Martha McSally

Thanks. I just want to mention that tightening that up is in our bill, the Securing America's Future Act.

You personally, when you go back to that country, not that your country is in poverty, not that your country has violence in general...

Most of them say the right words, right? And then how many years later do they get a court date on average?

There is a lot of violence around the world. There is a lot of poverty around the world.

The present process at the border is neither expeditious nor credible.

So, I mean, our system is being used for people to be able to just drive a Mack truck through the loopholes.

The first is to raise the standard of the initial asylum interview that happens at the border which is so low that nearly everybody can make it through.

We have to take dramatic action to reverse this disturbing development.

The number of new asylum filings has tripled between fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2017.

This piece of legislation provides many of the tools that could help us regain control of our borders.

I suggest that true border security is much more than that.

I along with Chairman Goodlatte and Chairwoman McSally have proposed a robust border security and immigration enforcement bill.

Building a physical wall along key parts of the Southwest Border is absolutely necessary.

The time has come to build a policy wall, alongside the physical wall, to force those seeking to immigrate to the United States to do it the right way, the legal way.

The time has come to build a policy wall alongside a physical wall to force those seeking to immigrate in the United States to do it the right way, the legal way.

I have received assurances from leadership that our bill will be brought before the House for a vote in June.

The subcommittee is meeting today to examine policies that impact the Department's ability to secure the border.

Prosecuting those who enter the country illegally is the right policy.

I fully support the National Guard being deployed to support border security at the Southern Border.

Closing these loopholes is paramount for security, for our National security, for our public safety.

Is it, in your view, MS-13 is actually using the loopholes in our law in order to send individuals to the United States?

This is not partisan. This is a public safety, local community, and important security issue.

Sanctuary city protects criminals. It is not protecting the community.

These individuals are being released back into our communities to be a further danger to our communities.

During an initial interview, one of these individuals claimed to be an unaccompanied minor. He later admitted he was an adult and a part of the MS-13 gang.