Worthy of ‘impeach’

Sen. vs. Joe on border

Sen. Tom Cotton slammed the Biden administration’s response — or lack thereof — to the ongoing border crisis Tuesday, saying Republicans could launch an impeachment inquiry over the matter.

During an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, the conservative host asked Cotton (R-Ark.) whether a GOP-controlled House of Representatives could “actually bring up a serious, perhaps impeachment inquiry just on this issue of the border alone.”

“No, Laura, I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility because of all of the abuses of the Biden administration,” Cotton responded. “I think what the Department of Homeland Security has done to undermine American sovereignty, to open up our borders to undercut wages and jobs for American workers is probably the most egregious, and they’re open about it.

“[DHS] Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said in speeches that being illegally present in the country is no longer even a priority for deportation,” Cotton added. “They admit these things publicly.”

On Monday, US Customs and Border Protection revealed that it had recorded 178,840 illegal immigrant encounters at the US-Mexico border in December, up 2% from the November number of 174,744.

The agency added that it had apprehended 135,040 individuals attempting to enter the United States in December, a 5% increase over November.

CBP added that fewer than half of the total number of encounters — 78,589 — led to an individual being processed for expulsion through the Title 42 public-health authority, and lawmakers have expressed concern over reports of dozens of adult migrants being transported from processing centers along the border to various US cities.

Cotton insisted that when someone crosses into the US illegally, “their final destination should always be turning them around and send them back to their home country.”

“It shouldn’t be putting them on a bus or an airplane at taxpayer expense to go wherever they want [in] the United States,” he said.