Rep. HENRY CUELLAR. "pressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday to explain why the agency plans to reduce its aerial surveillance on the TexasMexico border." "Mondays request comes as CBP is reporting a new surge in the number of undocumented immigrants crossing the Rio Grande. From October to December of 2015. about 10.560 unaccompanied minors entered Texas illegally through the Rio Grande Valley sector of the U.S. Border Patrol. That marks a 115 percent increase over the same time frame in 2014." Madam Speaker. what is clear is that. as this administration says. oh. we are arresting fewer people coming into the country illegally. these kind of reports make clear. well. yeah. if you close your eyes. you will keep arresting even fewer. That is what they are doing. They are closing our eyes to our ability to see people that are violating our law. At the same time. we get this report from the Washington Examiner that sanctuary cities now cross the 300 mark. with Dallas and Philadelphia added to it. Madam Speaker. with so much to be depressed about. I want to commend the people of the State of Iowa. where I spent a couple of days last week and where I have spent other times many days in the past.
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