[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6826]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  BORDER SECURITY IS NATIONAL SECURITY

  (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, it should be obvious and common sense, but 
border security is national security. President Biden's open border 
policies have incentivized this historic surge in illegal immigration 
at our southern and northern borders.
  Since taking office, over 6.4 million illegal crossings have happened 
at our southern border; 1.7 million known got-aways have evaded U.S. 
Border Patrol and are now in our country.
  Every State is now a border State. Every town is now a border town. 
They are living in New York. Democrats are proposing that our national 
parks be used not for people to enjoy but to house illegal immigrants, 
which will only further encourage this crisis.
  Republicans and Democrats alike have condemned Biden's border crisis, 
but we must stop incentivizing further waves of illegal immigrants by 
providing them with free housing.
  House Republicans will continue to fight to secure our border and 
eliminate the financial burden illegal immigrants are putting on 
American taxpayers and our institutions, our towns, our States. That is 
why we passed H.R. 2 to secure the border, which is the strongest 
border security package in American history.

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