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On the recordSeptember 27, 2019
I was at one place, the most remote border entry we have got in the entire country. It is only open 9 to 4. We have three customs agents assigned there. We have got one Border Patrol agent who actually lives there in a double-wide mobile home. I won't say what his name is. Let's just say it is Bob. The night before I got there, 2 a.m., 255 people, cartel-driven-- because there is no place for 30 miles, 40 miles. That is the nearest town. So, 250 people were dropped off, and they all go up and knock on the door of the double-wide. They are reading from a paper. They say: ``Bob, we declare asylum.'' I talked to an agent. He tells me that he has been exposed, in the last 6 weeks, to hepatitis A, B, and C; measles; mumps; lice; scabies; and he said: ``Don't forget, a skin-eating bacteria that they haven't been able to identify yet.'' That is not a border crisis? You don't want to address that? I am telling you, it needs to be addressed. It needs to be addressed today. I thank the President for having the courage to do it. You know what? If you want more money, get him more money for the Coast Guard. I will support that.
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Andy Biggs
Republican · Arizona

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