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Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I am sick and tired of Joe Biden and his administration pointing fingers at everyone but themselves for the crisis they created, and so are the American people.

I visited the border five times and have seen it for myself. The crisis at our border is a direct cause of Biden's dangerous and intentional policies. I have heard it from our Border Patrol agents. They are overwhelmed, and Biden has clearly abandoned them. It is sickening.

President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas swore an oath to uphold the law and protect our homeland. That means securing our border. Do they do any of that? Absolutely not. That is a fact, and anyone who says it is not true is lying to you.

People whom we don't know, including a shocking number of single, military-age men from all over the world, are illegally crossing the border. Countless amounts of drugs are being smuggled into our country and killing Americans. And the administration says the border is secure. It is pathetic. Think about that. Possible terrorists, murderers, and deadly drugs are coming to our country every single day while the President of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland Security tell us the border is secure. Have they lost their minds? Do they think the American people are dumb and don't see it on their local news each and every day?

I am from an immigration state. Florida is a beautiful melting pot with people and cultures from all over the world. We love legal immigration. What we don't want is an insecure and unsecure border that allows criminals, drugs, and dangerous individuals to come into our country unchecked.

More than 8 million migrants have been encountered nationwide under Joe Biden's watch--more than 8 million. Joe Biden lets them in, and then we have no idea where they are.

Secretary Mayorkas is a pawn in Joe Biden's illegal immigration agenda, but he is just as guilty because he has not done his job, and he is doing it at the express direction of President Biden.

Millions of people are illegally crossing our border unvetted and with no information provided to State and local officials about who is entering their cities and States. They don't tell Governors, they don't tell law enforcement, they don't tell mayors where they are sending all these migrants.

When you see leaders like Texas Governor Greg Abbott doing what it takes to stop illegal immigration in his State, the Biden administration sues to stop him from enforcing the law. You can't make this stuff up.

Secretary Mayorkas has abolished border security and interior enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security, but he has replaced it. He has replaced it with the largest illegal alien resettlement program in the history of our country. It is purposeful. It is intentional. This is what the Biden administration and Democrats want. We are dealing with a lawless--a lawless--administration that is empowered by the Members of their party in the House and the Senate to continue the carnage.

Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year. But until the border is secure, this battle is not going to stop; it is going to continue. That is 70,000--70,000--families being torn apart because our border is not secure. Why would anybody do this?

Our priority must be protecting American families. We have all had enough. It is time for Biden to ditch his failed policies of open borders and amnesty and secure the border now. It is also time for Secretary Mayorkas to be impeached and removed from office, and I think Joe Biden needs to be held accountable too. I am working on that, and we will have more to say on that soon.

I don't have any confidence in Secretary Mayorkas to carry out his duties as Secretary of Homeland Security and to protect our borders. That is why I joined this Senate resolution with many of my fellow colleagues, and I want to thank the Senator from Kansas for starting this. We cannot allow this lawless administration to keep doing this without consequences. The American people deserve better.

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