five minutes I thank my friend from
Georgia and the ranking member
madam Speaker this bill we are beta
debating today is fatally flawed
Republicans are very compassionate
solution to help daca recipients but
that solution must be paired with
common-sense border security interior
enforcement and changes in policy to
stem the tide of illegal border
crossings human smuggling and frivolous
claims of asylum tragically this bill
does nothing to address the crisis at
our southern border ninety nine days ago
chief of the border patrol Carla Provo
testified before the Judiciary Committee
that a humanitarian and immigration
crisis was occurring at the border by
any measure chief Provost is correct
border patrol stats show that total
apprehensions in the first seven months
of the current fiscal year have already
exceeded the total apprehensions from
last fiscal year what does this bill do
to address that reality and stem the
tide of illegal boarding crossings
nothing this year the Border Patrol has
also seen a 266 percent increase in
apprehensions of aliens wanted by law
enforcement what does this bill do to
address that nothing in fact this bill
contains weak screening requirements
that will almost certainly put criminals
on a path to citizenship Republicans
tried to fix this at committee but our
efforts were rejected by the majority
the Border Patrol also reports a sharp
increase in the apprehension of gang
members what does this bill do to
address that nothing the bill contains
no additional enforcement resources not
even to apprehend and remove known gang
members this bill will certainly give
green cards to gang members Republicans
tried to fix this in committee Democrats
rejected this amendment impugning the
integrity of police departments across
America in the process by suggesting
that America's cops indiscriminately add
people to gang databases chief Provo is
also noted in February testimony that
the nature of legal boarding crosses has
changed significantly a decade ago the
Border Patrol
used to apprehend primarily single adult
males today there is an unprecedented
influx of family units in unaccompanied
minors over the past five years family
unit apprehensions are up six hundred
and twenty one percent unaccompanied
minor apprehensions are up 105 percent
the Border Patrol has evidence showing
that transnational criminal
organizations are exploiting the law to
traffic children using a child
repeatedly to aid in the smuggling of
adults into the u.s. why is there a
crisis involving family units and
children what changed the law in 2008 a
Democrat Congress enacted the
unaccompanied alien Child Protection Act
a law that offers perverse incentives
leading to the very problems we see
today in 2008 there were eight thousand
and forty-one unaccompanied minors
apprehended at the border last year
fifty thousand and thirty-six
apprehensions while the nature of the
immigrants detained has changed Congress
has not kept pace with these changes the
Border Patrol is now in need of diapers
formula and meals and medical care
appropriate for children you would think
that Democrats could at least include
more resources to care for young
children at the border but you would be
wrong this bill doesn't do that either
homeland security is also hampered by a
2014 court order limiting how long
immigrations and custom enforcement can
detain not only unaccompanied minors but
also children invite raveling with
parents and in some case in child
traffickers this means entire family
units and criminals are released into
the u.s. after 20 days of detention DHS
desperately needs Congress to address
this critical issue does this bill fix
this issue no it does not we also know
that there is abuse of our generous
Asylum laws aliens encountered that the
border are being coached to claim fear
guaranteeing they will be released into
the u.s. does this bill do anything to
reduce frivolous asylum claims no does
it require asylum seekers to apply at a
legal port of entry no does that hold
people accountable for filing or
assisting in filing fraudulent claims no
does it impose any kind
Asylum quota no this bill fails to
advance advance even basic asylum fixes
make no mistake about it madam Speaker
the policies passed by this house even
if they never become law will send a
message if the House passes this bill
Democrats will be sending a clear
message to dock recipients those young
adults brought here by their parents
illegally that Democrats are willing to
hold these young adults hostage in the
push for open borders if the House
passes this bill we will incentivize
illegal immigration just as Congress did
in 2008 and when we would certainly get
more of it this is exactly what this
bill will do it is not compassionate it
is reckless it is misguided I yield back
the