[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 150 (Monday, September 18, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, the numbers don't lie, and data shows a 
staggering unmitigated disaster continues at our southern border.
  There have been 5.8 million illegal crossings since Biden took 
office, 1.6 million got-aways, nearly 24,000 pounds of fentanyl, and 
146 crossers on the terror watch list.
  Mr. Speaker, Biden's open border policy is a cancer on our country, 
and it is making our Nation very sick.
  One statistic that stands out to me in the wake of the manhunt for 
the escaped fugitive in Pennsylvania, a murderer who came here 
illegally and terrorized Pennsylvania communities for 2 weeks, is the 
number of criminal noncitizen arrests, Mr. Speaker.
  Over 10,000 illegal aliens have been arrested this year who had 
serious convictions on their record. That is compared to 2,400 in 2020 
during Trump's last year in office. These weren't petty convictions. 
These were for murder, rape, assault, DUI, drug trafficking, weapons 
trafficking, and more.
  Mr. Speaker, this administration is turning a blind eye to our 
immigration laws. If the White House won't stop it, this House needs 
to.

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