Rose Visits U.S.-Mexico Border for Second Time to Address Crisis
McAllen, Texas—Today, for the second time this year, U.S. Representative John Rose (R-TN) traveled to the United States-Mexico Border to see firsthand the continuing deterioration of the Biden administration's border crisis. He joined former President Donald Trump, Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN), and fellow RSC members in calling on the Biden administration to address the ongoing humanitarian, public health, and national security crises.
"The current administration can deny, deflect, and distract, but President Biden and Vice President Harris can no longer outrun the fact that there is an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions right here at the southern border. I visited the border only a few months ago and I am outraged and saddened that the Biden administration has made little if any progress nor substantial effort to protect our nation from the surge of illegal immigrants at the border.
"Our unsecure borders are being taken advantage of daily by human traffickers and drug cartels, and the surge of immigrants entering the U.S. illegally is a direct result of the Biden administration's senseless and reckless open border policy. Border security is national security, and without a strong border, we are putting our entire country at risk. We cannot continue to allow President Biden and Vice President Harris to turn their backs on our border and our citizens," said Representative Rose.
During the trip, Representative Rose traveled to the United States-Mexico Border near the Rio Grande Valley as well as visited the Weslaco Department of Public Safety (DPS) Headquarters.
Illegal border crossings have skyrocketed this year with more than 180,000 encounters at our southern border in May, which marks a 21-year high. Additionally, Custom and Border Patrol (CBP) agents seized 934 pounds of fentanyl at the southern border in May, a 300% increase from the same month last year. On top of that, planeloads of illegal immigrants are being offloaded in communities across the country including in Tennessee – turning these areas into border towns. Representative Rose is fighting for strong border policies to protect communities at home in Middle Tennessee from having to bear the brunt of this crisis in their school systems, health care systems, and police departments.
U.S. Representative John Rose is currently serving his second term representing Tennessee's Sixth Congressional District and resides in Cookeville with his wife, Chelsea, and their two sons, Guy and Sam. The Sixth District includes Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, White, and Wilson counties as well as portions of Cheatham and Van Buren counties. Representative Rose is an eighth-generation farmer, small business owner, and attorney, and currently serves on the Financial Services Committee.
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