[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER

  (Mr. CAWTHORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CAWTHORN. Mr. Speaker, according to recent data from my district, 
the number one concern of my constituents is the Biden border crisis. 
Let me repeat that: The number one concern of my constituents in North 
Carolina is the crisis at our southern border, over 1,600-miles away.
  It is beyond clear that the response by the Biden administration has 
not simply been weak; it has also been counterproductive. Americans 
nationwide are sensing what the international community has known for 
the past 6 months: Our leaders are not strong, our border is open, and 
America is ripe for the taking.
  Fifteen hundred illegal immigrants cross into our country daily 
without ever being tracked, according to border data. Two Yemeni men on 
a terror watchlist were just apprehended at the border, and this 
administration has turned a blind eye to one of our biggest national 
security crises in recent history.
  Mr. Speaker, I am disappointed, because it seems that the political 
maneuvering of one select class has co-opted the good of the people. 
What can we, as individual Americans, do in the face of such abject 
disregard for our well-being? We can speak out.

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