WASHINGTON — Rep. James Comer said Friday the U.S. should force Mexico to allow the U.S. military to set up checkpoints along the Mexican side of the Southern border in order to stymie the surge of migrants into the country.
Comer’s comments came in an interview with McClatchy following a two-day trip to the border in California and Arizona, where he witnessed groups of immigrants being voluntarily apprehended by Border Patrol agents at every stop.
“This is a national security crisis,” he said. “Put the U.S. military on the border. … The U.S. government needs to have checkpoints on the Mexican side.”
