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Americans should be concerned that Chief Justice John Roberts chose to inveigh against President Donald Trump's critique of a judicial ruling and the judge who made it. I get it. The chief justice, as head of the judicial branch, was trying to protect what he saw as an attack by the head of the executive branch. But he was wrong to do so for several reasons.

The attack on our southern border by a mob attempting to enter our country illegally, in part to force us to change our laws and policies, is nothing short of an invasion. Congressional inattention and inaction, together with activist judges and a lack of preparation by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Border Patrol Commissioner, has created a perfect storm. The president is left with few options other than to close our border and negotiate with Mexico for help in stemming the tide.

With Democrats set to become the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives in January, I call on my Republican colleagues in the chamber to gear up for the inevitable Democratic attacks on everything we've worked to accomplish in the past two years in partnership with President Trump.