Senator Jeff Sessions argues that “lax enforcement” of border security is driving the illegal immigration “surge.” Sessions, a Republican senator from Alabama, made the comments today on the Senate floor.

“Colleagues,” Sessions began, “today there is an unprecedented crisis unfolding on our border. This crisis threatens the very integrity of our national borders, our laws, and our system of justice. It is a crisis of the Administration’s own making, and a crisis that the Administration continues to encourage.”