On the recordFebruary 14, 2024
I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for his comments. I appreciate his focus on this very, very important issue. I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), my good friend and colleague. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Moore of Utah for leading us once again at this important time to get the message out in front of the American people that wish to pay attention. Just following up a little bit on what Mr. Grothman was talking about on the border and the horrific illegal immigration and how many are coming into this country is just overwhelming. I had an experience last week in Tucson, myself and Mr. Tom Tiffany from Wisconsin. We both, after a border tour, attempted to stop in at an illegal--well, they call them migrants. That is a euphemism. They say we are migrants. It drives me crazy listening to that--an intake area that had been a Ramada Hotel there run under the guise of a group called Casa Alitas. It is run not with a whole lot of daylight on how they operate there. Again, we have many NGOs, nongovernment organizations, that are making a lot of money that are incentivized to move a lot of illegal immigrants into this country and place them where have you. They have busloads going here and there and everywhere and plane rides. My understanding is there have been approximately 5,000 plane rides, with planes full, since the start of the Biden administration, moving people around the country. We attempted to meet with people there and see.…
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