ILLEGAL

Straight Talk with Sam

What part of illegal immigration do some people not understand? It's ILLEGAL-and it's illegal for good reason.

America is a nation of laws. We can't be a nation of laws if we don't have a secure border, and when those laws aren't enforced, the consequences are severe.

These consequences aren't just felt in Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona. We're seeing the effects all across the country, thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's irresponsible open border policies. Even in Missouri, we're seeing illegal immigrants drive down wages and drive up housing costs. Worst of all, the open border is allowing criminals, gang members, and illicit drugs to flood into our communities. It seems like there's rarely a day where we aren't reading about another American murdered by an illegal immigrant or another child killed by a fentanyl overdose.

We've heard a lot of excuses and empty promises from the Biden-Harris Administration on how they're working to secure the border, but those are lies. They aren't. The border is wide open, and they're still spending billions to hold up the construction of the border wall.

The Biden-Harris administration actually acknowledges that the border is a mess, yet they want to first grant amnesty to people who already broke the law before doing anything about it. Hogwash. We can enforce the laws on the books without granting citizenship to a whole bunch of folks who decided they didn't want to go through the legal process. That's not fair to those who have come here legally.

If someone wants to be a citizen of the United States, there's a legal way to make that happen. It's not easy and it's not quick, but that's the price to be a citizen of the greatest country in the world.

The Biden-Harris Administration has intentionally gotten rid of strong border policies and the result has been exactly what you would expect. The border is in chaos and our communities are the ones paying the price. It doesn't take some massive amnesty program to solve the border crisis. We have to finish the wall, secure our border, and start enforcing our laws once again.

Sincerely,

Sam Graves