Mike Pence blamed reports of horrendous border conditions on DHS being overwhelmed by illegal immigrants and Democrats who won't fund additional resources.
"The truth is, in the last 10 days Mexico has done more to secure our southern border than Democrats have done in Congress in the last ten years. And that has to change," Pence argued.
"I've been down there. Head down there. Our Customs and Border Protection personnel, our dedicated men and women, they are doing their absolute best every day, they literally, I heard of the number of hospital runs that they make on any given day because people who take that long and dangerous journey north are often assaulted along the way, young women are sexually assaulted along the way," the vice president continued.
"It's horrific what is happening at our border and we know how to fix it," Pence said, arguing congressional Democrats need to make a deal."President Trump has said we could fix this in 15 minutes if the Democrats will sit down with us, close the loopholes, provide the resources we need to deal with the influx."
Pence argued that the lack of basic human health items is primarily an oversight and would be irrelevant if the U.S. demanded Mexico and the Central American countries stopped sending people north. "If we close the loopholes and send a clear message to our allies in the region, whether it's Mexico or Guatemala or other nations, that the days of this porous border are over, we will end this crisis of illegal immigration...and that along with border security will end this crisis."
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