The truth is that the border is not as secure as it needs to be.

The primary role of the interior checkpoints is to make the cartels go around them.

We have facilitated an open door for these Central Americans, and we have no idea what crimes they have committed in their country.

Congresswoman McSally has been very supportive of that effort, and we thank you for that.

there seems to be a deep disconnect between what some politicians and policymakers in Washington, DC say about our current situation to secure the border and what I hear on a daily basis back here at home.

When it comes to catching them, that is the biggest obstacle.

Our economic opportunities as a border community are just as important as security.

I like to make decisions based on facts.

So I would encourage whoever is holding up that bill that they need to get it to the President's desk because this is an important thing for us to be able to do.

There has been significant waste of resources put into a lot of good ideas.

If we had an I.D. card with a biometric marker... it would cut out the underground economy.