WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott led a press conference with Senate conservatives to voice their strong opposition to the recently released “border deal.” Joining Senator Scott were Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO). Following the press conference, Senator Scott released the following statement.

Senator Rick Scott said, “It was a TOTAL FAILURE of Mitch McConnell to abandon the voters by keeping nearly every member of the Senate GOP Conference in the dark to craft an immigration bill falsely labeled as a border security bill. I want a secure border, and so do people in my state of Florida. That’s not what this bill does. Not only does this bill not force President Biden to secure the border, it codifies catch-and-release letting millions of illegal aliens into the country, funds sanctuary cities, gives illegal aliens U.S. jobs and spends your tax dollars so they can have free attorneys. If that’s not bad enough, it also spends $10 BILLION to fund the salaries of Ukraine’s government employees and lets BILLIONS go to Gaza, which is still dominated by the Hamas terrorists that killed 1,200 Israelis, more than 30 Americans, and are still holding Americans hostage. That won’t fly. We can’t forget: BIDEN is leading a lawless administration – we have to force his hand to actually secure the border and protect U.S. national security, not give money to terrorists. Anything short of that is an unacceptable failure.”

View Senator Scott’s remarks HERE.

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