[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 49 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                     CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER

  (Mr. KELLER of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
information confirms what we know: The Biden border crisis is getting 
worse.
  There were 164,000 illegal alien encounters in February of this year, 
up 63 percent from February 2021. You know what else is up? Fentanyl 
seizures. Also, what else is up is illegal aliens with criminal 
backgrounds.
  What is down is deportations. When we are seeing record increases in 
people coming across our border illegally, deportations are down. What 
else is down is the morale of Customs and Border Protection agents. I 
know this because I traveled with them on a ride-along, and they told 
me that it is down because the current administration is making them 
out to be the bad guys. Those are their words.
  We need to support our Customs and Border Protection agents to secure 
our southern border. We need to give them the tools they need to do 
their job.
  It is time for the President of the United States to make sure he 
does his job and keeps America safe and secures our southern border.

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