[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H5091-H5092]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ON THE RISE

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, it was a big day a couple of days ago 
because the new immigration figures

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came out for the month of April, and it is something that ought to be 
banner headlines in all the newspapers. I will report them.
  In April, 185,000 illegal immigrants entered the United States. 
Sometimes people talk about the number of contacts we have; some of the 
people turned around. Madam Speaker, 185,000, that is up from 152,000 
in March. It is 185,000 this April; 66,000 last April; and two Aprils 
ago, under a different administration, it was under 6,000.
  Let me repeat: In April 2020, 5,700 people entered the country, and 
we didn't know exactly who they were; last April, 66,000; now, 185,000.
  In there, we have 8,600 unaccompanied children. People want to worry 
about families being broken up, that they will send them somewhere in 
the United States. But 8,600 children entered the country 
unaccompanied.
  In any event, if we have any newspaper people listening, they ought 
to report this as the banner headline tomorrow.

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