Nick Langworthy: “I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding the time. Mr. Reschenthaler talked about sanctuary policies. That…”

“I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding the time. Mr. Reschenthaler talked about sanctuary policies. That is really at the root of what we are talking about here today, these so-called sanctuary policies of President Biden and Governor Kathy Hochul in New York and Mayor Eric Adams, who refuse to pull those sanctuary cities back. These policies have failed, and the American people are paying the consequences. Millions of illegal immigrants have flooded across our border since President Biden took office. His administration has refused to even acknowledge the crisis that has unfolded. Two years ago, it was only the communities along our southern border that seemed to almost exclusively carry this burden for this self- inflicted humanitarian crisis. Now, that burden is shared by cities, towns, and villages as far north as my own State of New York, where communities in my own district, very far from the southern border, in upstate New York, have declared a state of emergency as their limited resources are stretched to the breaking point to handle the influx of illegal immigrants. Now, here we are, with thousands of migrant families, including children, shivering in tent cities at Floyd Bennett Field in Staten Island in New York City. Mr.…”