Senator Risch Leads Way on New Legislation to Tackle Border Crisis

Senator Risch Leads Way on New Legislation to Tackle Border Crisis
Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 27, 2021. Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images
Ross Muscato
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Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and fellow GOP senators introduced a bill on March 9 that includes resuming construction of the border wall to secure the nation’s southern border and stop the rising flow of illegal immigrants crossing that boundary into the United States.

“Since President [Joe] Biden took office, more than 4.7 million illegal immigrants—double the population of Idaho—have been encountered at the southern border.