A Republican Congressional candidate spoke Thursday about how Border Patrol agents reacted when he brought in 400 feet of razor wire he bought from a hardware store to repair the border wall.
kate monroeHe is running for the House seat held by California Democratic Congressman Mike Levin. Posted A video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, showed a gap in the border wall that was meant to be repaired on Wednesday. She told Fox News host Laura Ingraham about the reaction of Border Patrol agents when she informed them of her intentions at the scene. (Related: 'Terrorist threat looms beyond borders': DCNF reporter talks about terrorist arrested in Minnesota)
“I told them exactly why I was there. I said I was here to secure a hole in the border. I saw it on '60 Minutes,' how on earth could they secure this little hole?” “I said, 'Why not?'” he told Ingraham about the trip to the Monroe border. “This doesn't seem that difficult. Once they found out who I was and that I was running for Congress as a Republican, they told me exactly where to go. I said, “You guys stay here and babysit 60 immigrants waiting for bus and plane tickets. You're not allowed in, so I'll go guard the border.”
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) report Since the start of fiscal year 2021, there have been more than 6.6 million encounters with illegal immigrants.
“So at one point we were having 500 to 1,000 people coming in and out a day. That's just one of the three holes,” said the former Marine and founder of a charity supporting veterans. one monroe says according to Visit the campaign site, Ingraham said. “Actually, tomorrow I'm going to find the other two holes and repair them. Why stop at one hole? As you can see, immigrants exist all over the world, and illegal aliens just walk through the border as if nothing has happened. It's swarming.”
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration are in an ongoing legal battle as the state seeks to stop illegal immigrants from crossing the border with Mexico. Mr. Abbott issued a defiant statement after the Supreme Court ruled in January that the Biden administration could cut the bellows wire installed by states at the border, and the National Guard could also cut the fence. He said that it is one of the institutions that has been established.
“This is the United States of America,” Ingraham said, holding back a laugh. “We…have to get candidates for Congress to go to the hardware store and buy razor wire. I mean, that wouldn't be possible…if this weren't for our country being in crisis.” , that would be really interesting.”
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