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On the recordMay 1, 2024
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Utah, my friend, for having this Special Order tonight to once again highlight the failures of the Biden administration on our southern border. Since President Biden's first day in office, he has failed our Nation by refusing to secure the southern border. During his first year, President Biden reversed several of President Trump's policies that were effective in addressing illegal immigration. President Biden stopped construction of the border wall, even though it was already funded. Instead, he paid contractors $6 million a day while he studied the border. President Biden ended President Trump's remain in Mexico policy before the Supreme Court forced him to reinforce it. President Biden came into office hyperfixated on implementing radical policies to appease progressive activists, and in turn, he has left our southern border wide open. Since he was sworn in, there have been more than 9.2 million illegal immigrant encounters across the country, nearly three times the population of my home State of Kansas. More than 1.8 million of those illegal immigrants have evaded the U.S. Border Patrol and slipped into the country. There have been at least 350 encounters with individuals on the terrorist watch list and more than 24,000 encounters with Chinese nationals. Make no mistake.…
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Tracey Mann
Republican · Kansas

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