I look forward to a frank conversation on CBP's use of facial recognition technology and how Congress can conduct meaningful oversight.

The past few years have weighed heavily on the American people.

migrants seeking asylum are not responsible for the vast majority of drugs arriving in our communities.

We must do more to protect American lives.

Tackling the drug crisis is one of our most pressing National security, law enforcement, and public health challenges.

I am grateful to see this administration tackling the challenge head-on.

The opioid crisis in the United States claims more lives each year than firearms, suicide, homicide, or motor vehicle crashes.

Failure at the border looks like when kids were dying under the prior administration, failure looks like when kids and women and children are being raped because of this inhumane process of policy, of Remain in Mexico, that you all think…

There is no justification for denying vulnerable migrants the legal right to seek asylum.

No family should have to make this choice.

Congress must support the Biden administration's efforts to restore asylum and prioritize the best interests of children seeking safety.

Thank you for joining today's hearing to examine the administration's use of Title 42, its upcoming termination, and the need to restore access to asylum at the border.

the largest terror threat is from not the Southern Border. It is the Northern Border.

Congress must support these efforts and push for a Federally-mandated 'best interests of the child standard.'

Vulnerable migrants are fleeing gang violence and persecution in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, political persecution and violence in Nicaragua, and kidnapping and political turmoil in Haiti.

This discriminatory double standard must end.

Ukrainians should be allowed to enter the United States and seek humanitarian protection. But so should Haitians and Hondurans and Guatemalans, Africans, and others fleeing violence.

Opening ports of entry along the Southern Border is a crucial step that the Biden administration should take immediately.

The United States has capacity to welcome asylum seekers and treat them with dignity.

Congress must challenge the Government's reliance on any policy or practice which results in family separation.

Congress must wholeheartedly support the termination of this illegal and inhumane policy.

I would like to remind the committee that applying for asylum is legal under U.S. and international law.

We must also recognize that Title 42 did not stop migration to the United States.

If our Nation does not afford due process to those who are most in need, we are failing in our basic duty to fellow children of God and degrading our domestic and international legal obligations as well as our global leadership on human…

The repeal of Title 42 should not lead to alternative assaults on the right to seek asylum or to migrate.