How Many More
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Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask the question, how many more Americans must die before President Joe Biden reverses the 60-plus policies he put in place that led to our border being wide open?
We know that under sections 1182 and 1225 of title 8 of immigration law, the President has the authority to secure the border and use his discretion to implement policies. Sadly, the President has used his discretion instead to completely dismantle our southern border, allowing for dangerous gang members, criminals, smugglers, and illegal immigrants to enter.
Right now, the President can end catch and release. He can reinstate remain in Mexico. He can make changes to asylum and parole. He can expedite removal of individuals. He can shut down the border altogether. He can cut off funding to nonprofit organizations, nongovernmental partners, that are basically allowing people to travel all around our country.
Again, sadly, President Biden used these authorities instead, to dismantle the policies of President Trump.
As a result, we have seen so many Americans being killed. Illegal immigrants have come over our border.
I will read some of the headlines. This is just from this year alone.
``Illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged with murder in shootout that killed 2-year-old boy, injured teen mom.''
``Venezuelan illegal immigrant charged with sexual assault against 14-year-old in Virginia.''
``ICE confirms Georgia student murder suspect entered U.S. illegally, was previously arrested in NYC.''
``Five-time deported illegal alien accused of killing 10-year-old boy walking home from school.''
``Honduran illegal migrant arrested for rape of girl, 14, stabbing man during knifepoint robbery.''
``Illegal migrant charged in Michigan woman's killing was deported under Trump but snuck back in: ICE.''
``Illegal migrant deported 8 times with 11 arrests now charged with murder in Ohio.''
These are just some of the victims of President Biden's open border policy.
If we go into last year, we can talk more about an illegal immigrant who had an outstanding warrant for attempted strangulation. He approached a car and shot a woman seven times because she wouldn't hang up the phone when he asked her to.
An illegal immigrant was charged with sadistically murdering a 16- year-old Texas high schooler, stabbing her to death and dumping her body in the bathtub. Her body was discovered by her mother.
An illegal alien released by the Biden administration was arrested for raping an 11-year-old girl, strangling her to death after knocking on the door of her home.
An illegal who entered our country under the Biden administration was charged with driving a minivan into a schoolbus full of children, flipping the bus and killing an 11-year-old boy.
An illegal alien repeatedly stabbed and mutilated individuals and then dumped them in a field in Daytona Beach, Florida.
An illegal immigrant was arrested for murdering a 57-year-old, a mother of three and a grandmother of four, in Texas.
This is a 5-minute speech, and I am only allowed 5 minutes, or else I could go on and on.
Again, I will ask, how many more murders of Americans, whether it be by stabbing, drunk driving, shooting, or fentanyl, will it take before the President reverses his dangerous policies at our southern border or the Senate takes up our legislation, H.R. 2, the Border Security Act, which would require him to take action at the border?
Giving the President a little more discretion, as the Senate has suggested, is not going to resolve the issue because the President is not using the discretion he currently has. We need to require him to take these actions to reinstate the commonsense policies of the previous administration that were working and stop this President from giving parole to individuals who are dangerous gang members wreaking havoc in cities like mine in New York.
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