[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 60 (Monday, April 8, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CLOSING THE IMMIGRATION LOOPHOLE

  (Mr. SPANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SPANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the 
worsening humanitarian and national security crisis on our southern 
border. In the past 6 months alone, over 200,000 migrants have been 
detained by the Border Patrol, nearly twice as many as the previous 
year.
  Currently, caravans of migrants are headed north with little to no 
opposition by neighboring governments. The U.S. must demand regional 
cooperation. While fleeing their countries to escape poverty, gang 
violence, and crime, they fall victim to coyotes and criminals on the 
trek to our border, including women and children.
  Our immigration facilities are too full to house, and our court 
systems are too burdened to process, these cases. This results in 
migrants being released into America, most never to be seen again.
  We have a moral obligation to American families across this land to 
close these immigration loopholes, secure our borders, and restore the 
rule of law.
  Congress must fix our broken immigration system, and we must do it 
now.

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