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

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                            BORDER SECURITY

  (Mr. GAETZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, what do we think would happen in this country 
if we said we were only going to lock up 1,000 people, total, for 
murder? Well, probably, after the thousandth person was arrested and 
locked up, you would have a lot more murders, not less, because people 
would think they could get away with it.
  The caravans that are forming in Central and South America and coming 
toward our southern border aren't shrinking; they are growing. That is 
why Democrats don't want us to be able to lock up all the people who 
commit the crime of unlawful entry into the country, because they want 
to induce that illegal immigration.
  Well, Mr. Speaker, we want to stop it, and our negotiators are 
operating in good faith, but now Democrats are adding new issues.
  Here is my challenge to Speaker Pelosi: If she has got a bill that 
can pass with Democratic votes to secure the border, put it on the 
floor, because we are tired of negotiating when the goalposts keep 
moving, when the terms keep changing, and when Democrats do not appear 
sincere about securing our border.
  It is like we are negotiating against a ghost. We are tired of it, 
and the American people are tired of it.

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