Political Quotes

“The point here is, the Tucson sector is one of two sectors in Arizona. It is maybe 60 percent of our southern border. The Yuma sector may be the other 40 percent. The Tucson sector ends at the New Mexico border. We are talking about a couple of hundred miles, give or take--not that much area when we consider the entire, more than 2,000-mile border all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the San Diego area. About one-tenth of the entire border area accounts for over half of all the illegal immigration. My colleague was there within the last month or so. I was down in the Yuma sector. The reason I mention these two sectors is that it is literally the tale of two approaches to immigration reform. As Senator McCain said, there is absolutely no doubt that application of the right principles and resources to the border can secure the border. Let me give my experience in the Yuma sector and then ask my colleague to talk a little more about the Tucson sector. Those are the two sectors in Arizona. The Yuma sector has virtually eliminated illegal immigration. There is still substantial drug smuggling, and that is a lot of what they are focused on right now. How could this have happened? Mainly three things. First, they completed the fencing in that particular area. There are just a couple miles left to go, but they have 11 miles of very good, new double fencing in the urban area around Yuma and then vehicle barriers beyond that. There are some areas where it is even triple fenced.…”