When I arrived in Washington, the government was shut down due to the humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border. Six months later, as Democrats refuse to address this emergency, the crisis has deteriorated to the point that even the New York Times is urging Congress to take action before we run out of money to address this humanitarian disaster at the border.
This week, the Senate will work on legislation that allocates $4.5 billion for our southern border, which includes $3.3 billion to address the dire humanitarian crisis. The Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for providing care and shelter to unaccompanied migrant children, is out of money and without an emergency funding supplemental will be unable to provide shelter, food, and medicine for the 13,000 unaccompanied migrant children at the border.
