Clay Higgins Slams Democrat Colleagues: They ‘Really Love’ Illegal Immigrants In Our Country

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During Wednesday’s House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) questioned DHS Secretary Kristi Noem about border security under the Biden Administration.

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00:00is when I put those individuals away, I did it with the weight of the law behind me, and I yield back.

00:06Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to enter an article from Fox 45 that states,

00:15documents reveal a second protective order filed by the wife against Kilmar Abrego Garcia,

00:22whom also had two deportation orders.

00:26Yes. Without objection, so ordered. I now recognize Mr. Higgins for five minutes of questioning.

00:33Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My, my, my. Our Democrat colleagues really love illegals in our country.

00:44It's stunning for regular Americans like me to listen to this passionate and contentious defense

00:55with the previous administration's policies and the resultant millions upon millions upon millions of illegals

01:05that entered our country over the last four years.

01:08I'll tell you where we're, I'm not going to use my colleagues the same language

01:14because I don't think that kind of language should be used in committee,

01:19but I'll tell you where we, where we heard loads of not necessarily genuine statements.

01:32It was from Secretary Mayorkas for four years.

01:35We had to listen to his testimony again and again, how he needed more resources.

01:41He needed more laws and Congress had to pass more laws.

01:46And yet we said for years, what you need is to enforce the laws that we currently have on the books.

01:53You need policies that would actually control the border.

01:56And we have Madam Secretary before us representing an administration that has done just that.

02:02If the same 1,954 miles of border that you had a year ago is now under control.

02:09If the same men and women that you had a year ago, the border is now under control.

02:13If the same equipment, the same all-weather roads, everything is the same.

02:18The only thing that has changed is the policies coming out of the White House

02:21and a Secretary of Homeland Security that will actually execute the laws of our land

02:27and protect the citizenry of our country.

02:30That's Madam Secretary Noem who sits before us.

02:33And she should be spoken to with some modicum of respect from my Democrat colleagues.

02:42It's amazing.

02:43Our border is secured versus wide open and wild.

02:48And Democrats complain and they're angry and they protest.

02:53Illegals are being deported rather than waved in and imported.

02:59And Democrats are angry and protesting.

03:04It's stunning to Americans to witness this.

03:08Madam Secretary, thank you, good lady, for the job that you are doing,

03:13securing our borders and protecting the citizenry

03:16that we are elected to represent in this body.

03:21I work for the American citizenry.

03:24And every one of us has sworn that oath.

03:29The difference between the parties has never been more stark.

03:34We represent law and order and American citizens

03:38and American enforcement of our laws.

03:44My goodness gracious.

03:45Thank you, Madam, for

03:47so graciously enduring

03:51the assault that you have.

03:53I'd like to touch on

03:55the 287G program.

03:57Thank you for partnering with our local and state

04:00law enforcement

04:01to work together

04:02to secure our borders.

04:04This is an this is an excellent program.

04:07You have voiced support for it.

04:09Can you speak, Madam Secretary Noem?

04:12Can you speak to the importance of

04:14of the DHS partnering with local and state law enforcement,

04:19including programs like 287G?

04:23Well, thank you, Congressman.

04:24Yes, 287G has been a wonderful program for many years,

04:28but not utilized during the previous administration.

04:30It's a partnership between federal law enforcement officers

04:35and also our state and local law enforcement

04:39to give them the same authorities

04:41to operate in a task force model

04:43to go out and to really make sure

04:45that we're going after individuals

04:46that have broken our laws,

04:48that have perpetuated violence in our communities,

04:51bring them into incarceration

04:52and get them out of our country

04:53if they don't belong here.

04:55And it has been a fantastic partnership,

04:57one that President Trump has encouraged us to pursue

05:00and to continue to build out across the country.

05:03Yes, ma'am.

05:03We have program and others like

05:06is going to be heavily supported

05:07by Republicans on this committee.

05:09Finally, ma'am, in my remaining 25 seconds,

05:13we speak to the efforts to locate the children.

05:16Thousands and thousands and thousands of children

05:20waved into our country during the last four years

05:23and they're lost to the interior.

05:25Many are being trafficked and abused.

05:27Can you speak to the efforts to find these kids?

05:30Yeah, up to 300,000 children were lost or missing

05:33under the Biden administration.

05:35We have located and returned over 5,000 of them

05:38to their homes and to their families,

05:40but there's many, many more to be found

05:43and to be returned and brought to safety.

05:45So we're continuing to work on that every day

05:46and our HSI officers spend a lot of time

05:50and are the experts in the field

05:51at training local law enforcement to identify

05:53and find them as well.

05:55Thank you, ma'am.

05:56You expect full support there, Mr. Chairman.

05:59I heard and I now recognize...

06:01Mr. Chairman, I'd ask unanimous consent

06:04to introduce the article from PBS NewsHour

06:07entitled,

06:08Children Who Are U.S. Citizens Deported

06:10Along With Foreign-Born Mothers

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