WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed Vice President Harris’ role as Border Czar and her complicity in the administration’s disastrous border policies, which have resulted in a record number of illegal crossings, grave humanitarian conditions, and a system exploited by cartels. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here.  

“Over the last three and a half years, Vice President Harris has proven she has no interest – zero interest – in stopping the alarming number of people streaming across the border, and the results speak for themselves.”

“Record number of illegal crossings, grave humanitarian conditions, dishonest accounting – this has been the reality of the Biden-Harris administration, and there can be no serious doubt that if elected President, Vice President Harris would keep these disastrous policies in place.”

“Back in 2018, then-Senator Harris was asked if she supported the ‘Abolish ICE’ movement. You may recall, this is back when our colleagues on the left, the Democratic Party, supported ‘Defund the Police.’ She went even farther and said we ought to abolish ICE.”

“That same year in a Senate hearing, she compared U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Ku Klux Klan. How outrageous and irresponsible is that?”

“As reports indicate, the Vice President of the United States, who was appointed the Border Czar by President Biden, has never spoken to the head of the Border Patrol, neither the current one or his predecessor. Think about that for a minute.”

“Vice President Harris has played a key role in fueling the largest immigration crisis our country has ever seen. If she was able to accomplish that much as the Vice President and Border Czar, I hate to know what kind of damage she can inflict from the Oval Office.”