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“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this resolution and to call attention to the ongoing crisis at our southern border. President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have turned our southern border into a land of lawlessness, triggering one of the worst national security, humanitarian, and public safety disasters our country has ever seen. On day one, President Biden immediately repealed strong border security policies that were working. Under Biden and Mayorkas, we have shattered every illegal immigration record on the books, even as Mayorkas knowingly deceives Congress and the American people by saying, ``our border is closed.'' This administration's policies deliberately unleashed chaos by turning control of the border over to Mexican cartels and human traffickers, while simultaneously obstructing States' efforts to secure the border and denying CBP and law enforcement officers the resources necessary to stop the flow of deadly drugs, human slaves, and, very likely, terrorist cells into our country. As a Representative of the great State of Texas, I see the results, the consequences of these deadly policies every day throughout my State. This bill is crucial for ensuring public policies and public spaces that are paid for with taxpayer dollars do not become vast encampments for unvetted migrants, many of whom will be indebted to violent cartels. {time} 1245 Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the passage of this important national security reform.…”