'Stop Pretending That This Crisis Does Not Exist': GOP Lawmaker Blasts Biden's Border Policies

5 months ago

In remarks on the House floor, Rep. Tracey Mann (R-KS) denounced President Biden's border strategy.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss President Biden's open border.

00:09Since President Biden was sworn in, his open border policies have created a national security

00:13and a humanitarian crisis.

00:16House Republicans continue to urge the White House and our Democrat colleagues in Congress

00:20to work with us to identify a solution.

00:24Again and again, we are met with silence.

00:28I understand border security may not be politically convenient for my colleagues on the other

00:32side of the aisle, but at some point, they must stop pretending that this crisis does

00:37not exist.

00:39I found it telling that over the Fourth of July weekend, the White House touted that

00:43illegal crossings along the U.S. southern border decreased following President Biden's

00:48recent executive order.

00:50What they conveniently left out is that even with this executive order, May was still the

00:5539th straight month where illegal immigrant encounters have been higher than even the

01:01highest month under the President Trump administration.

01:05I understand the White House is in desperate need of good press.

01:08But with all due respect, Mr. Speaker, the facts are the facts.

01:11Our borders are far from secure and no feel-good story or graphic from this White House communications

01:17team is going to change that.

01:18I spent last week with Kansas and 11 counties doing town halls across the Big First District

01:23and they were clear, addressing the nation's border crisis matters to them.

01:28Under President Biden's policies, cartels have been the winners and innocent children

01:32and those who are trying to enter the country legally have been the losers.

01:37It doesn't have to be this way.

01:39Let's do something to fix this chaos.

01:42First, we need to immediately finish the border wall.

01:45Time and time again, Border Patrol agents have shared that a physical border along our

01:49nation's borders coupled with advanced technology is extremely helpful in stopping the cartels.

01:55We also need to designate the Mexican cartels as exactly what they are, terrorists.

02:01These human smugglers get rich by putting lives at risk and pouring fentanyl into our

02:05country.

02:06It is unacceptable.

02:08We need to implement policies that are actually effective.

02:10On his first day in office, President Biden immediately began rolling back the Trump administration's

02:15immigration policies for no other reason than they were associated with President Trump's name.

02:20President Biden never asked if the policies were helping curb illegal immigration or slow

02:25illegal immigrants from entering the country or if it's good for the United States of America.

02:29It was simply, if President Trump did it, it's gone.

02:32That has backfired on President Biden and the polls show it.

02:37There's a reason President Trump is more trusted on the border than President Biden.

02:41We need to reinstate remain in Mexico and end President Biden's disastrous catch and

02:45release policy.

02:47And finally, we must change our tone to send a clear message.

02:50Do not come to the U.S. illegally.

02:53At the start of his presidency, President Biden promised outright citizenship to more

02:57than 11 million illegal immigrants.

03:01America is a nation of legal immigrants, and the president's false promise was a slap in

03:05the face to the two million people who legally migrate to the U.S. each year the right way.

03:11We should make legal immigration easier and illegal immigration harder.

03:17Mr. President, this is not rocket science.

03:19It's simple.

03:20I asked my colleagues again today, what will it take for you to come to the table to secure

03:25the border?

03:26We can't keep pretending the current situation is normal.

03:30Your move.

03:31Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

03:32And with that, I yield back.

'Stop Pretending That This Crisis Does Not Exist': GOP Lawmaker Blasts Biden's Border Policies

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