of electing a new Speaker—a process I know we'll emerge from stronger and more focused than ever on cutting inflation and securing our border.

While things might seem chaotic in Washington, it's nothing compared to what's happening at our southern border. There have been more than 6 million illegal border crossings since President Biden took office. For perspective, there are only about 6.1 million people in the entire state of Missouri. It's absolutely unprecedented what we're seeing at the border right now.

That's caused problems not just for border states, but communities all over the country. Even the liberal Governor of New York, who after years of supporting sanctuary state policies, has admitted the border is "too open" and we need "a limit on who can come across the border." I hate to break it to her, but we've had a limit for years. That's why we have immigration laws. We just need to start enforcing those laws, which President Biden refuses to do.

We have gotten some good news. After years of wasting billions of dollars to not continue construction of the border wall, President Biden finally started construction on 20 miles of border wall.

This wasn't his choice. Congress passed legislation to build more border wall by the end of 2023. After years of delaying and trying to reappropriate the funds for Green New Deal projects and other nonsense, the President finally gave up and declared defeat. While this might be a defeat for the White House, it's a huge win for the American people. We can't afford to continue President Biden's reckless open border policies. Under his leadership—or lack thereof—every state has become a border state.

This isn't just a Texas and Arizona problem. It's a problem for New York and Missouri. It's a problem for our entire country, and it's a problem Americans need to unite to fix.

Sincerely,

Sam Graves