Crane Plays Video Of Clarke He Says Proves Dems Want Illegal Immigration To Increase Blue Districts

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At today's House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) played a video of Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) to claim that Democrats want illegal immigration to bolster blue state redistricting.

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00:00Thank you. I now recognize the gentleman from Arizona, Mr. Crane, for five minutes.

00:05Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing today. I want to thank you all for

00:09joining us on this important subcommittee hearing. I only have five minutes, so I ask

00:13you to please keep your answers brief. I also have a service of unanimous consent request

00:18that I'll be entering into the record after my questioning. Mr. Antifson, on January 27,

00:252024, President Biden said a new, broader bill would grant him new emergency authority

00:31to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. Additionally, on January 30, 2024, President

00:37Biden said when asked about his actions on the border, I've done all I can do. Give me

00:43the Border Patrol. Give me the people who can stop this and make it work right. My question

00:48to you, sir, did President Biden lie to the American people about his actions and authority

00:52at the southern border? He claimed there was nothing else he could do, and then he

00:56did more that summer with the executive order. So, clearly, he wasn't telling the truth.

01:02Thank you. DHS and CBP fall under the executive branch, meaning Biden always had the authority.

01:08He chose to operate the border in the way he did. Would you agree with that, sir? Yes.

01:13Mr. Blair, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol protection data released February 18, 2025,

01:20according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol protection from January 21 through January

01:2631, 2025, the number of U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border dropped

01:3185 percent from the same period in 2024. The number of inadmissible aliens encountered

01:37by CBP's Office of Field Operation at ports of entry along the southwest border dropped

01:4293 percent in the 11 days after January 20, compared with the 11 days prior, and the list

01:49goes on and on. My question is, and please answer yes or no, sir, would you agree CBP

01:56data suggests that President Trump's first 30 days in office was more effective at stopping

02:01illegal immigration than four years of Joe Biden? Yes, sir. Thank you. Ms. Rice, my question

02:07is briefly explain what liberal states stand to gain from mass illegal immigration and

02:13unchecked parole? Part of it's headcount. They're counted in the census, even though

02:20non-citizens can't vote and are not supposed to vote. And then those numbers are used for

02:25districting in Congress. And then in turn, those same numbers are also used for the presidential

02:32electoral college votes. Would you agree, ma'am, that redistricting is a major political

02:38outcome for Democrats welcoming migrant caravans into their local communities? Yes, it gives

02:43them more headcount and therefore more districts. Would you agree illegal immigration for redistricting

02:50is not what the founders intended under Article 1, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution

02:57regarding congressional districting? I agree. I'd like to play a 20-second recording of

03:03a former Homeland Security Committee member. Can we go ahead and play that?

03:12I'm from Brooklyn, New York. We have a diaspora that can absorb a significant number of these

03:20migrants. And when I hear colleagues talk about the doors of the inn being closed,

03:28no room in the inn, I'm saying, I need more people in my district just for redistricting

03:34purposes. And those members could clearly fit here. I'm from Brooklyn, New York. We have a diaspora

03:43that can absorb a significant number of these migrants. And when I hear colleagues

03:50talk about the doors of the... Thank you. That was Rep. Yvette Clark, a Democrat from New York,

03:59from January 8th, 2024. Her words outlined Biden's failed plans for illegal immigration to gain

04:05political influence. Ms. Rice, you wrote on this issue for Heritage Foundation in February of 2024.

04:12The article was titled, Stop Allowing Non-Citizens to Determine Congressional

04:17and Presidential Representation. It was a great piece, and I plan to introduce

04:21the article in the congressional record at the conclusion of my five minutes.

04:26The last thing I want to say to Mr. Raichlen Melnick is I find it interesting as I sit here

04:32and listen to you blame President Trump and attack President Trump for saying to the

04:38American people that he was going to protect the American people, he was going to put them first,

04:44and he was going to implement policies to fix the mess created by the Biden administration.

04:50And I just find it rich that you're attacking President Trump for doing exactly what the

04:55American people wanted, not the individual who caused this problem. And sadly, if you guys don't

05:02figure this issue out, you're going to lose the next election as well. Thank you.

05:06I yield back, Mr. Chairman. Are you intending to enter something in the record?

05:09Yep, I've got several.

05:13If you'll just give us some brief descriptions so we can do that at this point.

05:16Yep. So this is an article Biden promises to shut down the border if given the authority

05:21in a partisan bill. Without objection, be entered into the record.

05:25Number two, Biden has the power to end the border crisis. He doesn't want to.

05:29Without objection, be entered into the record.

05:32Number three, CBP releases January 2025 monthly update.

05:36Without objection, be entered into the record.

05:39Stop allowing non-citizens to determine congressional and presidential representation

05:44by Ms. Rice. Without objection, be entered into the record.

05:47And the last one, Brooklyn congresswoman wants migrants to fill up her district.

05:51And without objection, that will also be entered into the record.

Crane Plays Video Of Clarke He Says Proves Dems Want Illegal Immigration To Increase Blue Districts

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