[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4391-H4392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WE MUST END THE DISASTROUS BORDER POLICIES

  (Mr. MOORE of Alabama asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, last weekend more than 20,000 
illegal immigrants crossed the U.S. southern border. President Biden's 
only solution to historically massive border numbers is to warn 
migrants not to come and to claim our border is secure.
  Meanwhile, the cities that migrants end up in are forced to figure 
out where to house them and how to care for them, and the American 
taxpayer is footing that bill.
  So far this year, over $200 million of Chicago's $500 million budget 
deficit has gone to migrant care costs.
  New York City Mayor Eric Adams, recently warned citizens that the 
cost of migrant care could mean cuts to city services due to a 
financial tsunami.
  The Governor of Massachusetts has declared a state of emergency due 
to the onslaught.
  Leaders in sanctuary cities might have asked for this crisis by 
offering themselves up, but the American people did not. The United 
States is nearly $33 trillion in debt. Bidenomics has caused a 17 
percent inflation on the American people, and 70 percent of them are 
now saying they are feeling financially stressed, but Biden still seems 
to think that taxpayers have millions to spend.
  Let me say this to the administration: You can either close our 
border or we will close the government.

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