•      "H.R. 5585 is a solution in search of a problem. The ACLU’s CBP Fatal Encounter tracker reported 107 total deaths of non-law enforcement officers that resulted from Border Patrol-involved vehicle pursuits between January 2010 and November 2023. In the absence of a hearing on this issue, very little information is publicly available about the number of Border Patrol agents who have been killed in high-speed chases. [...] It is also important to note that in many of the pursuits that occur near the border, migrants in the vehicle being pursued have little to no control over the vehicle they are being transported in and are typically not suspected of committing an offense more serious than misdemeanor entry without inspection. [...]As drafted, the bill does not require a nexus between the flight and knowledge or criminal intent, such as a refusal to heed a law enforcement officer’s visual or audible signal to initiate a vehicle stop. And despite repeated references to the dangers associated with high-speed chases during the markup, the bill does not require high-speed flight, such as speed exceeding the posted speed limit. [...] The deportability grounds are not about undocumented immigrants, who are already removable. They apply only to people who are lawfully present in the United States. Without requiring a conviction, this raises serious due process concerns for longstanding legal residents." Source: Rep. Jerry Nadler (Democrat, New York, District 12)

•      "Instead of safe and orderly process at the border, we have a patchwork system that simply doesn’t work as it should. We don’t have enough asylum officers or personnel to determine whether people qualify for asylum. There’s a standard by what you have to meet. You don’t — we don’t have enough immigrant judges — immigration judges to adjudicate the claims of immigrants. In fact, the previous administration used a rule called Title 42 to deal with — to deal with the pandemic, a rapidly — to rapidly expel people who crossed the border. It was a — designed to deal with the pandemic, but it’s used as a means to expel people at the border. People turned away under Title 42, and they are not — and — and they’re not barred from trying to come back. They’ve been turned away. They go back. They try again. They try again. Well, you know, they can and they do try to re-enter the United States again and again, which makes the problem that borders — at the border even worse." Source: President Joe Biden (Democrat)