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On the recordMarch 9, 2023
I rise because no American is safe. The United States Secretary of Homeland Security says that the American border is secure. The American people know better. It is for these reasons I traveled to our southern border with several of my colleagues from the Committee on Homeland Security. Two adults attempted to climb the U.S. border fence the day we got there. They fell and were critically injured. American taxpayers are paying the bill. Hospitals are inundated with non-U.S. citizens. They are not paying a dime for care. Schools and teachers are attempting to teach students that are here unlawfully. Many don't speak English, and they are delaying the education of those who do. Illegal aliens attacked a Border Patrol agent while we were there. They are trying to kill American law enforcement agents. Under this administration, these agents in many cases are instructed to respond by firing pepper balls. Some schools are placed on lockdown 4 to 10 times a week because Border Patrol agents are chasing drug dealers and human smugglers that have crossed the border and entered their elementary and middle school campuses. Cartel members are recruiting 11- to 14-year-old children to drive vehicles to smuggle illegal aliens through multiple States and counties. Practically everyone crossing illegally claims asylum. Think about it, they are coming from Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador, Iran, and, yes, they are coming from China, too.…
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Dale Strong
Republican · Alabama
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govinfo.gov
Mar 9, 2023

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