"The reality is that Immigration Courts are seriously overwhelmed by the number of removal proceedings."
"Since 1980, anybody that arrives at the shores... can seek asylum."
"custody of children, title to property, any kind of way to stabilize a family is virtually nonexistent in these countries."
"So, who does have budgetary authority for the money that is spent now?"
"I am glad that the President asked FEMA to step into this situation and try to sort out and give immediate assistance for the immediate crisis on the border."
"I am really concerned about this, as all of us are."
"A strong family is the best protection against traffickers."
"I think you and Senator Coburn, myself, and others on this Committee have a real obligation to try to really pinpoint, to the best that we can, what is actually causing this spike."
"the President is asking for a $3.7 billion supplemental, which came to Congress and the Appropriations Committee members"
"If those on the other side say it is not the law and it is other things, we also have to be careful how this money is allocated or we will just be putting good money after bad in some of these countri..."
"My days of sending money to governments that cannot conduct the simplest measures of accountability are over."