Biden-Harris Administration Failures At the Southern Border

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Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding the time and for hosting this Special Order hour to bring real attention to this crisis.

Just last month, a family of four was brutally murdered in the town of Irondequoit, New York, just outside of Rochester. Two little girls, babies, 2 and 4 years old, were slaughtered in cold blood by a man who should have never been on American soil in the first place. They were murdered beside their parents.

The murderer was an illegal immigrant wanted for murder in his own country, who somehow managed to sneak across our border, get a fake ID, and tear this family apart.

This is not an isolated case. Just last month, ICE agents from the Buffalo office arrested a Peruvian gang leader and a serial killer in Broome County near Binghamton. He was responsible for 23 murders in Peru. He was so callous of a killer that he had the victims' faces and names tattooed on his body, and here he was, hiding in plain sight in upstate New York.

How did we get here? Vice President Kamala Harris, the failed border czar herself, and Democratic leaders removed the previous administration's border policies that actually worked, that were actually keeping America safer, and they allowed this border crisis to spiral out of control.

Kamala Harris has had 39 months to get this border crisis under control. What has she done? Not a damn thing. Nothing. No action. No accountability.

What have we seen instead? Record-breaking illegal crossings at our southern border and also at our northern border, which is becoming a new hotbed of illegal crossings, rampant drug trafficking of deadly fentanyl into every community across the country, and violent criminals walking right into our neighborhoods.

It is not just Washington that is to blame. Democrats in my State capital of Albany and in New York City roll out the red carpet for illegal immigrants in New York State: driver's licenses for illegals, check; free housing, food, and debit cards for illegals, check. It is as if Governor Hochul and her Democratic allies put up a giant neon sign saying: Come on in. We are open.

Mr. Speaker, New York sanctuary State policies are endangering our citizens. This family in Irondequoit paid the ultimate price for the Democrats' reckless agenda.

Under President Trump's administration, we had control of our borders. We had policies that worked: building the wall, enforcing remain in Mexico, and ending catch and release.

Under Biden and Harris, all we have is chaos. The wall was halted. ICE and our Border Patrol have been limited. Criminals are running free in sanctuary cities like New York.

Let me also remind everyone that 185 Democrats voted against the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act just yesterday. The bill is to ensure that anyone crossing our border with a history of violent assault, sexual assault, or domestic violence is turned away or deported immediately. Mr. Speaker, 158 Democrats voted against that bill.

I ask my colleagues: How many more lives need to be lost before this administration wakes up? How many more families must suffer? How many more families must be torn apart?

The American people are sick and tired of this crisis. They are sick of crime, open borders, and endless excuses. Enough is enough.

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