WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Stopping Border Surges Act (https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/8F1B5E4F-4287-4C19-96B4-8B69383E8F6D) to disincentivize child trafficking and combat bad-faith asylum fraud. The bill is cosponsored by Senators Jim Banks (R-IN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).
"Child traffickers have smuggled abused children across our border thanks to the Biden administration's policies that made it easier for them to cross by claiming to have a child," said Senator Mike Lee. "On top of that, many of these kids were released into their kidnapper's arms. This is not...