Political Quotes

“I appreciate the gentleman yielding to me tonight. Mr. Speaker, President Biden's policies at the southern border are working if the goal has been to let more than 8 million illegal immigrants enter the country. That is more than the entire population of my home State of Tennessee. If that is the goal, then indeed his policies are working. For example, look no further than on the campaign trail in 2019 when then-candidate Biden said to a crowd of Iowa voters: ``We could afford to take in a heartbeat another 2 million people.'' While campaigning from his basement for the job of Commander in Chief, he never hid the fact that he would use his executive authority to ``increase the total number of immigrants able to come to the United States.'' He was clear as could be. It was a promise made, a promise kept, and a promise multiplied four times over. That quote, which can be found online in seconds, gives much-needed context as to why he issued 94 executive actions on immigration in his first 100 days in office, fought to end the Trump-era remain in Mexico policy and title 42, and why the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released millions of illegal immigrants into our country in open disregard for the law. These actions, coupled with dozens more, continue to send a message to Latin America and around the world, including to suspected terrorists, that our borders are open.…”