These incidents that I mentioned to you are six. They are all allegations. But what is disturbing to me is that they occurred within just a 2-week period.

I just want to let you know of my grave concerns about the apparent use of profiling.

I welcome our panel of witnesses to this hearing today.

I am also pleased that today the subcommittee is examining the Department of Homeland Security's cooperation with State and local law enforcement.

I want to make sure, as a Member of this committee, that whenever ICE agents are conducting an enforcement action that those actions are based on information regarding that individual's immigration status--not information based on that person's apparent race or ethnicity.

Like many experts, I believe the uprising represents the people's aspirations for greater political rights and economic opportunities, not for extremism and violence.

Make no mistake--I do not oppose the use of technology to secure our America's borders.

Technology must be both proven and cost-effective if DHS is to avoid repeating past mistakes yet again.

I wholeheartedly agreed with Secretary Napolitano's decision not to continue to deploy SBInet.

We cannot give this lie a place to rest.

We live in troubling times. I have heard concerns that today's hearing will stoke a climate of fear and distrust in the Muslim community.