Whereas 341,392 apprehensions of illegal aliens at the United States land borders nationwide were made in September 2023, setting an all-time record; Whereas over 302,000 apprehensions of illegal aliens on the southwest border occurred in December 2023 alone, also setting a record; Whereas 3,201,144 apprehensions, nationwide, were made in fiscal year 2023, compared with 1,956,519 apprehensions in fiscal year 2021, a 63.6-percent increase; Whereas United States Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) has apprehended more than 100,000 illegal aliens along the southwest border for 35 consecutive months; Whereas since President Biden took office, CBP apprehensions have exceeded over 7,000,000, excluding gotaways ; Whereas CBP has apprehended 730,000 illegal aliens in fiscal year 2024 alone; Whereas the current administration has released more than 3,300,000 illegal aliens into the United States; Whereas more than 85 percent of illegal aliens apprehended at the southern border are being released into the interior of the country; Whereas CBP arrested 169 persons on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s terror watchlist at the southern border in fiscal year 2023, the highest ever recorded; Whereas between 16,800,000 and 29,000,000 illegal aliens currently reside in the United States; Whereas hundreds of thousands of aliens without lawful status under the immigration laws have been released into the interior of the United States through unlawful categorical parole programs; Whereas the Biden Border Crisis has cost American taxpayers up to $451,000,000,000 a year; Whereas 112,000 Americans died from drug overdose deaths in fiscal year 2023; Whereas the amount of fentanyl seized by CBP in fiscal year 2023 amounted to 27,000 pounds, representing a near doubling of the amount of fentanyl seized in fiscal year 2022 (14,700 pounds); Whereas the Biden administration’s refusal to secure the border reflects a perverse commitment to undermining our national sovereignty, and has badly damaged the social fabric of America