[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 72 (Friday, April 28, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IMMIGRANTS MUST BE TREATED HUMANELY

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the importance of 
treating immigrants in a humane way.
  In a hearing in the Homeland Security Committee recently, we 
discussed an incredibly offensive collector's coin called a challenge 
coin being sold online.
  It depicted a Border Patrol agent on horseback chasing a Black 
Haitian migrant with a whip. The coin celebrated the incident, and it 
was claimed to be circulating with Border Patrol agents.
  It disgusted almost everyone in the hearing, except for a prominent 
MAGA Republican who laughed about it. No one should find the abusive 
treatment of human beings funny.
  It is a national embarrassment. These migrants are trying to better 
their lives and the lives of their families.
  We need to have an effective immigration policy in this country, but 
we also need to make sure all migrants, regardless of status, are 
treated humanely and fairly.

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