National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock), the ranking member of the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee.

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs).

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the distinguished Republican leader.

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Steube).

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Bishop).

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Massie).

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy).

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett).

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Arrington).

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas.

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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Wenstrup).
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Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, there is a crisis at the border, I mean, the President even said so. There is chaos at the border. The crisis and the chaos have been created by policies of this administration.

We were down at the border 2 weeks ago. Every single Border Patrol agent we talked to said the crisis has been created by policy changes made by the Biden administration; specifically, three changes.

They announced to the world that they weren't going to deport anyone. Moratorium on deportation. They announced to the world they weren't going to finish the wall. And, most importantly, they got rid of the remain in Mexico policy.

And what do we have?

In March, we had the highest number of illegal immigrants coming into our Nation since they have been keeping records. So it is definitely a crisis, definitely chaos.

And what do the Democrats do? What do the Democrats do?

Last month, they passed two bills that give amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. You can't make this stuff up. And then, today, they are going to pass a piece of legislation that takes power away from the Commander in Chief, takes power away from the individual who was on the ballot and elected, and gives it to the unelected secretary of state and Secretary of Homeland Security.

I mean, you would think, if they were going to take power away from the President, they would at least give it to the Vice President. After all, she is the one who has been put in charge of this thing. They don't even do that. They don't even do that.

The answer is real simple. What we should be focused on is reinstating the policies that worked. In fact, again, when we were down there 2 weeks ago--by the way, we invited the Democrats to go with us, and they said no. When we were down there 2 weeks ago, every Border Patrol agent said: Reinstate the policies that were working and we don't have the problem, we don't have the crisis.

But, no, we couldn't do something that common sense. We couldn't do something that simple, that basic. They, instead, come with this legislation.

Reinstate the policies that work. Don't take power away from the individual who was elected by the American people, the Commander in Chief. Don't implement crazy policies. Do the things that work. But, no, that is not what we are going to do.

And then after this bill is done, they are going to say, oh, by the way, bring in the lawyers. Give access to counsel to people coming into our country.

It makes absolutely no sense.

One of the speakers earlier said: Out of many, one.

That is so true about this country.

But is it too much to ask to have the many who come into this country do it legally?

And have policies in place that make sense. Is that too much to ask?

I think most taxpayers, most Americans, think that makes good, common sense.

This bill does not. I hope we vote it down. I hope we go back to the policies that work.

Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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