Tuesday, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) responded to the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s report on the number of illegal migrant encounters along the southern border in the month of September.

Rep. August Pfluger: “The border crisis is beyond tragic, and the blame falls squarely on President Biden and his open-border policies. We now know that over 1.7 million illegal immigrants were apprehended crossing the southwest border this year—the highest number ever—and CBP has seized enough fentanyl at the border to kill every person in the United States seven times over.

“Right now, migrant caravans with thousands of unknown migrants are marching towards our border, and the Biden Administration continues to mislead Americans and deny the crisis.

“I am extremely concerned about who is facilitating these caravans, and what organizations are possibly involved in drug and human trafficking along the way. The Biden Administration has abandoned Texans. Their blatant disregard for border security is unacceptable and puts the safety all Americans at risk.

“President Biden and Democrats in Congress must come to the table and work with Republicans on commonsense measures to secure our border and protect American lives.”

Watch Congressman Pfluger’s Floor Speech on the Border Crisis here.

Click here to view a fact sheet on the September Border Crisis numbers (Courtesy of Homeland Security Committee Republicans).