Madam Chair, this amendment prohibits the executive branch from using the authorized funds to detain undocumented immigrants in Department of Defense facilities. One of the central aspects of the crisis at our border is that the…

Madam Chair, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

Madam Chair, this amendment prohibits the executive branch from deploying troops on the southern border if the purpose of this deployment is to enforce immigration law. According to the Congressional Research Service, the armed services do…

Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF…

Madam Chair, the deployment of troops on our border is a relatively new phenomenon. It is one that is unprecedented, and it represents an unnecessary militarization toward what should be seen as a humanitarian crisis. Madam Chair, I yield…

Madam Chair, I think it is important that we clarify that in order to have a humane immigration system, we do not require militarization or cruelty to children. Asking that children not be caged and asking that human beings' rights--human…

Madam Chair, I present an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle E of title 10 the following: SEC. __. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS…

Madam Chair, I think it is important for us to clarify when we talk about ``unaccompanied children'' whom the administration is labeling an ``unaccompanied child.'' If a child comes with their grandmother, they are deemed unaccompanied. If…

We had no other choice, and very quickly thereafter, we learned that children were being moved out of the facility in the hundreds and that CBP was releasing thousands of children.

When we were at these facilities, one of the things that I had noticed was that there were these tents in the back with--I mean, they looked like cages, and I know that a lot of the migrants, they call the cold rooms 'hieleras,' and they…

Mr. Homan, your name is on this. Is this correct?