The government’s fundamental responsibility is to protect “the safety and indeed the lives of its citizens.” United States v. Salerno. But President Joe Biden has abandoned this responsibility by refusing to enforce federal law to protect the border. As a result, the lives and property of the people are under attack by the Mexican drug cartels.  

My hometown of Yuma, Arizona, has witnessed how Biden’s “open border policy” has allowed cartels to tighten their grip on the border, allowing them to spread violence and bloodshed across Arizona. Cartels make billions of dollars selling lethal drugs such as fentanyl, causing the deaths of tens of thousands and destroying communities. They also get rich by abducting children and selling them into sexual slavery, as well as by transporting hundreds of thousands of persons illegally across our border. It’s a national disgrace.