Rand and the Repubs are IGNORING the laws they enacted to protect the US in times like this.
Voting that there is not a border emergency now is touching the third rail of conservative politics. Any GOP politician who does it will never be taken seriously again.
Additionally, I hope that opposition to any form of amnesty for illegal immigrants becomes a litmus test for viable Republican candidates from now on. Let all of the advocates of "a path to citizenship" go over to the Democrats where they belong.