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On the recordApril 21, 2021
There is a humanitarian crisis on our southern border. Every day, more migrants surge towards the border and overwhelm the dedicated men and women of Customs and Border Protection. CBP is facing the most dramatic increase in detentions and illegal crossings in nearly 15 years, with no end in sight and no plan to address the situation articulated and caused by the Biden administration. Mr. Biden revoked the remain in Mexico policy and the safe third country agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. He stopped building the wall. He tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to coordinate the response to this humanitarian crisis almost a month ago. She still hasn't visited the border, but she has had time to stop at a Chicago bakery and grab a slice of cake for her plane ride home. The Vice President's message to the American communities being overrun with illegal immigrants is, apparently, ``let them eat cake,'' while the President rolls out the welcome mat to illegal immigrants pouring over our border. My colleagues across the aisle want to fund lawyers for illegal immigrants and defund the police. They don't care if the American people are protected, but they want to make sure their friends in the local bar association get paid to represent criminals flooding into our country. Democrats don't have time to fix our broken immigration system, but they have time to visit Minnesota and incite riots.…
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Ken Buck
Republican · Colorado
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Apr 21, 2021

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