Issue Position: Securing our Borders

Issue Position

I have spent a lot of time with the rancher community on our border and it's clear that our border is still not secure. Transnational criminal organizations are trafficking drugs, money, people, and weapons through the border and into and through our communities. This is a public safety and national security threat.

The barriers and fences already in place are delaying the illegal activity, but they are not enough and they are not everywhere. We should be using intelligence-driven operations to identify corridors of activity, and then strategically utilize sensors, airborne assets, radar, and manpower to detect, monitor, and intercept illegal activity at the border.

Although there are dedicated men and women serving in the Border Patrol in our community, the strategy from their D.C. bosses is flawed. The biggest frustration by ranchers is that the agents are not concentrated at the actual border, the best place to identify, intercept, and deter illegal activity. We need to have the political will to secure the border.

I will continue to fight to secure our border.

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