Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) criticized President Joe Biden for ignoring the current surge of migrants at the nation’s southern border during his first speech before Congress on Wednesday night. “While I share President Biden’s urgency in fixing our broken immigration system, what I didn’t hear tonight was a plan to address the immediate crisis at the border,” Kelly said in a statement following the president’s speech. “I will continue holding this administration accountable to deliver the resources and staffing necessary for a humane, orderly process as we work to improve border security, support local economies, and fix our immigration system.” During the speech, Biden did not mention the situation at the southern border, where immigration agents apprehended in March alone over 172,000 individuals seeking to illegally enter the United States. According to the latest report by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, there were more than 351,800 encounters in the first …
Arizona Democrat Criticizes Biden for Ignoring ‘Immediate Crisis at the Border’ in Speech
April 29, 2021
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