[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MIGRANT PAYMENT PROPOSAL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Indiana (Mrs. Walorski) for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. WALORSKI. Mr. Speaker, my fellow Hoosier, I rise today to expose 
an outrageous scheme by the Biden administration to pay out hundreds of 
thousands of dollars to migrants who have violated our laws by 
illegally crossing our southern border.
  Right now, there is already a national security, humanitarian, and 
public health crisis on the southern border. Every neighborhood in 
America, including mine in Indiana, is facing the devastating 
consequences of this crisis as illicit drugs come across the porous 
border and wreak havoc in our communities through more violence and 
drug overdoses.
  Instead of protecting our country by securing the border, President 
Biden wants law-abiding American taxpayers to pay illegal migrants, 
whom people know and we know broke the laws, a ridiculous sum of money. 
This decision will do nothing more than encourage human trafficking and 
drug smuggling.
  The administration's border policies are downright inhumane and will 
continue to incentivize migrants to make the dangerous journey to reach 
our border.

  This radical proposal should be abandoned immediately. It will not 
only exacerbate this crisis but it will also be put on the taxpayers' 
dime.
  As inflation skyrockets under the Biden administration's Big 
Government giveaways, working families are struggling right now to pay 
for everyday necessities. Small businesses are struggling with supply 
chain and workforce shortages.
  While Americans face these obstacles, President Biden has decided 
that rewarding people who break our laws is more important than 
fighting inflation, securing our border, or ensuring that we have the 
necessary energy to heat our homes this winter.
  This is Big Government insanity at its worst, and I wholeheartedly 
reject it.

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