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On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
Today is September 27, 2023, and because of the dereliction of duty of Secretary Mayorkas and the Biden administration, this Nation is under siege. We have record numbers of migrants coming into this country, estimated at 10,000 a day that we know of and an unknown amount of got-aways. In places like New York City, where people like Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul have celebrated sanctuary cities, we now see, in fact, that they had no plans to be a sanctuary. They just wanted to pander. In places like New York City, we have migrants who are coming into the United States of America through our points of entry. They are coming to the United States of America for a better way of life. They are leaving their homes, their families, risking their lives to cross this border. Instead of being given that sanctuary, they are in old hotels and empty warehouses at airports. This amendment today will ensure that no funds made available by this act may be used by the Department of Defense to provide assistance to the Department of Homeland Security to house migrants or illegal immigrants or illegal aliens on military installations located in the United States of America. Back in May, Governor Hochul sent a letter to President Biden, and cc'd members of the New York delegation, asking that he allow military installations to be utilized for housing migrants.…
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Anthony D'Esposito
Republican · New York

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