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On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this so-called declaration that is anchored in a phony, fraudulent, and fake national emergency. There is no crisis at the border. There is no basis in law or in fact for this unconstitutional emergency declaration. Illegal border crossings have not increased; they have decreased. There is no evidence of increased criminal activity on the border. There is no evidence of increased drug trafficking on the border. There is no evidence that terrorists are pouring into the United States of America on the southern border. This is a fantasy made up by a xenophobic administration to support a medieval border wall that this Article I Congress rejected. That is why House Democrats will work to defeat it. Mr. Speaker, vote ``yes'' on the resolution of disapproval.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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