As the Southern border continues to struggle with hordes of migrants, the Biden administration has yet to address the issue. During President Joe Biden’s first year in the White House, he placed the growing crisis on the shoulders of his Vice President, Kamala Harris. But again, the border is still dealing with the influx as Senator Ted Cruz traveled to the area last week with another Republican Senator, John Cornyn. And while the Biden administration doesn’t want to talk about it, Cruz explained the horrors he saw which included a “rape tree”.
Holding a press conference to speak about what he saw, Cruz said, “We saw dozens of wristbands, colored wristbands, that the cartels put on the illegal immigrants to mark how many thousands of dollars those children owe the cartels, to ensure that those kids keep working for the cartels for years to come.” The colored wristbands were first reported by Reuters back in 2021.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Matthew Dyman further explained, “information on the bracelets represents a multitude of data that is used by smuggling organizations, such as payment status or affiliation with smuggling groups.”
Cruz continued to share his experience, detailing the rape trees. “The traffickers would violently rape young women and then hang their undergarments in the tree as a trophy, mocking law enforcement that there’s nothing we can do to stop it. There is something we can do to stop it: we can enforce the damn law.”
Shocked by what he witnessed while touring the area, Senator Cruz demanded, “Where are the Democrats?” The Republican insisted that President Biden knew how bad the situation is, but added that he “knows if he comes, the TV cameras will follow, and their hope is to hide the human suffering. The Joe Biden body bags keep piling up.”
Senator John Cornyn gave his take, admitting the problem “is not getting better because the Biden Administration is simply not enforcing the law. The sheer numbers of people coming across the border are keeping the Border Patrol from their primary job, which allows drug cartels to move illicit drugs that kill thousands of Americans every year.”
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