Tom McClintock

We are a Nation of laws, or we are not a Nation at all.

You do not impeach a Cabinet Secretary because you do not like his policies.

We have a broken immigration system on many levels.

A controlled border is a compassionate border.

Well, we talk a lot about operational control, and that's having a better understanding of who's coming in and who's leaving and what that threat really is. We're never really going to get that.

We had reached a very low number of illegal border crossings, had we not?

Since then, we have seen more than two million illegal immigrants deliberately released into this country.

I would remind my friends that they are not our teachers.

the gentlelady's time has expired. Since that was an ad hominem attack, I'll give Mr. Wolf--

We need legislation that enhances border security.

Let's talk about parole authority. Congress did tighten the criteria for paroles back in the mid-1990's precisely because it was being abused.

212(f) has been around since, I guess, 1956. It's been used many, many times.

Without enforcement, there is no immigration law. Without immigration law, there are no borders, and, without borders, we have no country.

Since then, of course, we have seen a mass migration of unprecedented proportions.

We Americans have always prided ourselves as being a Nation of laws and not of men, and yet it appears that our immigration laws are now routinely ignored, altered, or perverted by the whims of individuals within this administration.

It's not what is best for illegal aliens. It's what is best for Americans.

Mr. Wolf, when you were Acting DHS Secretary the border was secure, was it not, for all intents and purposes?

If President Biden does not secure this border, we're going to have another 9/11. That's how serious this is.

The Biden Administration is making a deliberate choice to not secure our border.

How many have escaped into the interior of the United States?

Of course, all that changed when the new administration took office and immediately canceled the border wall.

President Biden and Mayorkas act as if their hands are tied, like nothing can be done to fix this border crisis.

Are my colleagues on the other side ready to sit down and discuss how we move forward with bipartisan immigration legislation?

I'm the only one that has arrested an illegal alien, that has been deported six previous times, for killing one of my senior citizens.

Prior to inauguration day, the border was secure. The laws were being enforced.