During remarks on the House floor last week, Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) spoke about the border policies of the Trump Administration.
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00:00Three minutes to the gentleman, Mr. Babin.
00:06Thank you to my good friend, Andy Biggs from Arizona, and my co-chair.
00:12Really appreciate you having tonight's very important special order.
00:18Well the truth is simple.
00:20The Biden administration threw open the floodgates, allowing murderers, rapists, and chaos to
00:27pour into our communities, all in pursuit of political power.
00:33They knew exactly what they were doing.
00:36Securing the border was never an impossibility, as they let the nation and us believe.
00:43It was always a choice, and for the last four years, the wrong choice was deliberately made.
00:51We were told that enforcement wouldn't work, that the crisis was simply too big to fix,
00:56that those were lies, lies meant to cover up the fact that an open border was exactly
01:02what they wanted to do.
01:04They dismantled every tool that worked, inviting criminals to walk right in, and we saw the
01:11consequences play out in the most destructive ways imaginable.
01:15Fifteen million illegals entered under the Biden administration's watch.
01:20Tonight, you will hear about the evils that were unleashed onto our neighborhoods by the
01:26Biden administration, resulting in death and destruction of innocent American lives.
01:32How many more lives must be lost?
01:35How many more families must grieve before they admit their open border agenda is destroying
01:40this country?
01:42One hundred thousand Americans per year dying of deadly Mexican cartel and Chinese drugs
01:50that have come in over our open border.
01:52Hundreds of thousands of lost children from the child sex trade and human trafficking,
01:58murders, rapes, and pillaging from illegal alien gangs swamped public schools, hospitals,
02:06and public services.
02:08But here's the good news, folks.
02:11The days of lawlessness are over, because on day one of the Donald Trump administration,
02:18we finally have a strong leader in the White House.
02:23And just like that, the border was shut down.
02:26All it took was that leadership and the will to enforce the law.
02:31The message was sent loud and clear.
02:34America is not open for lawbreakers anymore.
02:38Illegal crossings have plummeted.
02:40Deportations are back in full force.
02:43And as co-chair of the Border Security Caucus, I'm committed to keeping these dangerous criminals
02:48off of our streets.
02:51Working hand-in-hand with President Trump, with Vice President Vance, and leaders like
02:56Tom Homan, we're making sure that child traffickers, drug smugglers, and gang members are rounded
03:02up and sent packing back to where they belong.
03:07We are kicking them out by the thousands, just like we should have been doing all along
03:12these last four years.
03:14This is how you put America first, folks.
03:17You don't make excuses.
03:19You act.
03:20You don't let criminals run free.
03:22You lock them up or send them home.
03:25You don't leave the border wide open.
03:27You shut it down and you take control.
03:30The American people deserve safety, not suffering.
03:34They deserve law and order, not chaos.
03:37They deserve leadership that protects them, not one that absolutely betrays them.
03:43And that's what Donald Trump and Tom Homan are delivering to us right now.
03:48And they are just getting started.
03:50And with that, I yield back.