Senate Republicans blasted the “open border” policies of President Joe Biden during a Thursday press conference, saying that his policies were allowing sex trafficking and the flow of drugs across the border.
A group of Senate Republicans tore into Biden over the border, highlighting reports that the administration had been unable to make contact with the sponsors of roughly 85,000 children who had illegally come across the border and then been released into the U.S.
“Of the 300,000 children who have been placed with sponsors in the United States,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said. “In 85,000 of those placements the 30-day wellness call that is typically made by the Administration went unanswered. Not only does the Biden Administration not know where 300,000 children currently reside – whether they are going to school, whether they are getting health care, whether they are being recruited for gangs, whether they are being trafficked for sex, or just simply neglected or…