Tom Price: “multiple news reports claim that the U.S. Border Patrol has been ordered to stop arresting illegal aliens in Arizona…”

“multiple news reports claim that the U.S. Border Patrol has been ordered to stop arresting illegal aliens in Arizona where American citizens have been patrolling. And why have the agents been asked to stop these arrests? Because an increase in the arrest rate was proving the effectiveness of the Minuteman volunteers. I hope our government has not told agents to stop making arrests. I hope that the efforts of concerned citizens were not in vain. Our government has spent close to $240 million to monitor the Mexican and Canadian borders with the latest technology. The problem? The equipment does not work. What is clear is that the Minutemen are working. Border agents credited the Minutemen with cutting the flow of illegal aliens with the number caught dropping from 500 a day to less than 15 per day. Madam Speaker, new solutions are needed; we cannot just throw money at our problems. It is clear that a group of concerned citizens are doing what $240 million could not do, but we need a permanent fix. Madam Speaker, illegal immigration is not simply going to go away. We know there is a problem, and we must take the initiative and address this problem now. ____________________”