Tom McClintock: “While I believe that the safety valve was too stringent prior to the passage of the First Step Act, I'm a bit…”

Yet, you did so anyway after you were warned by the case manager.

President Trump proved that using the existing law he could secure the border. The laws did not change on January 20, 2021. The Presidency changed.

When we were at the Yuma border a year ago we talked to a group of rank and file Border Patrol agents and one thing I said is, look, we are the Congress. We cannot enforce the laws. We write laws so what laws do you need us to write?

To me, that's the most fundamental definition of citizenship.