"I want to focus on Iran--an exporter of terrorism; a killer, directly and indirectly, of Americans; a kidnapper, indirectly and directly, of Americans since 1979."
"They just fundamentally fail to understand that border security... are fundamental conditions precedent to fixing our broken immigration system."
"These tragedies were preventable. This Administration must reverse its wholesale and unprecedented shutdown of immigration enforcement."
"There is a clear answer to this problem: compliance with ICE detainers must be mandatory."
"Secretary Johnson's solution, the Priorities Enforcement Program, is a failure."
"Is that what we mean by coming forward?"
"For your entire life, from the age of 1 year old, Iran has been a terrorist state."
"We are releasing known criminals back into society so society will help us catch known criminals."
"A terrorist state for 36 years, given more money and less things that would cause the toppling of it, will undoubtedly continue doing for the future what they have done for 36 years in the past."
"What in this defendant's background leads you to believe that he would ever come forward or get on the books or get right with the law?"
"For 36 years, Tehran has sponsored terrorists from around the world and killed Americans and countless others."