Conservative Texas Republican Mayra Flores said during a recent interview that the Mexican cartel now controls the southern border.
Although the Biden administration has allowed illegal border crossings to cross the border, one of the main concerns of critics has been the danger to national security.
Flores reinforces these concerns with her comments.
From the town hall:
Former Texas GOP Rep Shares How the Border Is ‘Out of Control’ Under Biden
In a recent interview with Townhall, former GOP Rep. Mayra Flores, who is running to reclaim her seat in Texas’ 34th Congressional District in 2024, shared how her Mexico-bordering district has been affected by the US’s mishandling of the border crisis Biden administration.
“The Mexican cartel has complete control of the southern border,” Flores told Townhall. “This is a situation that we [people who live near the border] experience every day.”
“This is the best time for terrorists to enter the country because we have no border security,” she explained. “We have a federal government that refuses to enforce the law.”
“This is the deadliest government, where most migrants have lost their lives,” she added.
“Nothing can stop this crisis… until the Biden administration starts enforcing the law and starts deportations. Few deportations take place. If you don’t send people back, people will keep coming,” she said.
Flores made similar comments to Newsmax:
The migrant crisis at the southern border under President Joe Biden has left the U.S. less safe than it was when the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, occurred, former Rep. Mayra Flores told Newsmax on Monday. https://t.co/djWyLhUz8r
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) September 12, 2023
She has been active in helping with cleanup efforts at the border.
The devastating consequences of the humanitarian crisis are causing damage to our environment and damage on both sides of the border. We spent this morning cleaning up the trash left behind. Every undergarment and clothing we collected conveys a sad and harsh reality.@USBPCiefRGV pic.twitter.com/LIxCf4rpgC
— Mayra Flores (@MayraFlores_TX) September 10, 2023
Her views on the potential dangers of an open border should concern all Americans.