[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TERRORIST WATCH LIST
(Mr. ROSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, last week Customs and Border Protection
released their monthly report detailing how bad President Biden's
border crisis has become.
The numbers are quite startling. In March alone, CBP confirmed
221,303 migrant encounters at our southern border. This number is up a
whopping 33 percent from February and an incredible 542 percent since
2020.
Making matters worse, the numbers show that 42 people on the
terrorist watch list tried to enter our country illegally since
President Biden took office. Thankfully, due to the hard work and
diligence of law enforcement officers on the southern border, they were
arrested.
Although this begs the question: If we found 42 people on the
terrorist watch list since January of 2021, how many more are in our
country today out of the more than 200,000 illegal immigrants whom we
know evaded law enforcement?
Unfortunately, we will probably never know until it is too late.
Thanks to President Biden's open border policies, Americans must come
to terms with the fact that until Republicans regain control of
Congress and the White House, potential terrorists continuing to file
through our borders is just a way of life.
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