S.Amdt. 4221

SA 4221. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CRISIS AT THE
SOUTHWEST LAND BORDER.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There were 1,300,000 illegal crossings between January,
2021, and July, 2021, across the Southwest land border of the
United States.
(2) The 212,672 migrant encounters at the Southwest land
border in July 2021 was a 21-year high.
(3) Noncitizens with criminal convictions are routinely
encountered at ports of entry and between ports of entry on
the Southwest land border.
(4) Some of the inadmissible individuals encountered at the
Southwest land border are known or suspected terrorists.
(5) Transnational criminal organizations routinely move
illicit drugs, counterfeit products, and trafficked humans
across the Southwest land border.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the current level of illegal crossings and trafficking
on the Southwest border represents a national security
threat;
(2) the Department of Defense has rightly contributed
personnel to aid the efforts of the United States Government
to address the crisis at the Southwest border;
(3) the National Guard and active duty members of the Armed
Forces are to be commended for their hard work and dedication
in their response to the crisis at the Southwest land border;
and
(4) border security is a matter of national security and
the failure to address the crisis at the Southwest land
border introduces significant risk to the people of the
United States.
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