fixing our broken immigration system will not only help migrants fleeing persecution and poverty, but it will also help us manage our border human smuggling, put them out of business, free law enforcement to focus on drug smugglers, and…

This should not be politicized. It's not about race. Fentanyl doesn't care about race.

Instead, we need to look at the facts, and work together toward solutions.

The gentleman from Texas, Mr. Gonzalez, a Republican member of this panel, called the bill anti-American and not Christian, and I agree.

That is enough to kill all the residents of Oklahoma City, 650,000 people.

That kind of talk may score political points in certain circles, but it flies in the face of good old-fashioned common sense.

This is the United States of America. Democrats recognize that we can maintain the highest level of security in the world while also treating immigrants with the utmost compassion, respect, and humanity.

EVERY STATE IS A BORDER STATE: EXAMINING SECRETARY MAYORKAS' BORDER CRISIS

I say we, based on Democrats we had 216 Democrats voted for this bill. Only 9 Republicans joined in.

Stand firm against anti-immigrant rhetoric and efforts, and firmly reject attempts to exploit Congressional hearings.

Now, if we had Chinese troops lining up along our Southern Border with weapons aimed at our people, with weapons of mass destruction aimed at our cities, you damn well know you would do something about it.

These are human beings who are running away from something in the vast majority of cases, and they deserve to be treated with humanity and respect.

We know that last year, 13,000 pounds, 13,000 pounds of fentanyl was seized in 2023.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to submit statements from the First Focus campaign for children, Human Rights First, and Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights.

We should secure our Southern Border. That includes continuing building the wall where it hasn't been built...

However, the evidence does not support the Republican theory that immigrants are responsible for trafficking fentanyl into the United States.

During a briefing with reporters, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said it was 'unequivocally false that fentanyl is being brought to the United States by non-citizens encountered in between the ports of entry who are making…

I hope that going forward, we will not lose sight of the fact that the intelligence community has been clear that domestic extremism is one of our other most serious threats.