[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         BIDEN'S BORDER CRISIS

  (Ms. TENNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TENNEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to highlight the ongoing, 
unprecedented disaster that is occurring at our southern border and 
underscore the need for immediate action.
  In August, Customs and Border Patrol agents encountered 203,597 
illegal immigrants at our southern border. That was an increase of 307 
percent compared to the last August of the Trump administration.
  This also put the U.S. at over 2 million encounters for fiscal year 
2022. This is the first time ever that we have eclipsed 2 million in a 
single fiscal year, and we have about 1 month to go.
  Despite all these facts, Vice President Harris said last week that 
the border is secure. If our so-called border czar thinks that this is 
secure, it is no wonder that we are continuing to see no viable 
options, and this problem continues to explode without a solution.
  The Biden administration must take swift and immediate action at the 
southern border. We must restart the border wall construction, invest 
in proven technologies, empower Customs and Border Patrol agents to 
enforce the law, and hire more Customs and Border Patrol agents to 
support the men and women who are already giving us honorable service 
there.

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