WASHINGTON, DC--Congressman John Rose expressed his concerns over new, startling, data released by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on the House floor Wednesday.
The full speech, as prepared for delivery, is below:
Mister Speaker, last week, Customs and Border Protection released their monthly report detailing how bad President Biden’s border crisis has become.
The numbers are quite startling. In March alone, CBP confirmed 221,303 migrant encounters at our southern border. This number is up 33% from February and up 542% since 2020.
Making matters worse, the numbers show that 42 people on the terrorist watch list tried to enter our country illegally since President Biden took office. Thankfully, due to the hard work and diligence of law enforcement officers on the southern border, they were arrested.
Although, this begs the question: if we found 42 people on the terror watch list since January of 2021, how many more are in our country today out of the more than 200 thousand illegal immigrants who we know evaded law enforcement?
Unfortunately, we’ll probably never know until it’s too late. Thanks to President Biden’s open border policies, Americans must come to terms with the fact that until Republicans regain control of Congress and the White House, potential terrorists continuing to file through our borders is just a way of life.
You can watch the full speech here.
Original source can be found here.
