Surging GOP Senate candidate unleashes on 'both parties' during border visit: 'Failing the American people'

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan connected Thursday visited nan confederate separator successful McAllen, Texas, arsenic he campaigns for nan unfastened Maryland Senate spot — and arsenic nan ongoing situation astatine nan confederate separator remains a apical governmental issue.

Hogan met pinch rule enforcement and nationalist information officials and told Fox News successful an exclusive connection that he visited nan border to "get a firsthand knowing of this crisis, and what I’ve seen should appall each American."

"This is simply a humanitarian catastrophe that is harming our communities and wreaking havoc crossed nan country," he said. "Every time Washington lets this situation proceed without bipartisan action, they are failing nan American people." 

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Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan visits nan confederate separator successful Texas connected Thursday. (Larry Hogan )

"For decades, nan politicians person played run authorities pinch this rumor alternatively of really conscionable solving nan problem. Enough is enough," he continued. "The solutions are not complicated. In nan Senate, I will conflict to make some parties yet put nan authorities speech and get this done." 

The U.S. is successful nan grip of a separator situation now into its 4th year. There were a grounds 2.4 cardinal migrant encounters astatine nan southern border successful FY 23. Thus acold successful FY 24, location person been much than 1.3 million, pinch six months still to go. 

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Migrants who crossed nan Rio Grande and entered nan U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection successful Eagle Pass, Texas, connected Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Republicans and Democrats person struggled to find solutions that tin walk some chambers of Congress. The Biden management has called for much resources and migration reform, while Republicans person mostly blamed nan rollback of Trump-era policies by nan Biden management for nan crisis.

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Hogan served arsenic Maryland politician from 2015 to 2023 and made history erstwhile he became only nan 2nd Republican to triumph 2 position successful nan authorities upon his re-election successful 2018. The past Republican to do that was elected successful 1954.

A Washington Post-University of Maryland canvass past period showed nan erstwhile politician defeating some apical Democrats successful nan running, Rep. David Trone, D-Md., and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. Hogan hit Trone 49% to 37%, while he bested Alsobrooks 50% to 36%. 

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Fox News' Julia Johnson contributed to this report.