Tom McClintock: “The status quo is simply not working and the purpose of today's hearing is to chart a path that leads us to a new era of…”

If a little waif showed up on your doorstep the first thing you are going to do is get that little child back to its family and its home.

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?

The Chief of the Border Patrol told us at Eagle Pass that he says, I am standing in front of an open fire hydrant with a bucket. I do not need more buckets. I need somebody to shut off the fire hydrant.

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