Austin News

June 17, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) reacted to reports that President Biden will announce another executive order relating to immigration, the latest in a series of actions aimed at addressing his declining poll numbers five months out from the election. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below.

“This is what the Border Patrol calls a pull factor. It’s like a magnet, attracting people into the United States who know that if they wait long enough, President Biden will find some way to allow them to stay in the United States, even though they circumvent legal means of coming into the country.”

“Now, I don’t think anybody is fooled by President Biden’s sudden interest in what’s happening at the southern border. This is a last-ditch attempt to turn down the heat on the border crisis in the lead up to the election, and the American people aren’t buying it.”

“No matter how much spin our Democratic colleagues try to put on the situation, the American people know who’s responsible.”

“President Biden waited for two years to even visit the border.”

“It took President Biden three years to even acknowledge the security crisis that’s been raging since he took office.”

“Regardless of how many executive actions that the President takes today, or how forceful his rhetoric is when he talks about the border, the American people see this 11th-hour conversion for what it is: an election-year stunt.”