"President Biden has brought the nation to a breaking point with his reckless immigration policies."
"We must establish responsible immigration policies like those found in Republicans' H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act."
"The unprecedented number of refugees and asylum seekers that are coming to the border is a reality. It is a humanitarian crisis, and it needs to be dealt with."
"It is not right, nor is it proper, that local communities bear the burden, financially and otherwise, for the processing, shelter, and transition of those seeking refuge and asylum in this country."
"This is about organized, well-financed crime on both sides of the border. And we need to put the focus and the attention on breaking that up."
"That is not a solution. That is a way to try to seek attention, politically."
"I think that one of the centerpieces that my Republican colleagues have promoted as a solution is H.R. 2, Secure the Borders Act."
"When it is convenient to use it as an issue, NEPA is wonderful. When it is in the way of a mine or an extraction or a drill, then it is absolutely awful and we have to get rid of it."
"It ends asylum entirely as a concept and as a legal responsibility in this country and internationally."
"It doesn't deal with the crisis that we are seeing globally."
"H.R. 2 is the panacea and fundamentally will not solve the issue, neither will a wall."
"the wall doesn't work, in part by demonstrating that it has been breached so often that there are full-time welding crews down there to do the repairs."