Matt Rosendale: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I would like to add to that. What is lost on this body many, many…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I would like to add to that. What is lost on this body many, many times over is the inhumane treatment that these many, many travelers are experiencing not only before they get to the United States but then after. This is not the land of milk and honey for everyone, folks. There are people who are pressed into indentured servitude once they actually arrive here. Madam Speaker, I had the privilege of going down to the Arizona- Mexico border about a month ago with the gentleman from Texas and was able to see firsthand and meet with Customs agents, Border Patrol, local law enforcement, and the farmers and ranchers. What falls on deaf ears is the terrible, terrible treatment. Our friends from across the aisle think that they are being compassionate by opening up the border and declaring amnesty for everyone. What they don't understand is that those folks are so poorly treated by the cartels as they travel north. You can break it into three sections. As they travel north, these women are raped. These children are violently assaulted. They are forced and coerced into carrying drugs across the line. And then they are forced to pay $5,000 to $7,000 to try to pay for that passage. Once they get to the border, they are then forced to carry drugs across the border.…”