there is no credible threat of deportation for these millions of illegal aliens that the Biden Administration is releasing into the United States.

Asylum really should be a last resort for people who need protection and we have to make the journey unnecessary.

the gentleman yields. The chair recognizes Mr. Castro.

By allowing aliens to enter the interior of this country freely we are signaling to them come on in, we're open for business.

They tell me very bluntly the rescission of this policy had a direct cause and effect on the chaos at the border.

I believe the Trump Administration did get it wrong. Their approach was inhumane and ultimately ineffective.

I have been shocked by the lack of--seeming lack of concern on the part of the Administration when it comes to how many people are being forced into trafficking.

One of the first days of office is what the Biden Administration did was to rescind this policy that was working.

In total, since President Biden took office we have had more than 7.5 million encounters at the southern border.

We have to deal with a legal immigration system that is fundamentally broken.

This is that program where children who were brought here by their parents when they were little, did not even know that they were not here legally, went to school here, speak English as well as you do.

People who fear for their lives just aren't going to stop coming here.

This Administration has created a criminal enterprise right now in the United States of America that will have ramifications for years to come.

by all available measures they can be described in two words, catastrophic failure.

the current system is failing badly.

the Migrant Protection Protocols and Remain in Mexico.

Today's historic border crisis is a policy crisis, not a funding crisis.

This Congress must get the emergency resources that DHS has asked for and the CBP agents on the front lines desperately need.