[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H6669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THE BORDER CRISIS DEMANDS MEANINGFUL POLICY CHANGES

  (Mr. MARCHANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I just visited the Texas-Mexico border for 
the third time. I saw, firsthand, a real manmade crisis, a crisis 
created by an administration that urges amnesty.
  I spent time with our Nation's border agents. They are doing an 
incredible job under the extreme circumstances. Despite their hard 
work, wave after wave of illegal immigrants is coming in from Central 
America.
  I also witnessed the State of Texas Department of Public Safety's 
heroic efforts to combat drug trafficking.
  Sending these illegal immigrants back to their home country promptly 
is one of the most humane things that we can do. Failure to do so will 
only encourage others to risk their own safety to pursue the false 
promise of amnesty.
  My constituents in Texas demand a permanent border security solution. 
The law blocking a fast return of illegal immigrants to their home 
countries must be changed.
  Until our President supports this major part of the solution, he will 
remain a major source of the problem.

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