Alejandro Mayorkas: “Our laws, our refugee laws, our asylum laws, are one of our proudest traditions as a country of refuge.”

but I do believe that Senator Murkowski is correct that we need to fund the Coast Guard at a greater level than, historically, has been the case.

We need additional Office of Field Operations personnel to man our ports of entry.

We need Congress to have a spine, do its job, which is work for the American people.

Chair Murray, I remember very well when you and I visited a Coast Guard facility in your jurisdiction when I served as a Deputy Secretary.