[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         SITUATION AT THE BORDER IS A COMPLETE AND TOTAL CRISIS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Garcia of Texas). The Chair recognizes 
the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rutherford) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. RUTHERFORD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak against the 
amnesty provisions included in the Democrat reconciliation bill.
  The situation at the border is a complete and total crisis. Many 
folks look at what is happening there and they think it is incompetence 
by the Biden-Harris administration but, Madam Speaker, that is not 
true. Yes, there is a lot of incompetency in the Biden-Harris 
administration, but the southern border is not a failed policy. It is 
the policy.
  The Democrats want illegal aliens to come to America as part of the 
socialist plan. In fact, the Democrat reconciliation bill is a plan 
that would give amnesty to over 8 million illegal aliens--over 8 
million. There is no provision to actually secure the southern border 
or to fix the problem at the source.
  This blanket amnesty for over 8 million illegal aliens rewards law-
breakers, empowers cartels, and encourages more people to make a very 
dangerous journey to our border. Amnesty for over 8 million illegal 
aliens is an outrageous proposal and must be defeated.


             Congratulations to Fight Crime: Invest In Kids

  Mr. RUTHERFORD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate an 
organization, Fight Crime: Invest In Kids. It is a tremendous 
organization that 25 years ago understood that if you are going to 
fight crime in a community you have to fight crime with what I used to 
call the entire PIE: prevention, intervention, and enforcement.
  And Fight Crime: Invest In Kids has been doing this for 25 years now, 
and I want to congratulate them on the untold number of young lives 
that they have saved and that they have kept out of a life of crime.
  Congratulations to Fight Crime: Invest In Kids.

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