Republican presidential hopeful Tim Scott will visit the southern border Friday, his campaign said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Scott, a Senator representing South Carolina, will travel to Yuma, Arizona, where he will host a roundtable discussion with local leaders, his campaign said. He is the third Republican presidential candidate to visit the southern border, following former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the southern border, specifically Yuma, in June. (RELATED: Biden Admin Spells Millions On Program That Helps Illegal Immigrants Access Social Services, Avoid Electronic Tracking)
US Senator and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Tim Scott speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa’s 2023 Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 28, 2023. (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)
“If you don’t control your back door at your house, it’s not your house. If you don’t control your southern border, it might not be our country,” Scott said in a statement shared with the DCNF. “That’s why on my first day as Commander-in-Chief, the strongest nation on Earth will stop retreating from our own southern border.”
Scott will also reveal his plan to secure the U.S.-Mexico border during the trip, according to his campaign. In a recent conversation with Tucker Carlson, Scott touted legislation he would sign if he’s elected president that “freezes the assets of the Mexican cartels, targets Mexican cartels and hopefully eliminates the flow of fentanyl.”
Illegal immigration at the southern border is picking up after a brief dip in encounters following the expiration of Title 42, the Trump-era expulsion order, in May. Arizona in particular has recently seen large groups of migrants crossing illegally.
Border Patrol agents made approximately 130,000 arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border in July, compared to roughly 99,000 in June.
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