[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 149 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         DO NOT FORGET WHAT IS HAPPENING ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, obviously a lot is going on in America 
right now, and with all the focus on what is going on in Afghanistan, 
as well as the latest spending bills going through Congress, we are 
perhaps losing track of the thing that I think will have the biggest 
impact on America over the next few years.
  I beg the American public and the American media not to lose sight of 
what is going on at our southern border. In the last couple of weeks, 
it has become apparent that, by an estimate, 105,000 people crossed 
over the border into that country as opposed to 80,000 in June; over a 
30 percent increase in 1 month, almost entirely unremarked; of that is 
an estimated 15,000 unaccompanied minors, which is a human relations 
tragedy.
  It is going to further increase the amount of illegal drugs in this 
country. Right now, 90,000 people a year are dying of illegal drugs. It 
is hard to believe that this time last year only an estimated 8,000 
people were coming in the country, whereas, this July, again, we are at 
105,000.
  It should be banner headlines in any newspaper in this country when 
we go from about 10,000 people to 105,000 people per month.

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