FACT #1
In four Customs and Border Protection sectors where physical barriers have been expanded -- El Paso, Yuma, Tucson, and San Diego -- illegal traffic has dropped by at least 90%.
FACT #2
In fiscal year 2018, U.S. Border Patrol seized or helped seize 282,000 pounds of cocaine,248,000 pounds of methamphetamine,6,500 pounds of heroin, and 2,400 pounds of fentanyl.
FACT #3
In 2018, over 17,000 adults arrested at the border had prior criminal records. This included over 6,000 gang members, a major number of those members were from MS-13.
FACT #4
The Democrats would rather risk the safety of hard-working Americans than work with President Trump to secure our nation’s borders. But in 2013, all 54 Senate Democrats, including Chuck Schumer, voted to passlegislation that provided $46 billion to build a physical barrier on the border.
FACT #5
Nancy Pelosi and her hyper-liberal Congressional colleagues just passed a bill to give $54 BILLION to foreign governments, but Democrats won’t allow just $5 billion to secure our borders and protect American citizens.
FACT #6
America’s weak asylum laws allow illegal immigrants with baseless claims to come and stay in the United States while awaiting legal proceedings. Since 2010, these claims have increased by 1,700%.
FACT #7
The abuse of our weak asylum laws has rapidly increased the backlog of our immigration courts. In fiscal year 2018, these courts had abacklog of more than 786,000 pending cases.
