Secure the Border Act of 2023

Floor Speech

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Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because Republicans in this Chamber want to scream and shout about our broken immigration system while putting forth the most unserious, cruel bill that is effectively dead on arrival in the Senate and fixes absolutely nothing.

This bill is a rerun of Donald Trump's biggest failures at inhumane border policies. This is the child deportation act because that is exactly what this does.

It doesn't address any single issue at the border. It doesn't create pathways to citizenship for those legally attempting to receive asylum, which is a right in this country. It focuses on expediting child deportation and detaining unaccompanied minors, and even spending millions of your taxpayer dollars on a pointless border wall.

Floridians back in my home State know that this is nothing less than hateful, unserious legislation, because we are watching Governor Ron DeSantis do the same thing: spending millions to detain and fly migrants for a political show while criminalizing vulnerable people and families.

The American people sent us here to work, and instead, GOP leadership offers them pointless bill after pointless bill that only proves how hateful rightwing policy has become.

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