[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REVERSAL OF OPERATION TALON

  (Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, ever since President 
Biden has taken office, he has been laser-focused on overturning every 
great initiative from the previous administration, regardless of how 
good it was for the American people.
  Today, I want to shed light on President Biden's tragic reversal of 
Operation Talon. Operation Talon was a program run by U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement to capture illegal alien sex offenders in 
America and deport them.
  Sex offenders commit some of the most unspeakable and despicable 
crimes imaginable. We monitor where they are in the United States when 
those individuals are here legally. Now we have no idea where they are 
when they are here illegally.
  Biden's misguided reversal threatens the physical and mental health 
of American children and their families.
  Even setting aside the debate about illegal immigration, we should 
all be able to agree that sex offenders who are in this country 
illegally should be deported.
  Of all things that are common sense and bipartisan, we should agree 
that sex offenders are criminals and are a risk to our citizens. To not 
deport these individuals just because the present administration wants 
to erase the last administration is unconscionable.
  I strongly urge President Biden's reversal of Operation Talon and 
urge him to reinstate it immediately.

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