They are a result of a combination of the broken immigration system, a lack of desire by the Federal Government to enforce the laws.

We were proud to pass that bill through the U.S. House of Representatives last week with bipartisan support.

I introduced H.R. 5585.

CBP officials have publicly stated these vast areas of Federal land provide transnational criminal organizations significant opportunities to cross their products.

we have to do something different because we are changing lives every day in this country because we are doing nothing.

this is not a partisan issue at home. At the border it is not. In Washington, where we fight every day, it is, but right here it is not.

As anyone in southeastern Arizona knows well, the border crisis and crises are not a new phenomenon for us.

I always say that at home it is not. At home, we have mayors on both sides of the aisle...

Is it too much to ask that the farmers of southern Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas be able to raise their crops and families without being overrun by illegal immigrants and drug runners?

I think showing up is a great example of the interest and the true care that we have for this issue.

Requiring asylum seekers to seek legal status to immigrate at a Consulate of the US State Department and to have robust enforcement of our laws at the border would restore safety and an environment only conducive to legal commerce in our…

Thank you, Chairman Tiffany, Chairman Westerman, and all of my colleagues for being here in Sierra Vista to examine what is happening firsthand.