Border catastrophe hurts Nebraska
U.s. Senator Pete Ricketts
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Our country faces a safety, drug, and humanitarian catastrophe at the southern border. Yet the impacts of it are felt much closer to home. Since 2021, the Biden-Harris administration’s open borders policy has encouraged more than 10 million people to try to cross the border illegally. Violent criminals, suspected terrorists, and deadly drugs like fentanyl have poured in. Even when these people are apprehended, the Biden administration is often releasing many of them into our country. Once released, illegal aliens can go anywhere in the U.S. This has made every state, including Nebraska, a border state. The consequences can be devastating.