By Jennifer Van Laar - March 26, 2021

As Nick Arama covered, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) led a congressional delegation on a visit to the US/Mexico border in Mission, TX, this week. Senators spent time observing conditions along the Rio Grande and visiting detention facilities where babies and children are being held in very close quarters. The group has been tweeting pictures and videos from their visit, and Friday afternoon held a press conference to discuss what they saw and take questions.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) spoke about the rapid processing of illegal immigrants as Border Patrol agents deal with approximately 6,000 people a day illegally crossing the border, calling it merely “a speed bump” on the path to illegal immigration, and also described the terrible conditions in which children are being held.

The Biden administration’s policy decisions are causing massive suffering and inhumane conditions, Johnson said, adding that when the group was out on the Rio Grande in a Border Patrol boat, they had to slow down because the body of someone who’d drowned while attempting to cross the river into the United States was in the water. He said . . .

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