Mexico has really stepped up its game, and that would be one of the key areas of agreement I would have.

the Visa Waiver Program is more than just a revenue generator. It also serves as an important national security tool for our country.

I think it has dawned on Mexico in the last year or so that they have a dog in this fight...

What I have yet to see is where it is a Central American plan coming from them themselves.

the Mexicans are doing this because they perceive it to be in their interest for their reasons, and we are, in part, the beneficiaries of that determination.

the program will boost GDP by, I think you said, $43 billion for 2024 and more after that.

Last Congress, this Committee... spent a great deal of time examining our Nation's broken immigration system.

They come up and say, 'How can I get to your country? How can I get to America?' There is a reason for that.

One of the things that I find encouraging is that all three countries have agreed and signed onto this Alliance for Prosperity.

the Visa Waiver Program, which has been around for actually quite a while, continues to evolve and to hopefully be improved.

I think there is another one that we are working on.

I do not believe that we should be threatening to shut down the Department of Homeland Security, an agency vital to our Nation's security, over disagreements with the President's policies.

We have several million people in the country who are looking for work.

I have been involved in drug law enforcement for 31 years now, and I have seen all different phases of it.

To us to undercut that program would be giving Putin maybe the best gift he could get from a propaganda standpoint.

To those of us who live on the border, you have heard from us.

I think a comprehensive immigration reform could have assisted, is in making clear what the ground rules are.

Poland is one of our strongest and most closest allies.

Those countries that are admitted into the program, are they required to regularly check Interpol's lost and stolen database?

At some point in time we have to ask the question, do these laws work? Are we solving the problem?

I believe we have a moral and fiscal obligation to help our neighbors in the Northern Triangle.

We can help. They have got to do it in the end, and part of what is needed is really strong, courageous leadership.

The key is trying to meet our moral obligation to these folks. They are our neighbors.

Rather than continue to spend another quarter-of-a-trillion dollars over the next 10 years, we have only spent 1 percent, not even 1 percent of that to try to say, how do we help make the lives of the people in Guatemala, El Salvador, or…

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