[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7684]
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  SA 4221. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CRISIS AT THE 
                   SOUTHWEST LAND BORDER.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) There were 1,300,000 illegal crossings between January, 
     2021, and July, 2021, across the Southwest land border of the 
     United States.
       (2) The 212,672 migrant encounters at the Southwest land 
     border in July 2021 was a 21-year high.
       (3) Noncitizens with criminal convictions are routinely 
     encountered at ports of entry and between ports of entry on 
     the Southwest land border.
       (4) Some of the inadmissible individuals encountered at the 
     Southwest land border are known or suspected terrorists.
       (5) Transnational criminal organizations routinely move 
     illicit drugs, counterfeit products, and trafficked humans 
     across the Southwest land border.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the current level of illegal crossings and trafficking 
     on the Southwest border represents a national security 
     threat;
       (2) the Department of Defense has rightly contributed 
     personnel to aid the efforts of the United States Government 
     to address the crisis at the Southwest border;
       (3) the National Guard and active duty members of the Armed 
     Forces are to be commended for their hard work and dedication 
     in their response to the crisis at the Southwest land border; 
     and
       (4) border security is a matter of national security and 
     the failure to address the crisis at the Southwest land 
     border introduces significant risk to the people of the 
     United States.
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