WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following his visit to the United States’ southern border in Yuma, Arizona last week, Senator Rick Scott asked for unanimous consent on the Senate floor to pass his Upholding the Law at Our Border Act. During his visit to the border in Yuma, Senator Scott saw firsthand the impacts of the Biden administration’s reckless and dangerous open border and amnesty policies. In response to this ongoing crisis, Senator Scott’s legislation would require the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the vetting and processing of migrants apprehended along the southwest border to ensure all laws are being upheld. Senate Democrats blocked its passage.

Senator Rick Scott said, “Just in the short time I was with our brave law enforcement and border patrol agents in Yuma last week, we watched dozens of migrants illegally enter the United States through massive gaps in the border wall – gaps that could easily be filled with the piles and piles of fencing sitting and rotting away at Joe Biden’s direction. And we know drugs, like deadly fentanyl, are pouring across the border too. It makes me furious to see this administration so recklessly ignore the law and its duty to protect our borders. My bill, the Upholding the Law at Our Border Act, is a simple piece of legislation that would find out if the Department of Homeland Security is following the laws of this nation. Of course, Senate Democrats blocked it. It has become crystal clear that under the Biden administration, Senate Democrats have no interest in solving problems, they only know how to cover for Biden’s massive failures. I want to ask my Democrat colleagues: how do you explain Biden’s open border policies to the parents and families of the 100,000 lives lost in drug overdoses this year? How do you explain the Biden administration’s decision to leave our borders open, putting our brave border patrol agents, American families and our communities at risk from the savage cartels? The American people deserve better than this and I’ll never stop fighting to secure the border.”

See more in his speech HERE or below.

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