If we don't fix this now and the President submits and say he disagrees with Pelosi and Schumer on this, we're never going to get security.
Paul Babeu
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American police officer
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January 2, 2019
We should all be pushing for secure borders and safety in enforcement of the law.
— Paul Babeu
You talk about an invasion and the reason why not just President Trump but half of America believes that this has been an invasion, not just with three or four caravans coming from Honduras or El Salvador, but we're talking 22 million…
I believe that a military presence at our sovereign border is called for, not in a law enforcement capacity but as support role as we did with our heroes in the Border Patrol, basically to secure our border and to say, absolutely, you're…
They cut the line in front of everybody and undermine the rule of law in America.
I'm submitting that we put Americans in our citizens, in our country, in our concerns first above Hondurans.
Clearly, our refugee asylum laws are being exploited, because never have we had this amount of individuals that are claiming asylum.
Clearly, I think this is real, that there's serious issues with gang violence and drug lords, cartels, all kinds of issues down in Central America.
It's far more compassionate for us as a nation, let's reach out with all kinds of resources, not just financial but advising and aid to these countries to stabilize their countries to grow their economies.
Most of the heroin, 90% that comes into the United States is coming from this unsecured border.
I think because not only we need a secure border, but it's not just about the illegals. It's about the drug cartels that we're fighting.