Republican congressional candidate Kate Monroe took matters into her own hands by funding and installing 400 feet of razor wire along an unsecured section of the southern border known as a crossing point for migrants.
Monroe stated this was to close a security risk where over 100 people could cross per minute.
“It prevents a grave national security risk,” Monroe said.
A video showed Monroe and her team installing the wire where the border fence stops at a rock formation.
While local border patrol agents supported the action, they were not allowed to fix the breach themselves.
“No one has yet to come and secure this hole in the fence,” she said. “If you want something done, sometimes you’ve gotta do it yourself.
“What good is a wall if you can walk right around the corner of the wall?… You want a secure nation? You need to vote for people who give a damn enough to come out here and do stuff like this,” she added.
“This hole is big enough that I have seen 150 people walk through it in less than a minute,” local aid worker Sam Schultz said.
Monroe, a Marine veteran, decided to remedy the issue since the government was not acting, citing concerns over terrorism, drugs and human trafficking.
The move garnered both praise and criticism as Monroe campaigns in a border district where residents feel anger over the unchecked migrant influx.
“I felt the anger and frustrations of millions of fellow Americans watching in horror as thousands of people poured through,” Monroe said, noting that the hole allows “terrorists, drugs, and human trafficking to infiltrate while local and national city economies bear the burden of supporting these migrants.”
“So I decided, if no one is going to do something about it, I will. I purchased 400 feet of razor wire, and along with members of my staff, hung the wire along the gaps ourselves,” she said.
“I told CBP I was a Marine veteran running to be the next member of Congress in border district CA-49, and I said I knew their hands were tied, but mine weren’t,” Monroe said. “So they pointed me directly to the exact location. They aren’t allowed to secure the border but were happy I was there to do it. They said ‘You have our support.’”
“People here are in shock and disbelief as they witness thousands of single military-aged men flood our area without background checks or tracking,” Monroe said.
