WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) announcement that more than 208,887 illegal aliens were apprehended at the United States southern border in August – an increase of 317% from August 2020. For months, Senator Scott has called for President Biden and Vice President Harris to do their jobs, secure our border and address the national security and humanitarian crisis caused by their failed policies of amnesty and open borders.

Senator Rick Scott said, “For months, I have been calling for this administration to get the border under control and protect American families and our national security. August’s apprehension numbers further confirm our fears – Biden’s border crisis is only getting worse. In August 2021, our brave CBP agents saw illegal crossing explode and apprehensions jump 317% from this time last year. There have been more than 1.3 MILLION apprehensions in 2021 under Biden’s open border policies – equivalent to 1 in every 300 people in the United States, or the entire city of Dallas. While Biden’s border crisis fuels horrific human trafficking and drug smuggling by cartels, and leaves defenseless unaccompanied minors subject to human trafficking, violence, sexual abuse, and separation from their families, Democrats remain silent and absent. Biden and Democrats can’t ignore the humanitarian and national security crisis they created at the southern border any longer – they need to secure the border NOW.”

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