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Floor Speech

Date: April 28, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question so that we can immediately consider H.R. 471 to reinstate title 42 and protect our Nation from the influx of drugs and illegal immigrants flocking across our southern border.

Mr. Speaker, it is no coincidence that a 480 percent spike in border encounters, combined with a 68 percent drop in deportations, has led to the most deadly year on record for opioid overdoses.

This administration must answer for its atrocious public health record. The fentanyl that is invading our schools and killing our children is coming across the southern border. No mask is going to protect them from the dangers hiding in what appears to be an everyday painkiller. And this administration isn't going to protect them either.

Unlike President Biden and border czar, Harris, I have been to the southern border. In fact, I have been there four times. I have seen the gaping holes where a wall should be, the vast areas of land where smugglers can walk into our country virtually unchecked.

Lifting title 42 will open the flood gates even further. Like pouring hot water into a cold glass, the rule of law at our southern border is shattering.

Right now, in America, your child is forced to be vaccinated and wear a mask in order to attend school, but illegal immigrants are bused around the country without so much as a COVID test.

Explain to me how a President can justify extending pandemic-era student loan pauses, advocate for mask mandates on airplanes, and insist on vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, but when it comes to protecting our immigration system, suddenly the pandemic is no longer a concern.

If you are worried about contracting COVID, I suggest spending time at the southern border, because apparently, you can't contract it there.

Title 42 is a necessary rule that is preventing our border crisis from becoming a full-blown catastrophe. Removing it now would shackle our Border Patrol agents and threaten our immigration system, as we know it.

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