OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) made a visit to Oshkosh on Friday for a discussion about President Joe Biden’s border policies.
Johnson criticized the openness of the United States’ southern border, saying it has lead to the increase of fentanyl in Wisconsin. Authorities have called the drug the number one drug threat to the Fox Valley.
“The bottom line is, President Biden’s and the Democrats’ open border policy is literally facilitating the multi-billion dollar gain of some of the most evil people on the planet,” Johnson said.
Alongside Winnebago County Sheriff John Matz and Fond Du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt, Johnson explained how he believes those policies are largely responsible for rising crime throughout the country.
“More than six million people,” Johnson said. “This is a flood of people that are from a different country that don’t speak our language, that far too many of them are dealing in drugs. This is going to be a problem that we’re going to deal with for years and years. It’s still not coming under control.”
Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director of the American Immigration Council issued this statement:
Without Congress doing more to fund processing at ports of entry; infrastructure to receive migrants; and efficient and fair resolution of asylum cases, future bottlenecks and panics at the border are guaranteed… Proposals that would eliminate or severely reduce access to asylum and parole would increase chaos at the border.
However, U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics show over two million more total enforcement actions in 2023 compared to 2019. When asked about these numbers, Johnson said they’re misleading.
“The vast majority of CPB’s time right now is spent on encountering, process and dispersing,” Johnson said. “This administration doesn’t even consider it a problem. They consider it a challenge. Their solution to the challenge is not enforcing the law, it’s becoming more efficient and encountering, processing and dispersing.”
PEW Research data shows 13.7% of people living in the today U.S. are immigrants. That’s nearly triple the number from 1970.
