I am one of those that believes that government is here to actually help people.

I think one of the key reasons that conditions have improved... is because the CBP One app... has actually made things a lot better.

Democrats also want a safe and secure border. That is in the interests of everyone in our country.

We want to blame the opioid epidemic on people that are seeking their legal right to asylum and not actually on the failures of our treatment system in the United States.

It is exceptionally flawed, and I am stunned that you and your team released this report.

Seeking asylum is not a crime. That is what many of our families have done.

It is also true that these numbers should be not celebrated but welcomed as progress in our ability to control and secure the border.

I hope that we can all commend the Biden-Harris Administration for their actions to prevent a serious disorder at the border following the expiration of Title 42, which I believe was the right decision.

Let's be very clear, that crisis did not happen. This hearing is an attempt to manufacture one.

Asylum is a legal right in this country, and claiming asylum is, so--

House Republicans have opposed greater funding to frontline agencies, including Customs and Border Protection, and House Republicans have called to defund our Federal law enforcement agencies, claiming oftentimes and weaponizing them to…

I want to remind my colleagues in the Majority that attempts to demonize immigrants and people who come here legally to seek asylum is un-American.