You instructed ICE agents not to detain or deport the vast majority of individuals illegally in the country.

If we fix that first before we secure the border, we are just doing more of what you have done.

I think instead of demonizing children, I think we should demonize the cartels.

Secretary, every time you fail to acknowledge that this is a crisis, you lose even more credibility with the men and women of DHS.

These men and women are proud to fulfill their duty to secure our border, and they do this with no thanks, no support, and no recognition from your administration.

You moved Northern Border agents to the Southwestern Border, leaving our Northern Border vulnerable.

You apparently believe this to be a game, Mr. Mayorkas.

The drug cartels are taking advantage of this. With that open border, the mass waves of people coming and they are taking advantage of us.

Mr. Secretary, this budget proposal is an insult to every American.

This budget proposal is an insult to every American. It fails to take seriously many of the most pressing national security threats.

I am asking that the Biden administration have no more kids in graveyards.

The proposed $4.7 billion Southwest Border Contingency Fund is just another gimmick to spend American taxpayer dollars on a crisis you created.

President Biden himself likes to quote, and I quote him, 'Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.'

I said, and their job is to detain and remove immigrants.

you have disregarded the laws written by this branch of Government, laws passed by both Republicans and Democrats.

It is decisions made by you and your boss that have caused this spike. It has incentivized people.

You lowered the credible fear standards, so even illegal border crossers who have broken the laws of the United States can claim asylum.

You have brought generational trauma upon our country.

Secretary Mayorkas, your reckless border policies are enriching drug cartels, and these cartels are laughing in our face.

We have to throw the book at the smugglers.

Congress makes the laws, and the Executive branch is obligated to follow the laws.

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