On the recordMarch 12, 2024
The bottom line is this administration has no desire to end the immigration. They want it for two things: power and change the Censuses of the States that are transporting them all over this country. It is an abomination, and support by a meaningful, new President will close the border down. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I kind of feel like I am in an episode of ``The Twilight Zone.'' I can't figure my colleagues on the other side of the aisle out. The bottom line is, I hear they want to be tough on the border, and every time we try to pass a tough border security bill, they say no. What we have here is a nonbinding resolution that does nothing. It does nothing. It doesn't even go to the Senate. It can never become law. It is nothing. It is just a press release. What they turned down was $440 million for more judges to accelerate the asylum claims so we are not waiting years and can do this in weeks and months. $23 million to destruct Mexican cartels, they said no to that. $6.7 billion for Customs and Border Protection, they said no to that. Fifty thousand ICE detention beds, they said no to that. $4 billion for USCIS, they said no to that. Why? Because the former President of the United States called up and said: I want the issue. This is the former President of the United States, by the way, who says that immigrants poison the blood of our country. Mr.…





