"This is a miscalculation and I think the American people--if a small business had to budget this way, they would be out of business."
"I think we have a shared priority in making sure the agents, the CBP, have the tools that they need to do their job effectively, and keep our borders safe."
"I have heard from agents who rely on those. And I would just ask you to continue to look to those as a great investment in technology to help our agents at our southern border."
"I mean, anywhere from between 7 and 18,000 a day is what we are planning on, right?"
"But if Title 42 becomes permanent, which would be Congress's job, and which we have a bill ready to do on the floor, and we are calling for..."
"that is the problem, Chief, for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing."
"We absolutely need to enforce the consequences and our laws."
"I particularly support the work that HSI does, Homeland Security Investigations to crack down on child exploitation, human trafficking."
"I would ask that you please follow up with us on those specific numbers because when I am seeing a 68 percent decrease that is alarming"
"I find it a little disingenuous because you're claiming this while the budget is actually requesting a cut to the agency's enforcement operations."
"But the point being that once Title 42 goes away, we are going to have an increased number of these people coming across and instead of detaining them, with those extra beds that you have, you are cut..."
"And specifically, obviously, this budget calls for $105 for baggage screening technology updates."