[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRAGEDY AND CRISIS AT OUR BORDER

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, we have a continued tragedy and crisis at 
our border.
  Since President Biden took office, over 2.2 million illegal 
immigrants have been apprehended at the southern border. In March 
alone, there were over 220,000 illegal encounters at our border, a 600 
percent or so increase since 2020.
  Madam Speaker, the Biden administration's complete disregard for 
their obligation to secure our border is having tragic impacts on 
America and in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  Madam Speaker, in fact, today in a briefing on title 42, the Biden 
administration did not lay out a plan on how they were going to prevent 
an overwhelming surge at our southern border from lifting of title 42, 
but instead describe their efforts to increase the number of 
accommodations, buses, and secret plane flights that have occurred in 
my district, and they will need to move the mass number of illegals 
coming into our country.
  These are reckless, inhumane policies. They need to be stopped. They 
need to be corrected. And this House--both Republicans and Democrats--
need to stand up for our citizens.

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