[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1964]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          THE SOUTHERN BORDER

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to address what I think is 
the biggest crisis to our sovereignty since I have been here, and that 
is what is going on at the border.
  It is hard to think of something new to say, but I want to point out 
as we pursue an open borders policy that it greatly increases the power 
of the Mexican cartels.
  Because the Mexican cartels have a monopoly on letting people in this 
country, I heard a story of two people who weren't part of the cartels 
trying to sneak people across. Two of them were skinned alive, and a 
third one was partially skinned and sent back to say: This is what 
happens if you try to push people across without going through the 
cartels.
  I want to point out an anecdote of a father and a, perhaps, 7-year-
old girl who were murdered for trying to come across without the 
approval of the cartels.
  I would like to address the 70,000 people who died from illegal drugs 
this year. I was recently at the Milwaukee DEA, and I was told last 
year 540 people in Milwaukee County died of illegal drug use, and the 
local agents suspected that all 540 were killed by drugs or ingredients 
from drugs that came across the Mexican border.
  Please, President Biden, do something about the crisis on the border.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to address their 
remarks to the Chair.

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