[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H422]
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, we have an ongoing saga which the 
mainstream media has begun to wake up to, but they are still not 
publicizing enough; and that is what is going on at our southern 
border.
  I stand today because last Friday--always on Friday when the 
President is paying attention--the numbers for December came out as far 
as illegal immigrants entering the country. They hit an all-time high 
again. Mr. Speaker, 238,000 illegal immigrants stayed in the country 
from December 2022. This is not inevitable.
  Two years ago, before this administration, in December of 2020, there 
were about 21,000 immigrants. So we have gone from 21,000 to 238,000 
with, I assume, a corresponding increase in the amount of fentanyl 
coming across the border. Of those 238,000, over 8,000 were 
unaccompanied minors coming here without a family.
  I don't know where these people were or are today who supposedly care 
about keeping families together when over 8,000 children come here 
unaccompanied by their parents.
  In any event, I hope the American public wakes up and talks a little 
bit more about the all-time record number of illegal immigrants coming 
here in December.

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