David Valadao: “I appreciate the opportunity again. But, no, that is something we hear about a lot in the district. Everybody just says…”

“I appreciate the opportunity again. But, no, that is something we hear about a lot in the district. Everybody just says: Build a fence, follow the existing law. Most people don't know the technology out there. Like you said, they literally have scouts. They have got people every so often, every so many yards or 100 yards, whatever the distance, spotting where the Border Patrol agents are. They know everything about these Border Patrol agents. I heard a story that one of the people crossing the border actually had a booklet with all the names, addresses, and the tendencies of each and every Border Patrol agent. They knew if they chewed gum, if they chewed tobacco, if they read a book while they were sitting there. They knew how slow they drove from checkpoint to checkpoint. They knew everything about this person. They knew exactly how long they would have those openings to get across. They knew how to dig a tunnel. There was a tunnel they found that was 90 feet underground, 700 yards long, and the only reason they found that wasn't because of technology--because they don't have the technology to find that--it was because they found an informant that opened their mouth and told them where it was at, and they were able to stop that. It is amazing how much is out there and what these people are doing, and anyone that believes just building a fence is going to work--they are going to go under it, they are going to buy those drones to go over it.…”