Clearly. many factors led these desperate parents to hand off their children to complete strangers. with the hope they make their way to safety here. We ought to consider the complicated policy questions and provide a carefully considered solution. yet these policy changes reveal a kneejerk response coupled with another bill to deport children who are already in the U.S. In addition to emergency appropriations. we should consider bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform passed by the Senate over 1 year ago. which could have helped to prevent the current humanitarian crisis along our southwest border by increasing border security personnel and nearly doubling the number of immigration judges. The two measures we will consider today are deeply disappointing. Madam Speaker. we should provide sufficient funding to cashstrapped agencies quickly and without the baggage of controversial immigration policy riders. I regret we will not do that with this bill. and I regret even more the consequences of our failure. Madam Speaker.
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