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WASHINGTONToday, U.S. Senator and Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced theSolving the Border Crisis Act. This bill will secure the southern border by resuming construction of the border wall, strengthening management and enforcement capacities, and upholding the rule of law.

The Biden administrations dismantling of the effective immigration system it inherited has created a full-blown disaster at the southern border. The past few months of illegal migrant encounters have broken every record in the book, and there is no end in sight unless we secure our border with strong immigration policies,said Risch.Using several of the findings of my recent migration report, Im proud to introduce the Solving the Border Crisis Act to prevent this national security and public health disaster from getting any worse.

The skyrocketing amounts of fentanyl and unlawful migrants coming over our border must stop. The irresponsible and dangerous border policies of this administration are allowing Mexican transnational criminal organizations to traffic record numbers of unlawful migrants and deadly, illicit narcotics into communities in Ohio and throughout the country,"said Portman."Thats why Im proud to introduce this bill to implement the recommendations from our recent border report to end the catastrophe at our border to ensure the safety and security of all Americans."

The Solving the Border Crisis Act will:

Text of the bill can be foundhere.

A one pager on the bill can be foundhere.

Background:Under the Biden administration, illegal immigration has reached some ofthe highest levels ever recorded. In the first eight months of FY 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has already encountered more than1.4 million illegal immigrantsat the southern border compared to almost 1.7 million in FY 2021. Last month, Risch and Portman published a report titledBidens Border Crisis: Examining Policies that Encourage Illegal Migrationoutlining how the administrations policies have exacerbated the crisis at the southern border and incentivized illegal migration. Read the full report,here.

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Risch, Portman Lead Bill to Combat Crisis at the Southern Border - Jim Risch