about 40 percent of the people that are here illegally out of the 11 or 12 million that are here came here--they came here legally.

Certainly, it had good support here in the United States, but it was a Colombian plan developed with support from the United States.

They have very weak government systems, as you know, and we can help bolster them.

As I understand it, there is around $500 million that actually is divided among the three countries.

The key to success has always been leadership.

Thanks for your service to our country. Good to see you all.

If we are not keeping score, we are just practicing.

To us to undercut that program would be giving Putin maybe the best gift he could get from a propaganda standpoint.

It would be interesting to know how many instances of fraud have been found.

Those countries that are admitted into the program, are they required to regularly check Interpol's lost and stolen database?

We spend so much time, money, and energy focusing on symptoms of problems. We do not do a very good job drilling down on the underlying causes, the root causes of problems.

Let us work on comprehensive immigration reform.

the Visa Waiver Program is more than just a revenue generator. It also serves as an important national security tool for our country.

Poland is one of our strongest and most closest allies.

Did you hear anything you agreed with? Yes or no.

the reason why is because they are living in hell holes in many cases in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

We spent a quarter-of-a-trillion dollars in the last 10 years beefing up our border security.

I do not believe that we should be threatening to shut down the Department of Homeland Security, an agency vital to our Nation's security, over disagreements with the President's policies.