Phoenix, Arizona, in their view, and other experts' view, is the distribution center for drugs around this country.
We need to address the issue of demand, and I agree with you on that very seriously.
The deadly violence in Mexico has fundamentally changed the jobs of law enforcement along the border.
I can tell you, myself and the majority of people in Arizona, I think throughout America, are saying absolutely not, until this border is se...
So to somehow assert that comprehensive immigration reform will stop or stem the flow of people coming into this country illegally, I think,...
I have seen that movie before. I saw it in 1986 when we gave amnesty to 2 million people.
Isn't it that the key here is not just a fence but also the surveillance capabilities plus manpower?
One of the misnomers that I think is out in America is that we cannot control our border.
I cannot say to the citizens of Pinal County... that we have the border secure.
I think that it would be great if at least once for the Administration to come and sit down with us who are in border States.
There are between 100 and 200 spotters sitting on mountains in Arizona.
I continue to get complaints from people who are subject to this physical pat-down.
if you do not like the statistics, which shows that operational control is 44 percent of the Southern Border and then only 15 percent is air...
I think it would be extraordinarily expensive to seal the borders, as was suggested here, and total control is an awfully high bar to achiev...
And, as usual, no one was held responsible.
Ten years ago, we could not have anticipated the headlines that routinely appear in newspapers today.
We have a dead Border Patrol Agent. We have a situation which at least for a period of time was out of control.
When you go to those places... they recognize that there is an infrastructure in place in which they can have confidence.
