Martha McSally

These ports of entries, they are a part of border security, but they are also a part of economic development and opportunity.

We need to make sure that these highly-trained agents are out there patrolling the border.

The caravan highlights the challenge that the loopholes present.

The message is to any transnational criminal organization or really anybody, just get yourself, get your kid, just get to the boarder, look for someone, turn yourself in, say the right words, and then you can disappear into the interior of…

The status quo is not acceptable.

Thanks to the strong support of this subcommittee and the co-sponsorship of Chairwoman McSally

I support Secretary Nielsen's call to close these loopholes.

I would like to thank Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and other Governors along the border who have answered the call to partner with the Federal Government to deploy these border security reinforcements and support the CBP mission.

Ranking Member Vela and others recently introduced H.R. 4940, the Border and Port Security Act.

Any vision of CBP's future must include the hiring of new personnel at the ports of entry.

In addition to a border wall, we also need a policy wall as well, which is why I have been calling for these border security loopholes to be closed.

We must change our immigration policy to enable the agencies charged with protecting our border to do their job and quickly remove dangerous public safety risks from our communities.

I would like to thank Arizona Governor Ducey and the other Governors along the border who have answered the call to partner with the Federal Government to deploy these border security reinforcements and support the CBP mission.

We are a Nation of immigrants and we welcome about a million legal immigrants into our country each year, but we are being taken advantage of and it needs to stop.

In addition to the deployment of the Guard, Congress has also recently provided CBP with billions of dollars to invest in technology, wall replacement, and new wall construction that will serve as a powerful deterrent to illegal entry.

As I said, we will fly the A-10 to 2030.

I remain strongly opposed to the Army's decision to close down Apache battalions in the National Guard.

One of the things that President Trump said in California that I appreciated was that--he said that we need to be able to see through those fencing to see the threats that are coming up.

I mean you look at the Secure Fence Act, which was voted on by then-Senator Obama, then-Senator Clinton, then-Senator Schumer.

Sometimes it blows my mind how things get taken out of proportion and turned into something political.

It is great to see that the number of days have gone down, but nobody can wait 10 months still to get a job.

Is that going to be over the next 10 years enough for us to address this issue?

So we include all that for $38 billion?

Is it $25 billion? Is it $33 billion? Is it $38 billion? Because we think it is $38 billion, so we just want to be clear.

$38 billion trying to take into account all of these things.