[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 190 (Wednesday, December 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8812-H8813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MAKE AMERICA MORE SAFE AND SECURE

  (Mr. FALLON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FALLON. Madam Speaker, it shouldn't be a partisan issue when we 
talk about the border and border security.
  You know what it really comes down to?
  It is the United States of America versus the Mexican drug cartels.
  In April of this year, we had 234,000 illegal border crossings. It 
was the worst on record, by the way, only to be exceeded the very next 
month, in May, by 241,000 illegal border crossings.
  Why do I mention this?
  Because we don't know who these people are. No one ever talks about 
the 3.8 million people in the world that are

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waiting to come to this country legally, to respect the laws and the 
rules of the country that they want to become a part of--who are 
exactly the kind of folks that we want to come here.
  Another thing nobody ever talks about is 95 percent of those people 
are people of color, and they are going to be wonderful people that 
make America stronger.
  The Mexican drug cartels are making, on estimate, $25 billion a year, 
and now they are charging $4,000 a head for illegal crossings, which 
adds another $12 billion to their pockets. And we have had 107,000 
deaths last year alone to opioid overdoses.
  We need to unite as Americans, secure our southern border, and make 
our country more secure and Americans safer.

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