February 11, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 26 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H1508-H1509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            BORDER SECURITY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, instead of working in good faith to secure 
our borders and reach a compromise to

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avoid another shutdown, House Democrats have other ideas.
  They argue that allowing ICE to increase adult detention beds from 
40,000 to 52,000 is actually a bad idea--unbelievable.
  Is there any solution the Democrats pose for securing our borders and 
our sovereign Nation?
  They don't want the agency to have the capacity to detain more 
illegal immigrants who cross into the United States. Instead, just flow 
right in, increasing the risk to our citizens, as we see time and time 
again, especially in my home State of California.
  Right now, there are 48,000 illegal immigrants detained thanks to the 
increased enforcement of our sovereign border laws under this 
administration.
  Our county sheriffs are greatly concerned, however, that the new 
numbers that the Democrats are posing for us will release up to 10,000 
illegal immigrants--criminals, even--onto our streets, into our 
country.
  Instead of providing additional beds and allowing our Border Patrol 
agents to do their jobs, they have actually proposed to knock that 
number down to 35,000.
  It appears my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would rather 
release illegal immigrants into the community, many of them 
traffickers, endangering our public.

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