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Our Border is A Disaster

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 1, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, it is universally understood that our border is an unforgivable, unmitigated disaster.

Since President Biden took office there have been: 4 million illegal crossings; over 1 million gotaways; 98 individuals on the terror watch list apprehended, and God knows how many we didn't catch; over 800 have died crossing the border; one in three women are sexually assaulted on the journey; and over 14,000 pounds of deadly fentanyl seized, a single-year record.

Illegal drugs have contributed to the deaths of over 107,000 mostly young Americans in the last year. Sadly, 14 of our CBP agents have committed suicide this year, as well.

Despite all of this horrifying data, President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas tell us that this border is secure--unforgivable rhetoric that is insulting to the American people.

The Biden administration, Madam Speaker, has no plan for the massive additional influx which will occur in just a few weeks when title 42 ends, a complete dereliction of duty.

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