John Hoeven actually said...

"The statistics would say otherwise. 1.7 million illegal encounters last year, more than one million so far this year."

"How can you say what you're doing is in any way effective, and are you the least bit concerned that people are coming in here illegally from a hundred different countries?"

"Meaning you're just going to have more people come across faster. Your plan is designed to have more people come across faster. Is that what you're saying?"

"I am confident that--perhaps I shouldn't be--that at least some colleagues would not want us to return all Cubans that we encounter at the border because of their claims of fear of persecution by reas..."