Look, Congress writes the laws. We can't enforce them.
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McClintock emphasizes Congress's role in lawmaking and the limitations of enforcement.
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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?
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