[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 8 (Monday, January 12, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





         CONFUSION OVER WHO SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THIS COUNTRY

  (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, like many Americans, I caught a little of 
the TV over the weekend, which was dominated by the tragic events in 
Minneapolis.
  However, there is one thing I felt had to be commented on because I 
think there is a lot of confusion as to who we should be removing in 
this country.
  Right now in America, we have no shortage of people who are here from 
other countries. We are at an all-time high, even greater than the 
1890s or 2010s in the number of people in this country who were not 
born here. That is over 15 percent. We are naturalizing about 850,000 
people a year.
  Nevertheless, there are Congressmen who keep getting confused and 
think the only people that should be removed from this country after 
Joe Biden left about 10 million people in the country illegally are 
people who committed serious crimes. That is ridiculous. Of the 10 
million people that Joe Biden let in or 8 million people, whatever, 
obviously it is up to ICE to remove as many as possible and get back to 
historical norms.

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