Richard Shelby: “One of my concerns with the reimbursement to the carriers is that the payment would include the fees that are paid by…”

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.

Because the administration has refused to fund the construction of a comprehensive barrier along the border, it has been compelled to send the National Guard to deal with the consequences.

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.