Border security is national security, and the Biden Administration’s self-created border crisis is one of the greatest threats facing our country. Over 11 million illegal immigrants have entered our country since Biden took office and millions more known and unknown “gotaways” have entered the country. Among the ranks crossing our southwest borders are known terrorists, smugglers, and gang members. The cartels have taken advantage of this to expand human trafficking operations and flood the United States with fentanyl, and other devastating substances.
As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, I have jurisdiction over the enforcement of our immigration laws and helped the House of Representatives pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, the strongest border security bill in American history. Ending the invasion of our country by people who wish to do us harm is among my top priorities in Congress.
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We have long talked about the absolute disaster at our nation's border; this past year has shown that it is worse than ever before. Americans are no longer safe because of the failures and policies President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have created. Tens of thousands of Americans are dying because of the fentanyl flooding into our country, and hundreds of known and suspected terrorists have tried to enter our country. We've caught 300 of them, but there's no way to know how many made it in.
Republicans have bargaining power in the trillion-and-a-half dollar continuing resolution and must use it first and foremost to secure the southern border or shut down the government, Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., told Newsmax.
"This is an opportunity for us to take a hard line on this and say, 'Unless we can get border control, we're going to have to shut things down," Hageman said on "Saturday Agenda."
Back in October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice issued a warning to banks and financial institutions that they may be subject to prosecution if they rely "unnecessarily" on someone's status as an illegal alien when deciding to provide a financial loan, claiming that this is akin to discrimination on race, color, or national origin. This inference is not only without legal basis, but blatantly contradicts provisions in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act that allow consideration of immigration status as a factor in such decisions.
Under President Biden's watch, every town and city across the nation has become a de facto border community. Yet instead of working to secure the border and remove the illegal aliens flooding our cities, Joe Biden now wants to convert our national parks into tent cities to keep them here. This is an indefensible, illegal, immoral action that threatens the most historic and beautiful sites our nation possesses. I am proud to cosponsor H.R. 5283, which will prevent this horrendous action from taking place.