[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, the population ought to be aware of the 
fact that very late in the last month the administration released the 
new figures on what we will call legal immigrants crossing into this 
country. This was before there were any changes in title 42, and a lot 
of the focus lately has been on title 42.
  We had another all-time record in November with 210,000 people 
crossing the border and staying here. This is a national scandal. Just 
making a brief appearance at the border shouldn't get Joe Biden off the 
hook. 210,000. By comparison, a year ago, it was 140,000. Two years ago 
it was under 25,000. When you are going under 25,000 to 210,000, that 
should be the headline in every paper of the country, and I don't care 
whether you release the numbers late in the day on a Friday or not.
  I hope this institution does all we can to pick up the mantle that 
President Biden has dropped and do something about the massive increase 
in illegal immigration.

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