[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 150 (Monday, September 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H7947-H7948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        INCREASING ILLEGAL CROSSINGS AND DECREASING DEPORTATIONS

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I bring attention to the American people 
of what should be the number one story in every newspaper in the 
country tomorrow, but we know they won't even cover it.
  Today were released the encounters and releases at the southern 
border for August--just shy of 140,000 people. By

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comparison, 2 years ago in August of the prior administration, it was 
13,000. So, in 2 years, we have gone from 13,000 to 140,000.
  That also means a corresponding increase in the amount of fentanyl 
crossing the border, and we all know that, right now, we have well over 
100,000 illegal drug deaths in America, and of those 100,000, the vast 
majority contain fentanyl.
  I also point out that, right now, the deportations are about one 
quarter per day as to what they were for people committing crimes 2 
years ago.
  I want the American people to wake up and demand something serious be 
done on the border, and I beg the press corps to talk about the new 
August numbers for people crossing here illegally.

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