Mr. Speaker. today I rise to salute the bravery of Border Patrol agents working along the Mexican border. I recently returned from a weeklong trip to the MexicanCalifornia border. where I had the opportunity to ride along with our Border Patrol agents. I was impressed by the bravery of the Border Patrol agents who escorted me. We personally saw a Border Patrol supervisor pull an illegal alien off a 10foot wall and arrest him despite his violent attempts to resist arrest. I witnessed another Border Patrol agent scale a 5.000foot mountain at 2 in the morning in freezing 30degree weather and singlehandedly arrest and handcuff eight illegal aliens. The Border Patrol agent I rode with told me that he had been shot at on several occasions. Twentythree of his colleagues have been killed in the line of duty since 1990. For example. Border Patrol agents Susan Rodriguez and Ricardo Salinas were gunned down by a murder suspect. Agent Jefferson Barr was shot to death by a drug trafficker. I have a message for these brave Border Patrol agents: the U.S. Congress knows you are there. We appreciate your service. and help is on the way.
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