[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 59 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THE CRISIS ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER CONTINUES TO WORSEN

  (Mr. ROSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, the crisis on our southern border continues 
to worsen with each passing day.
  Just last month, Customs and Border Protection released their latest 
figures that showed immigrant encounters at the southern border have 
increased 61 percent over the last year to 164,973.
  That is more than double the population of Cookeville, Crossville, 
and Lebanon, Tennessee, combined.
  President Biden and his administration have caused this crisis and 
should be held responsible. On his first day in office, he halted 
construction on the southern border wall. A month later he signed 
multiple executive orders rescinding President Trump's immigration 
policies. In June of last year, he ended the remain in Mexico policy. 
Now, the Biden administration has announced they are ending the Title 
42 policy that allows for quick expulsion of illegal immigrants.
  Rescinding Title 42 will encourage another surge of illegal 
immigrants at our southern border and put even more strain on Customs 
and Border Protection having trouble keeping up already with the record 
levels of illegal immigrant encounters.

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