Jon Kyl: “Let me illustrate with a couple of examples. There are so many things one could talk about. For example, the violence at…”

“Let me illustrate with a couple of examples. There are so many things one could talk about. For example, the violence at the border has increased 108 percent, according to the U.S. attorney in Arizona, Paul Charlton, in testimony before our subcommittee. The number of crimes and number of criminals crossing is up dramatically. Over 10 percent of all of the people apprehended now at the border have criminal records--and these are serious crimes. This is murder and rape and kidnapping and drug crimes and the like. So it is not just people coming across the border to find work here. There is a substantial number of criminals, and they are not just from our neighbor to the south, Mexico; they are from countries all over the world. When you see the apprehensions of people from Russia and Vietnam or China or Iran or Iraq or other countries, you also wonder how many people we are not apprehending who are criminals or who can be terrorists. So there is that element. I spoke to the matter of vehicle barriers. One of the areas they are adding barriers right now and want to add more is in the area of the Barry Goldwater Gunnery Range. This is known to the people in the military as the finest area of training for our pilots in the world. There are wide-open spaces. There is nothing to prevent the kind of activity that occurs, which includes dropping bombs. From all over the country, our pilots come to train there. There is one problem.…”