Mike McCaul

But I believe that this bill is harmful, counterproductive, and turns our back on those fleeing oppression. And for that reason, I urge my colleagues to vote no.

These are some of the safest cities in the country. Yet, there is a whole hysteria created around the asylum seekers.

Seeking asylum under both domestic and international law is legal. We can do so much better than this bill.

But this bill before us, H.R. 6090, does none of these things and instead it takes us down a dark path by codifying the harmful remain in Mexico policy.

The Biden Administration has failed on our southern border and this is a step in the right direction.

We are a nation of legal migration. We are a nation that has respected our laws and our sovereignty.

We have a missing in action borders czar.

We need comprehensive proactive immigration reform. But that means addressing the root causes of violence and poverty in the Northern Triangle.

We talk a lot in this committee about how to restore America's reputation on the world stage and, let's be clear, doing that starts here at home.

American families have never been at greater risk of attack in their homes than today because of the Biden policies of an open border.

This policy was extremely effective in the prior Administration. And reinstating it will give a proven solution to reducing the crisis.

I think our colleagues, you honestly have to think the American people are stupid.

Sending these individuals that I have laid out to unknown situations in Mexico or Central America with no access to family support or proper resources is unconscionable.

If we cannot account for the children that are coming across because of our open border policies then how can we continue to press for an open asylum policy, which is effectively what the Biden Administration has advocated for.

Support for this resolution ignores the painstaking efforts of the American and Ukrainian Governments and instead parrots the propaganda of the Kremlin.

I ask that we all come together, not just to show the greatness of America and what we do here in the Foreign Affairs Committee, but to show what we stand for as Americans.

In America we claim that we are the shining beacon of freedom and liberty. But not supporting such an amendment or such a bill would really speak otherwise.

I believe we can achieve that outcome not by using sticks but instead by collaborating across the region to address the root causes of forced displacement and irregular migration.

We have had 5 million encounters at our border since this Administration came into office.

One recission, one stroke of the pen rescinding the Remain in Mexico policy was a direct cause and effect of the chaos we are seeing at our southern border.

People disingenuously say that the border is open when we have three or four times the number of Border Patrol agents that we did in the year 2000.

The rhetoric in the United States, the rhetoric in this Congress, the rhetoric from people across the aisle, the Republicans, is getting dangerous.

We need to ensure that that process remains true to our rule of law, not to release folks out in our country before those asylum claims are actually vetted.

We need the rule of law on the border. We do not need more money.

In my judgment, I have never seen this border more wide open and out of operational control.