[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     FIXING THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I attended a hearing today in the 
Judiciary Committee. There was some confusion in the committee about 
what we should be doing to enforce our immigration laws and who is at 
fault for the mess we have in Minneapolis.
  There are some people who are apparently under the impression we 
should only enforce our immigration laws if the people who came here 
illegally commit another crime. If we think about it for 2 seconds, 
that is completely ridiculous.
  Right now, every year in this country, about 850,000 new citizens are 
naturalized citizens. When I was a child, that was under 200,000. That 
is without taking into account people who become citizens because of 
birthright citizenship, which is not even intended under our 
Constitution.
  We must not fall for the idea that all a person has to do is sneak 
across the border and hang around here and not commit a felony and, 
therefore, they come in here.
  I feel so sorry for our great President Trump. He was left with such 
a mess when Joe Biden let in 10 million people, and he is now honor 
bound to remove them from this country. That is why we have a mess in 
Minneapolis.

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