[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 37 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING LAKEN RILEY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, what is it going to take to get people in 
this country on both sides of the aisle to understand that the Biden 
border crisis is killing people?
  Laken Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student whose life was taken by 
an illegal immigrant, not a migrant. I hear this word ``migrant'' used 
all the time. This is a misnomer, trying to brush it under the rug. 
These aren't migrants; there is an illegal immigrant invasion of this 
country.
  Earlier this week, another 2-year-old boy in Maryland was murdered by 
an illegal immigrant, not a migrant.
  President Biden is down there in Texas pretending to do something 
about the border now in Brownsville. This is not a problem area like 
Eagle Pass, but a quieter area currently.
  He is yelling at Republicans and saying: Well, you are not doing 
anything about the border. Well, his first day in office, he reversed 
all of President Trump's policies that were helping keep the border in 
check.
  All these eight items on this list he could do by executive order. He 
could sign with a pen and do a legal constitutional executive action 
immediately.
  Instead, he wants to blame Republicans or somebody else for the 
policies he invoked on day one that have put us where we are.
  Instead, he wants to sue the State of Texas because they say their 
State is being invaded, and they have laws at the State level to stop 
invasions. He is suing them to get rid of their razor wire measures 
along the border. What a joke.

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