"How in good conscience can we increase their capacity for detention when they have proven incapable of properly overseeing their existing facilities?"
"Shockingly, the proposed budget would also drastically reduce funding for nonintrusive inspection systems."
"I can assure you, there is nothing civil about them."
"The fiscal year 2020 CBP budget proposal includes a $5 billion request for a border wall."
"This budget request is deeply flawed and seems to double down on a number of highly questionable policies."
"Our committee is not in the businesses of funding ridiculous, xenophobic campaign promises."
"I would ask every one of my colleagues on this committee to take the bold step, and I hope our other colleagues from both sides of the aisle will join us, in being willing to be courageous enough to c..."
"The recent reassignment of CBP agents has only exacerbated an already dire situation."
"Earlier this month, I led a delegation to the U.S.-Mexico border to examine the reality of President Trump's increasingly restrictive border security and immigration policies."
"The administration's border policies coupled with the President's threats to close the border altogether and his incendiary immigration rhetoric have created utter chaos and confusion at our ports of ..."
"Well, it is also not going to prevent anyone from crossing and reaching American soil."