[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 26 (Monday, February 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            BORDER SECURITY

  (Ms. CHENEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because every American should 
know that we are now at the point where the Democrats are demanding 
that ICE release dangerous criminals onto the streets of the United 
States.
  First, they demanded that we not build a wall. Their leader said that 
would be immoral. Now they are demanding that we release dangerous 
criminals we have already apprehended.
  Mr. Speaker, they are threatening to shut the government down, they 
are so committed to this position. Most Americans know their 
government's most sacred obligation is the defense of the Nation. The 
Democrats want to abolish one of the very agencies tasked with this 
responsibility. This is a backdoor effort to do so.
  Under this latest proposal, ICE has said they could be required to 
release as many as 15,000 criminals on to our streets. The far left 
radical positions of today's Democrats are threatening the security of 
our Nation.
  It is time to build the wall, secure our borders, support our law 
enforcement, and keep dangerous criminals off our streets.

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