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On the recordOctober 20, 2021
The fight to restore law and order and secure our southern border continues. Border apprehensions remain at a 2-decade high as the Department of Homeland Security warns officials to prepare for roughly 400,000 illegal migrants crossing the border just this month. President Biden is more committed to ending President Trump's policies that had successfully slowed the surge of illegal crossings than he is to securing our border. The cartels and human smugglers have taken notice of our weakened position and are more than willing to exploit these changes for their financial benefit. Meanwhile, those who are understandably seeking opportunity and a better future are being coached to gain entrance to the U.S. by claiming asylum. As a result of our open southern border and the refusal by the Biden administration to detain the majority of those we encounter, more than 2 million illegal immigrants are expected to pass through our southern border this year. Already, 1.2 million have entered the country illegally and have been apprehended since President Biden took office, and millions of these are expected to be brought into the interior of our country--all at taxpayers' expense. The desperate situation at the southern border calls for urgent action. Instead, House Democrats are determined to use the budget reconciliation process to pass amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants.…
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John Rose
Republican · Vermont
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Oct 20, 2021

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