[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS

  (Mr. ROSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, the White House is attempting to downplay the 
threat that the wide-open southern border presents to our national 
security. This follows the tragic death of Georgia nursing student, 
Laken Riley. Investigators say she was killed by an illegal immigrant 
who was paroled into this country in 2022.
  The House Homeland Security Committee found that 600,000 nondetained 
criminal illegal aliens are in the country. Let me repeat that. We have 
more than 600,000 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions or 
pending charges in the United States.
  In a 2021 memo, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wrote to the staff: 
``The fact that an individual is a removable noncitizen should not 
alone be the basis of an enforcement action against them.''
  The Biden administration must end this deadly catch and release 
scheme. It is time to close the border so that overwhelmed border 
officials have the manpower to deport these criminals. American lives 
are depending on it.

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