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The historic crisis unfolding at our Southern and Northern Borders is a direct result of Biden and Extreme Democrats' Far Left open border policies, which have turned every community into a border community.   
 
That is why today, House Republicans will bring to the floor  H. Res. 957, which denounces Joe Biden's failed Far Left open border policies and urges Biden to these policies
 
BIDEN’S BORDER CRISIS BY THE NUMBERS:

• Since Joe Biden took office:
  • There have been 8 million illegal crossings nationwide. 
  • There have been OVER 6.7 MILLION illegal crossings of our Southern Border.
  • There have been 1.7 million known gotaways who evaded U.S. Border Patrol.  
• In November, there were 242,418 illegal immigrants encountered at the Southern Border. 
  • This is a 236% increase from November 2020. 
  • November was the 33rd straight month, where monthly illegal immigrant encounters have been higher than even the highest month seen under President Trump. 
• In November, 18 more individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry. 
• So far under Biden, 312 of these individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the Southern Border.
• In FY23, 169 people whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the Southern Border, an all time record. 
  • This total is more than the encounters in all FY17, FY18, FY19, FY20, FY21, and FY22 combined. 
• Biden’s Far Left open border policies are to blame for this historic crisis. 
  • During Biden’s first 100 days in office, he took 94 executive actions on immigration, including halting the construction of the border wall. 
  • In August 2022, Biden and his Administration decided to make the border crisis WORSE by formally ending former President Trump’s successful ‘Remain in Mexico’ program.
  • The Biden Administration announced on May 10, 2023, that it would allow for the release of some migrants into the U.S. with no way to track them. 
    • Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has now admitted that 40 percent of catch-and-release migrants have disappeared. 
• Despite this historic crisis Joe Biden has only visited the southern border ONCE, and it was widely panned as nothing more than a photo-op.    

MAKE NO MISTAKE: House Republicans will continue to fight to secure our border. That is why we passed H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, which is the strongest border security package in American history. 
  
FACTS ABOUT H.R. 2, THE SECURE THE BORDER ACT OF 2023:

• Force the Biden Administration to restart construction of the border wall.
• Deploy technology to the Southern and Northern border.
• Increase the number of Border Patrol agents and provide bonus pay.
• Require transparency regarding illegal crossings from the Department of Homeland Security.
• Strengthen current law to protect unaccompanied children from human trafficking.
• End catch and release.
• End abuse of executive immigration authority.
• Strengthen and streamline the asylum process.