Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday campaigned for his Maryland Senate seat, with the ongoing crisis at the southern border remaining a top political issue in Texas. Visited the southern border in McAllen.
Hogan met with law enforcement and public safety officials and said in an exclusive statement to Fox News that he traveled to the border “to understand this crisis firsthand, and what I saw is something every American should know.” You should be shocked,” he said.
“This is a humanitarian disaster, harming our communities and causing havoc across the country,” he said. “Every day the government in Washington allows this crisis to continue without bipartisan action, and they are failing the American people.”
Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan begins bus tour of Maryland as he faces Democratic challenger
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan visited the southern Texas border on Thursday. (Larry Hogan)
“For decades, politicians have campaigned on this issue as well as actually solving it. Enough is enough,” he continued. “The solution is not complicated, and both parties in the Senate will finally put politics aside and fight to get this done.”
The United States is in its fourth year of facing a border crisis. In fiscal year 2023, 2.4 million migrants were encountered at the southern border, a record high. So far in fiscal 2024, the number has exceeded 1.3 million, and there is still half a year left.
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Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande River into the United States from Mexico line up at U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Republicans and Democrats are struggling to find a solution that can pass both chambers. The Biden administration has called for expanded resources and immigration reform, but Republicans say the crisis is largely caused by the Biden administration’s rollback of Trump-era policies.
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Hogan served as governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023, and made history when he was re-elected in 2018 to become the second Republican to win two terms in the state. The last Republican to accomplish that was elected in 1954.
Last month’s Washington Post University of Maryland poll showed the former governor defeating leading Democratic candidates, Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) and Prince George’s County Executive Rep. Angela Alsobrooks. . Hogan defeated Tron 49% to 37% and also defeated Alsobrooks 50% to 36%.
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FOX News’ Julia Johnson contributed to this report.
