or smugglers see laws unenforced, they ll abuse the laws. we ve seen increase brazenness by cartels that feel empowered because we don t have a federal government pushing back against those cartels and their illegal activity. of course, the worst thing of all is the catastrophic death that we have witnessed. now, we saw this horrendous death occur in a track in san antonio earlier this week. and it is heart breaking. the numbers have increased. it s now reported that 53 people in that truck lost their lives. it is the deadliest migrant smuggling incident on u.s. soil, and it s on president biden s watch. the thing about it is that it s not the only way in which people who are trying to migrate here lose their lives. in the harsh high temperature of texas in the summertime and the texas heat, it will prove even more deadly. every year there s many reports about migrants that lose their lives in the heat. i was visiting with the sheriff moments ago. he was telling me reports ab
through a border point checkpoint. it was uninspected because the border patrol does not have the resources to be able to inspect all of the trucks. as a result, the border patrol did not have the capability of saving those lives. mr. president, you can fix that. if you provide what is categorized as a minimum number hoff border patrol officers that are needed to do the job of the united states of america and adequately fund their operations to make sure that they are going to be able to inspect those vehicles. well, in texas, we once again are going to try to step up and play a role by the state to address this catastrophe that president biden is responsible for. today i m announcing that texas is going to add additional truck checkpoints.