Possibility of Overturning Roe V. Wade

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Mr. GIMENEZ. Madam Speaker, from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine to the spikes of illegal immigration and illicit drugs flowing into our country, world events over the past few years have further underscored the importance of countries preserving their national borders.

When a State cannot control and secure its own border, it loses the ability to protect its people and strategic interests. In order for a State to survive, secure borders are paramount.

The current border policies under the Biden administration allows for millions of unvetted, undocumented individuals to freely flow across our southern border. They allow acts of war to be played out by the cartels and the narco-traffickers with hard, illicit, dangerous narcotics--such as fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine--to permeate across the border and be transported to communities throughout the country where they are killing thousands of our fellow countrymen.

These failed border policies leave our children, our grandchildren, our citizens vulnerable. They leave our national security vulnerable. They are a total abdication of the President's duty as the leader of the United States, whose prime responsibility is--above all--to protect the American people.

Instead of handling this border crisis, President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas seem to be more interested in solving Mexico's immigration problems. As the majority of migrants apprehended at our southern border are coming from other countries, such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and frankly from all around the world, it makes absolutely no sense for asylum seekers to show up at our borders seeking refuge from their home countries.

Think about this logically. If a migrant is escaping their home country because of horrible living conditions or other factors, shouldn't they be seeking asylum at the Mexican border and waiting to go into Mexico? Which is exactly what they are doing. Instead, President Biden's weak and gutless policies gives Mexico a free ride by incentivizing them to pass their border security issues and responsibilities to the United States.

President Trump had it absolutely right. We must bring back the remain in Mexico policy and make sure Mexico is doing its part in keeping their borders safe. Customs and Border Protection has made clear what they need to secure our southern border, and by extension, protect the American people. We must move swiftly to finish constructing approximately 280 miles of the wall, and fortifying that barrier with bolstered technology, such as radar sensors, drones, and autonomous surveillance towers.

By strengthening our barriers--both physical and technological--we would be ensuring our law enforcement officials are equipped with the resources necessary to deter grave national security and public health threats created by unvetted, undocumented individuals crossing into our border, curb the proliferation of human trafficking along the southern border, and stem the flow of illicit drugs into our country that, again, are killing thousands--thousands--of our American citizens.

The time has come for the President's administration to take the crisis on our southern border as a serious national security threat, one that puts our families, our communities, and our country at incredible risk. No more hot air and useless speeches. It is time to get real on securing our border.

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