"My point is, as we are trying to deal with this humanitarian crisis for those who truly are there in that category, we need to double-down on the law enforcement portion of this so that we know what, in fact, we are dealing with, and those of us who have been involved in law enforcement know that a ..."
"I would suggest that there would be a huge incentive to continue that effort on the South Border if the refugees were stopped at our border."
"I am deeply concerned about on a number of levels, and you are hearing kind of a broad scope of concern for the children, the safety of the children, but also concern for the safety of our border and ..."
"We need to be very careful that not every kid is going to fall into that category and that not doing the metrics on the front end is disturbing."
"But, again, I am very concerned that we not categorize all these kids in one basket, that it is critically important that we understand that this is more complicated than just a number of children bei..."
"Obviously, their Southern Border Strategy, in this case, is--it may be--their efforts to build out the Southern Border may have caused this surge. I do not know. We should be asking that question."
"We just need to make that clear. It does not mean that kids who are being smuggled do not eventually become trafficked."
"Indian Country, like a lot of other places where you see a higher level of poverty, basically, it lacks financial institutions."
"I think it is critically important, as the Secretary has done in Education, bring in all the relevant agencies in this area."
"It is troubling, because securitizing a loan, frequently is it done with land."
"We must work together to create opportunities for our Native American communities."