[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8358-S8359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4742. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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) During fiscal year 2021, there were more than 1,600,000 
     illegal crossings across the southwest land border of the 
     United States.
       (2) The 213,593 migrant encounters along the southwest 
     border in July 2021 was a 21-year high.
       (3) During October 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
     intercepted 33,500 pounds of drugs along the southwest 
     border.
       (4) Noncitizens with criminal convictions are routinely 
     encountered at ports of entry and between ports of entry 
     along the southwest border.
       (5) Some of the inadmissible individuals encountered along 
     the southwest border are known or suspected terrorists.
       (6) Transnational criminal organizations routinely move 
     illicit drugs, counterfeit products, and trafficked humans 
     across the southwest border.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the current level of illegal crossings and trafficking 
     on the southwest land border of the United States represents 
     a crisis and 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 and national security threat at the 
     southwest border;
       (3) the National Guard and active duty members of the 
     United States Armed Forces

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     are to be commended for their hard work and dedication in 
     their response to the crisis along the southwest border; and
       (4) border security is a matter of national security and 
     the failure to address the crisis along the southwest border 
     introduces significant risk to the people of the United 
     States.
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