Paul Babeu: “Now, the federal government has failed in their obligations to secure the border.”

Mexico is not our enemy. President Calderon and the leaders of Mexico are not our enemy. The people, the citizens of Mexico, are not our enemy. It is the drug cartels of Mexico that have destabilized Mexico, nearly toppling their…

The failures of this administration have put us in this very situation that we're in today. The lawlessness that has existed and that's why we have a clear mandate with the new President, going in a different direction.

There will be consequences that are real if you break the law, and enter into the United States.

We're asking for help. You wouldn't have a sheriff and all the police chiefs in our county calling for armed soldiers to Arizona if we could handle this on our own.