[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SOUTHERN BORDER CRISIS

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the dangerous 
situation at our southern border.
  Since President Biden took office, there have been over 1.4 million 
illegal border crossings. These record-high apprehensions keep 
increasing with no end in sight, and now a new caravan of migrants is 
headed through Mexico to our southern border, as we speak.
  Instead of addressing what has become a humanitarian, health, and 
national security problem, this administration and congressional 
Democrats keep announcing plans that will only exacerbate the problem.
  For example, the administration has discussed paying illegal 
immigrants settlement payments of up to $450,000, and the spending 
package being pushed through this Chamber includes amnesty for up to 10 
million illegal immigrants and up to $100 billion in taxpayer-funded 
benefits for them.
  These irresponsible proposals and dangerous open border policies will 
continue to fuel the crisis and encourage more illegal activity at the 
border. We must secure our borders and ensure that the rule of law 
applies to everyone.

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