This is a humanitarian crisis, one that the Administration and Secretary Johnson are taking extremely seriously.

I believe this is a mistake. I truly hope they will reconsider this decision.

I believe that the United States, along with Mexico, Colombia, and along with many others, need to do a better job of helping Central American countries help themselves.

I am dismayed to hear some of our colleagues suggest that the answer is to cutoff funding for these countries.

The Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill more than a year ago.

As Chairman Carper noted, it must be a shared responsibility.

The key to almost the success of any entity I have ever come across, whether it was government, business, athletics, church, schools, is leadership.

I like to say sometimes in trying to figure out how to solve a problem, there are no silver bullets, but there are a lot of silver BBs and some are bigger than others.

If a nurturing environment is created in one or more of these countries, there will be economic enterprises around the world that will want to invest there.

the United States, in addition to helping the people of the region, have a real foreign policy and strategic policy imperative to remain engaged.

They were about to lose their country.

It was bipartisan support to work with the Colombians together.

the United States has to play a central role.

the role of the United States in Central America cannot be overstated.

I believe they require a humane response and one that honors our obligations under United States and international law.

We have too many policemen who do not police, too many prosecutors who do not prosecute, too many judges who do not sentence.

It is not, in my opinion, a border security crisis.

It is not going to be simple, as Senator Carper said. It is not going to be a short-term thing.