Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said during the first Republican Party presidential primary debate on Wednesday night that the U.S. can secure the southern border by getting rid of the 87,000 IRS employees funded by the Biden administration and hiring border agents instead.
“Let’s fire the 87,000 IRS agents and hire, or double, the number of Border Patrol agents,” the presidential candidate said. “I just left Yuma, Arizona, about two weeks ago. The most pressing need of the American people, from a national security standpoint, is our southern border. It has led to the death of 70,000 Americans because of fentanyl.”
“Plus, six million illegal crossings since President Biden has taken office, and 200 people on our national security watchlists have been caught at our border,” he added. “How many have not been caught at our southern border? If we just spent $10 billion we could finish the wall. For $5 billion more, we could have military-grade technology to surveil our southern…