A Border Town’s Democratic Mayor Has Had EnoughTexas mayor Pete Saenz: 'It was working under Trump, call it whatever you want to call it, but it was working'Joseph Simonson • September 30, 2021 5:00 am
Laredo, Texas, mayor Pete Saenz (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)The Democratic mayor of Laredo, Texas, slammed President Joe Biden's immigration policy, alleging that his party has no plan to fix the southern border and has abandoned local communities in favor of massive spending proposals for other interest groups.
Mayor Pete Saenz says that for months many of his city's public services have been forced to focus on providing humanitarian aid, medical services, and transportation for thousands of migrants who pass through Laredo. Those are jobs, he says, the federal government should handle—particularly as the Biden administration loosens immigration restrictions. The added threat of COVID-19 has led Saenz to admit reluctantly that former president Donald Trump's policies benefited Laredo residents.
"We need to truly secure the border," Saenz told the Washington Free Beacon in an exclusive interview. "It was working under Trump, call it whatever you want to call it, but it was working."
As Democrats scramble to pass $3.5 trillion in federal spending on programs ranging from free community college to "achieving a carbon pollution-free power sector," Saenz notes how little of that money will be used to support Customs and Border Protection. The president's budget allocates virtually no additional funds to the agency, which is dealing not only with inflation but also with record numbers of illegal immigrants since Biden took office.
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https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/a-border-towns-democratic-mayor-has-had-enough/
