Michelle Fischbach: “While the majority is playing their political games in Washington, a real crisis situation at our southern border…”

“While the majority is playing their political games in Washington, a real crisis situation at our southern border remains. Illegal immigration is at a record high, and there are real human costs associated with that. Between the dangerous journey to get to our border and the dangerous people coming across and continuing to commit crimes, people are dying in huge numbers because of this crisis. It is no secret that fentanyl is coming across the southern border. This year, Border Patrol has seized twice as much of this deadly drug as last year, and more than 100,000 Americans have died from overdoses. Because we essentially have an open border, there is no way to effectively keep criminals from crossing into our country. Immigrants need to know there is a process for becoming an American and doing it in the wrong way will have consequences. Finishing the wall would be a huge deterrent for these bad actors. We must finish the wall to slow the massive numbers of illegal immigrants we are seeing before we can have a serious conversation about immigration reform. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Tony Gonzales).”