[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 16 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  ENFORCEMENT OF BORDER SECURITY LAWS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. LaLota) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LaLOTA. Mr. Speaker, Congress writes the laws, and the executive 
branch enforces them.
  Let me say that again, Mr. Speaker. Congress writes the laws, and the 
executive branch enforces them.
  At least that is what we teach our kids, and that has been the norm 
throughout our Nation's history. Yet President Biden and Secretary 
Mayorkas have refused to enforce our Nation's border security laws.
  Now, as House Republicans are poised to impeach Secretary Mayorkas 
for his willful and systematic refusal to enforce our Nation's border 
security laws, President Biden feigns that Congress must pass even more 
border security laws before he can act.
  It is a sad attempt to shift blame, Mr. Speaker. If the President 
truly wanted to secure our border, by a stroke of a pen, he could 
reinstate remain in Mexico. President Biden could cancel the mass 
parole of unvetted migrants into the United States. He could cease 
repositioning border agents away from the border, and he could resume 
border wall construction.
  But, Mr. Speaker, we know the President is not going to do that. The 
President should do that, and he should start today by enforcing our 
border security laws, but, sadly, he won't, and he should not be able 
to shift blame to anybody else.

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