[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 25, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE CRISIS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER

  (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, after 3\1/2\ years of open-border policies, 
the Biden administration has turned every State in the Union into a 
border State.
  On Monday, the special agent in charge of the FBI field office in 
Albuquerque was asked about the rise in violence and drug trafficking 
in New Mexico. He placed the blame squarely on the crisis along our 
southern border.
  He said, in part: ``Part of the problem . . . is we have an 
incomplete border. There is no structure that separates our country 
from Mexico.''
  He rightfully noted some are crossing in search of a better life, 
while others are crossing to avoid consequences and to commit crime.
  This is a real-time example of how the border crisis continues to 
hurt the American people. It is also further proof that we should 
resume construction on the border wall and finish the job.

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