[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2154]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TITLE 42 EXPIRATION WILL WORSEN CRISIS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, President Biden will be 
removing a critical border enforcement mechanism from our Border Patrol 
agents' arsenal.
  Title 42 is a Trump-era public health order that allows us to quickly 
deport illegal immigrants that are abusing our asylum system. Without 
this order in place, the crisis at our southern and northern border 
would be even worse than it is now.
  This impending end of title 42 is public knowledge. Already, border 
towns are experiencing yet another surge of illegal immigrants as the 
end gets closer.
  Allowing title 42 to expire is allowing an already catastrophic 
situation to get even worse. It is unconscionable that neither the 
President nor Secretary Mayorkas is treating the border crisis with 
anything close to seriousness.
  Thousands of people violate our Nation's laws and our sovereignty 
every day by illegally entering the United States. Drug smuggling and 
human trafficking are rampant, and Mexican drug cartels are growing 
richer and more powerful.
  Only America's foes benefit from the utter chaos at our border. It is 
time for the administration to get busy and do the work that needs to 
be done. Finish building the border fence.
  Sending your press agents out to tell us this is fine? Well, we are 
not falling for the Jedi mind trick.

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