[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 101 (Friday, June 14, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         SECURE OUR BORDER NOW

  (Mr. MANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, last week President Biden stated that the 
border should not be a political issue to be weaponized. I agree that 
Americans don't have time for games in Washington, but I think the 
President should take his own advice.
  Since day one of his Presidency, President Biden has been laser 
focused on rolling back President Trump's policies that were effective 
in lowering illegal immigration. As a result, we have had nearly 12 
million illegal encounters at our border since January of 2021, with 
this past April being the 38th straight month that encounters at the 
border have been higher than even the highest month under President 
Trump.
  For 3 years, House Republicans have passed good legislation that 
would actually secure the southern border and have urged President 
Biden to work with us on the border crisis, and we have been met with 
silence. President Biden needs to wake up.
  Just this week, CBP and the FBI arrested eight men with ISIS ties in 
New York, L.A., and Philadelphia who all entered the country through 
Biden's wide-open southern border. We can't keep pretending this is 
normal. We need to secure our border now.

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