{"id":1323153,"date":"2022-02-21T15:22:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1323153"},"modified":"2022-02-21T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:22:55","slug":"bryan-steil-fixing-broken-immigration-system-should-include-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bryan-steil-fixing-broken-immigration-system-should-include-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Steil: Fixing &#039;Broken&#039; Immigration System Should Include Border Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbryan-steil-fixing-broken-immigration-system-should-include-border-wall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1323153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) said both the legal and illegal immigration system is \u201cbroken,\u201d but stopping the flow of illegal aliens should come first and that requires a border wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a broken legal immigration system and we have a broken illegal immigration system,\u201d Steil said during a roundtable discussion in Racine County earlier this month focused on fentanyl.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Steil <a href=\"https:\/\/journaltimes.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/u-s-rep-bryan-steil-calls-for-wall-to-continue-being-built-during-visit-to\/article_9e14ef19-2a28-5009-9162-bd47d676353e.html\">said<\/a> in October he supports completing a wall along most of the 1,954-mile southern border that was started by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely imperative that we address our illegal immigration system,\u201d Steil said. \u201cI\u2019ve been to the U.S.-Mexico border. I\u2019ve seen how porous it is. I\u2019ve seen individuals come across \u2026 I think that is absolutely step one.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16069268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/trump-borderwall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16069268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/trump-borderwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Donald Trump waves after speaking and touring a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas, on January 12, 2021. (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <em>Kenosha News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenoshanews.com\/news\/local\/steil-build-wall-first-then-fix-broken-legal-immigration-system\/article_954a215f-627e-5315-8e2d-ba89c9a993ee.html\">reported<\/a> on the how drug traffickers are trying to get through legal entry points:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/drug-seizure-statistics\">recovers<\/a> about 2,500 pounds of drugs every day, but still drugs pour into the U.S. by sea, sky and ground, most of it across the southern border. Seizures of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced products are on the rise, said LaFonda Sutton-Burke, director of field operations for CBP\u2019s Chicago office.<\/p>\n<p>However, the majority of the drugs are believed to be coming through legal ports of entry, not across unguarded areas of the border. \u201cAccording to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics, 90 percent of heroin seized along the border, 88 percent of cocaine, 87 percent of methamphetamine, and 80 percent of fentanyl in the first 11 months of the 2018 fiscal year was caught trying to be smuggled in at legal crossing points,\u201d <em>USA Today<\/em> reported in January 2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The news outlet reported that 80 percent to 95 percent of illegal migrants pay traffickers to get them across the border.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2020\/10\/29\/border-wall-system-deployed-effective-and-disrupting-criminals-and-smugglers\">reported<\/a> before Donald Trump left office that the costs of defending walled parts of the border significantly dropped while illegal entries also fell in those areas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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