SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Michigan News Source) – Republican U.S. Rep Tim Walberg (MI) arrived at the southern border on Sunday and will be meeting up with a handful of other colleagues on Monday in San Antonio and
Uvalde at the invitation of Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (TX-23) who represents San Antonio.

His district runs along the majority of the Texas border with Mexico, north of the Rio Grande, stretching from western San Antonio to El Paso.

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Rep. Gonzales had indicated that he was planning this trip and Walberg asked to be included. Gonzales is happy to have any colleagues, democrat or republican, go down to the border to see the situation on the ground using his knowledge of the area and relationships built with law enforcement.

The group is going to get a firsthand account of what is going on at the border. This trip comes at a time when some say the southern border is being overrun by migrants coming from all corners of the world, encouraged to immigrate to America because of democratic policies and our lack of a secure border.

Walberg said, “We’ve had an incursion at the border for a year and a half now that’s almost uncontrollable…”

Walberg described the trip to Michigan News Source by saying, “The sole purpose of this trip is to be reacquainted with what’s happening on the ground right now and to see if we’re even getting a slight impression from the media reports about what is happening.”

A CBP report says that in June alone there were more than 207,000 migrant encounters. This was fourth month in a row that numbers went over the 200,000 mark and those numbers don’t include the got-aways. The United States has already had more than two million migrant encounters since October of 2021 under the Biden-Harris
administration.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insists that the border is “closed” and “secure” as he has said on numerous occasions but border agents on the frontlines disagree.

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A border patrol agent who spoke to Fox News Digital after Mayorkas’ latest assessment that the border is secure, pushed back by saying, “Hundreds of thousands crossing every month is not the definition of secure. They are liars and anyone who believes them are fools.”

Walberg says that Homeland Secretary Mayorkas should be held in contempt of Congress for telling them the border is secure when it’s not. He said “to say the border is secure is farcical. It’s a fairy tale at best, and a lie at worse. That’s why we want to go down (to border) and that’s why members of Congress all over the southern states
whether it be Texas, Arizona or California have invited colleagues to go down to the border and see what’s taking place.”

Walberg and other congressional representatives will meet up in San Antonio this morning and take a walking tour of the Eagle Pass migrant processing center near the Maverick County Airport to see how the operations are ran. Walberg is eager to see how the migrants are processed, get an update on what’s taking place and see how many
are being held at the center as compared to the lower-population processing center in McAllen, Texas that he visited a few years ago during the Trump presidency.

Walberg said that back then the facility was moving forward well because of Trump policies, the wall being built and better messaging to dissuade migrants from coming into the country.

After checking out the processing facility, the representatives will go to the Eagle Pass Port of Entry to take a look at cargo technology and the drug apprehension unit.

Walberg pointed out the technology currently being used that includes X-rays, SONAR and laser technology to stay ahead of the human and drug traffickers. He said, “It’s amazing what we have to have in place to deal with people who are just intent on breaking the law and getting past it.”

After going to the port of entry, there will be a lunch roundtable meeting with ranchers and business owners and talks about trade challenges and the impact the open borders are having on their lives and businesses. And then there will be a press conference.

Next, the representatives will go to the Uvalde Emergency Operations Center for meetings with sheriffs and chiefs of police and to participate in a border ride-along to see the kinds of operations that they are involved with and what obstructions they have to overcome to be able to monitor the ports.

Next on the agenda, a law enforcement roundtable will include issues about the border and also talks about the Robb
Elementary School shooting including talking with the special unit of the US Border Patrol who will recount what they saw and what took place at the school.