Arizona Rep. Hoffman to Newsmax: Border Situation ‘Incredibly Bad’
Arizona | August 10, 2021
The migrant situation has become “incredibly bad” in Arizona, where border counties are seeing 300% to 400% increases in violent crime as a result, state Rep. Jake Hoffman told Newsmax Tuesday.
“We’re seeing situations where their county jail systems are over a third full of illegal border crossers (who are) committing crimes once they’re in this country,” the Republican lawmaker told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “That is a travesty. And look, this is not just a border crisis. This is a humanitarian crisis.”
The Biden administration, he added, is “openly inviting” more migrants to cross the border, and that is also creating an economic and a crime and security crisis.
“It goes on and on in the middle of the worst pandemic we’ve had in more than a century, so it just makes no sense,” said Hoffman. “It doesn’t seem like there’s any sort of endgame in mind when it comes to the administration, except for trying to turn states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas blue or more blue.”…
(Excerpt from Newsmax)