[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 186 (Thursday, December 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        OUR BORDER IS A DISASTER

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, it is universally understood that our 
border is an unforgivable, unmitigated disaster.
  Since President Biden took office there have been: 4 million illegal 
crossings; over 1 million gotaways; 98 individuals on the terror watch 
list apprehended, and God knows how many we didn't catch; over 800 have 
died crossing the border; one in three women are sexually assaulted on 
the journey; and over 14,000 pounds of deadly fentanyl seized, a 
single-year record.
  Illegal drugs have contributed to the deaths of over 107,000 mostly 
young Americans in the last year. Sadly, 14 of our CBP agents have 
committed suicide this year, as well.
  Despite all of this horrifying data, President Biden and Secretary 
Mayorkas tell us that this border is secure--unforgivable rhetoric that 
is insulting to the American people.
  The Biden administration, Madam Speaker, has no plan for the massive 
additional influx which will occur in just a few weeks when title 42 
ends, a complete dereliction of duty.

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