Providing for Consideration of H. Res. Strongly Condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris's, Failure to Secure the United States Border
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Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question and support the American Dream and Promise Act.
Here we are again, wasting our time on yet another border resolution that does nothing, nada, to secure our border, reform our broken immigration system, or provide relief to the undocumented community.
This time, however, it is a little different twist because they are targeting Vice President Kamala Harris for political gain. They are spewing lies that she is Biden's border czar. Trust me, if she had been given that position, it would be border czarina, because this is all a lie. It is false, period.
She was tasked with leading diplomatic efforts in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to reduce migration from those countries. That is what she was tasked to do.
Vice President Harris secured billions in private-sector investments to promote democracy and economic opportunity in those countries, and we have seen huge improvements. The numbers don't lie. In 2023, migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador only made 22 percent of all border crossings, down from 41 percent in 2021. That is a huge improvement.
However, Republicans don't care about facts. They would rather make up lies and get ready for the campaign rhetoric. They want to spew lies plain and simple for political gain. The reality is that if they were serious about border security and fixing our immigration system, then here is an idea, they would work with Democrats.
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Ms. GARCIA of Texas. We have several solutions that we have put forward, including my bill, the American Dream and Promise Act, which would finally provide Dreamers, TPS recipients, and DED beneficiaries with a pathway to citizenship.
Not only is my bill bipartisan and popular with my colleagues, 207 of whom were cosponsors, but it is popular with the American people. Poll after poll shows that upwards of 70 percent of Americans support permanent solutions for Dreamers because Americans support Dreamers and Dreamers support America. They know that their home is here. They rose to the challenge during the pandemic and served as doctors, nurses, and teachers. They are serving in our military and protecting our communities as law enforcement officers and firefighters.
The American Dream and Promise Act is a real commonsense solution and not a rhetoric bill. It is not a MAGA waste of time. Enough of this ``pendejada,'' ``foolishness,'' BS, and garbage. Let's move forward.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question and instead support the American Dream and Promise Act, a real solution to provide relief to real people supported by Americans.
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