We have several million people in the country who are looking for work.

We have a window of opportunity that he believes... leaders who are committed to providing their nations and their citizens the level of security and economic development that they deserve.

Just for clarification, under the, I want to say, 2007 law signed by President Bush, does it differentiate the way we treat kids from these Central American countries as opposed to kids from Mexico in terms of what we do with them and the…

What I have yet to see is where it is a Central American plan coming from them themselves.

When you hear 'illegal immigration,' I may think one thing. You may think another. But we have to define that.

We understand the consequences.

This is not us designing something in Washington, and I know there is some consultation, but that we are going to hang a billion-dollar here program, and, of course, they will take it.

We can help. They have got to do it in the end, and part of what is needed is really strong, courageous leadership.

Ultimately, if I were sitting in your chair--I know how difficult it can be, but it is really developing and working together to come up with a comprehensive immigration plan as well as securing the border.

You need to have an answer to the question, how much are you putting forward.

I think there is another one that we are working on.

If we are looking for a needle in a haystack, sometimes it is helpful if we actually reduce the size of the haystack.

if you want to solve problems, you do not just address the symptoms of the problems; you address the root causes of the problems.

information sharing is very important.

among the root causes of these problems are our addictions in this country to methamphetamines, heroin, cocaine, and the like.

Building that Customs and Border Protection and getting them out there where they have NCO quality leadership is going to be essential to us.

For me, it is the most helpful part of any hearing we have had, especially on issues where there is not unanimity of opinion, is that on a diverse panel, like, where is the consensus, because we are all about building consensus here.

But if you bring agencies together, understand their missions, and understand how we can bring those missions together to secure the border, we are in a much better situation.