[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 186 (Friday, October 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, last night on television, I listened as 
Jen Psaki--I don't know whether it was from yesterday or a replay from 
something a month ago--wondered why President Biden should go to the 
border. Having been down there, I want to educate her as to why.
  First of all, she would find we have a shortage of Border Patrol. 
Well over 10,000 unaccompanied minors a month are coming across the 
border, and because they have to deal with them, they are not able to 
guard the border. Rather than giving free college for illegals, you 
could get some more Border Patrol agents.
  Secondly, he would get to know that the Border Patrol agents are 
wonderful people, so that in the future, when agents on horses are 
charging a group of Haitians who are assaulting some woman, our hate-
filled President does not attack the Border Patrol.
  Third, she can find out that immigrants are right now routinely 
throwing away identification cards so that we can't do background 
checks on them.
  Fourth, I always knew immigrants who tested positive for COVID are 
being let in. I was not aware that Border Patrol has a policy that we 
can never even force immigrants to take the tests.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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