Maxwell Frost Claps Back At Paul Gosar Over Comment About Biden’s ‘Big Brother’ Immigration Policies

gentleman yields back chair recognizes represent Frost thank you Mr chairman before I start earlier I I believe I heard Mr gosar say something about President Biden's immigrations policies being more Big Brother more control and more changing our culture I just want a clarification is that what Mr gosar said okay changing our culture I understand what he's trying to say but I believe that immigrants are American and thus a part of American culture you know it's unfortunate that this hearing started off with a ton of Hyperbole and posturing saying that President Biden and his administration have created the worst border crisis in American history that isn't about oversight it's about stoking the fears of immigrants and those seeking Asylum and it's something I take personally as a son of a Cuban refugee look for for many folks around the country who might only watch far-right media or just listen to even some of the folks on this committee I'm curious uh Chief Chavez when President Biden took office did your agent stop enforcing the border and just allow everybody to come in thus creating what we hear here is is an open border did that happen when the president took office sir thank you for your question uh the answer is no sir okay continue to enforce policy and laws thank you I appreciate it um Chief modlin when President Biden took office did the Border just open and did y'all stop enforcing your policies also thank you for your question sir I can tell you this is the fifth Administration I've worked for starting with the Clinton Administration and border patrol agents do their job every day thank you I appreciate it but I mean look as you all probably realized by now a lot of these hearings are not really about Solutions they're about politics and for me I believe Solutions must be rooted in facts um I know y'all probably watch the news and are aware of what's going on politically would you agree that the narrative being peddled right now that says that an insane amount of fentanyl is being brought into this country by illegal immigrants specifically would you say that is true sir again we're here to report on the facts on on border security I I probably differ from giving an opinion on anything in The Newsroom with the data right because that's that's probably doubtful I I can't yeah I appreciate it I agree right it has to be rooted in the data you know a Cato Institute report and CBP data shows that more than 85 percent of the illicit fentanyl entering the United States is brought in by citizens of the United States of America so Mr chairman I request unanimous consent to enter into the record the 2022 Cato Institute report demonstrating that illicit fentanyl is primarily trafficked by U.S citizens at lawful ports of Entry without objection thank you look my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would have us believe that the solution to the fentanyl problem in this country is to discourage both illegal and legal immigration in comes the wall which we've heard a lot about you know we know that Crossings haven't decreased since we spent 15 billion once again 15 billion with a B of taxpayer money on that Monument of fear the wall kind of reminds me of a sad decaying Soviet statue is the bigger failure that migrants are able to breach the wall or find their way around it chief moonland thank you for the question sir one thing I would say I think it's worth pointing out especially Mr Garcia just came back in the room I'm glad I'm glad you did you talked about being an immigrant and and being proud of the country I can tell you a week ago I was in San Diego drove past the Scottish rights Center and the agent next to me said I smile every time I see that building and I said why he said because I was born in Tijuana and that's the place where I naturalized and became a U.S citizen and so I do hope you know when you all make it down to the Border you talk to the border patrol agents and recognize that the a great number of them are immigrants to the country as well or first Generations like like yourself in Chief on that story so the the center who's naturalized in was across the border and something he saw from Mexico so it was like a beacon of homes this was pretty significantly into uh San Diego but he but he grew up on the border you know Tijuana you can certainly see it across the board and he saw it as a Beacon of Hope and his family recognized opportunity in the United States being able to see directly in our country yeah yes sir that's amazing that's a great story to hear you know for two years of campaigning we've heard about the border the border the border and here we are and yet we're not being Solutions oriented it's hyperbole in lies and I want to be clear and we've heard this time and time and again and I'll say it again the situation deserves this committee's attention because there is a crisis at the border but the crisis is not a criminal one it's a humanitarian one and it's an important fact to keep in mind I appreciate y'all's work and I yield back the balance of my time

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Published: Tue Feb 07 2023