Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is quite arguable that the entire trust fund is used up by those 6,500. That would mean no drones. That would mean no helicopters. That would mean none of the other things. It may mean no fencing that we add to the border. So my colleague from Arizona is exactly correct. The cost here--my good friend from his side of the aisle, Senator Graham, estimated this morning that the total cost would be $18 billion. I think if you add a type of land-based exit-entry, it goes up another $7, $8 billion. We do not have that kind of money. So I would suggest to my colleague that if he wants to add 10,000 Border Patrol--which most experts have told us will not do close to as good a job as the drones and the helicopters and the more mobile assets. And the reason is very simple. He knows as well as I do. He knows the border better than I do. We do not have roads on most of the border. What is Border Patrol going to do? There are no roads. They are impassable. A drone flying 10,000 feet above can see every person who crosses the border, track them inland, and if they go to a gathering point 25 miles inland, they pick them up there.…”