Congressman Mike Rogers Says Democrats Continue To Call For Impeachment While Border Crisis Worsens

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement
today as Democrats continue to call for impeachment while the national
security and humanitarian crisis on our Southwest border with Mexico
continues to worsen by the day. 

 As of now, U.S. Border Patrol agents have caught over 56,000
unaccompanied
minors trying to cross our border this fiscal year. Over 56,000 - that’s
roughly the number of everyone in Anniston, Oxford and Jacksonville. 

 House Democrats continue to refuse to address the major issues facing our
southern border. 

 “I recently proposed legislation to provide the $4.5 billion in
additional funding for humanitarian response and border operations that
the
Administration requested, but Nancy Pelosi blocked that bill 15 times,
without offering any other solutions,” Rogers said  

 Recently, even the liberal New York Times Editorial Board acknowledged
the
humanitarian crisis at the southern border and urged Congress to address
it. “By continuing to delay the funding, House Democrats are jeopardizing
the health and safety of the folks they claim they want to help just to
have a political issue against President Trump,” Rogers added. 

 If the Democrats refuse to address this crisis within the next month,
government agencies will run out of money to care for the unaccompanied
children at the border. 

 “The time is now to deal with this crisis, and I call on House Democrats
to stop pursuing their impeachment fantasy and start addressing real
issues
that America faces. They cannot continue to ignore this crisis,” Rogers
said. 

 Rogers serves a Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and
is a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee. 
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