[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DANGEROUS OPEN BORDER POLICIES

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the utter 
failure of President Biden's dangerous open border policies.
  In March, there were over 221,000 illegal encounters at our southern 
border, a 542 percent increase, bringing the total under Biden's watch 
to more than 2.4 million. Forty-two of those apprehended were on the 
terrorist watch list. This can't happen.
  Illegal migrants are being dispersed into communities throughout 
country, making every State a border State, Mr. Speaker.
  Meanwhile, my constituent, an American citizen, has been told his 
wife and daughter, who have fled war-torn Ukraine, must wait up to 2 
years outside the United States for a visa interview.
  This is wrong. These policies reward those who violate our laws and 
punish those trying to do the right thing.
  They also put law enforcement officers in serious peril, as evidenced 
by the death of Texas National Guardsman Bishop Evans. May his memory 
be eternal. He tragically drowned last week while courageously working 
to save individuals trying to cross the Rio Grande River illegally.
  This insanity has to stop.

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