Election Integrity

It should be obvious to everyone — even Democrats — that we should prevent illegal immigrants from voting. Unfortunately, most Democrats in Congress do not agree. I was happy to cosponsor the SAVE Act in the Senate. This legislation aimed to secure our elections by requiring proof of citizenship to vote. It passed in the House, but not the Senate.

On October 2, I joined Republican colleagues in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland exposing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) failure to prevent noncitizens from registering to vote in America’s federal elections and its refusal to prosecute those who have done so. 

We need more information about the incidence of noncitizens registering to vote, and steps that the DOJ is taking to deal with the issue and secure U.S. elections.

In recent weeks, I have written two op-eds highlighting my concerns with election integrity. I urge you to read both.

The Daily Caller: FBI Ignoring Real Threats To Election Integrity

The Federalist: Democrat-Controlled States Refuse To Clean Voter Rolls And Fix Election Problems

Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Under the Biden-Harris administration, more than 500,000 unaccompanied migrant children have crossed the southwest border without a parent or guardian to provide care.

Last month, I joined a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris calling out abuses in their Unaccompanied Migrant Children Program, namely the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s cover-up of the crisis. HHS has failed to comply with two out of three Department of Homeland Security subpoenas and other information requests issued amid its investigation into more than 100 suspicious sponsors.

The Biden-Harris administration limited background checks for sponsors of unaccompanied children, cut back on familial DNA testing at the border, and decreased information sharing with law enforcement.

Cartel trafficking activity surged an estimated 2,500% from the Trump administration to the middle of the Biden-Harris term in 2022.  

I joined another letter demanding Biden and Harris collect DNA samples from every immigrant the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) encounters, per the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005. DHS missed three separate opportunities to gather DNA from the illegal immigrant who murdered Rachel Morin, a Maryland mother of five.

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Town Halls Around Wisconsin

MILTON: The Milton Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a town hall at the Milton House Museum. Before the event, I took a fascinating tour of Wisconsin’s only certified Underground Railroad site which is designated a National Historic Landmark.

REESEVILLE:  Caine Warehousing hosted a town hall at their Dodge County campus. It was an honor to meet the three generations of Caines who run this successful family business. 

WATERTOWN:  American Disposal and Lueck Recycling, another family run business, hosted a town hall at their facility. People are very concerned about open borders, the economy, and parental rights. 

WATERTOWN: I always look forward to my visits to Maranatha Baptist University. I held a meeting with campus leadership and then answered questions from students, staff, and community members.  

WHITEWATER: I enjoyed meeting with students at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater. When asked by a campus reporter about my main message for young people, I responded "jealously guard your freedom."