The Secretary is wrong and he is smart enough to know that he is wrong.

I look forward to continuing to work with this committee to get this important program reauthorized.

I hope you would agree that my constituents deserve nothing less.

This is taking away resources that we desperately need to take care of our own citizens.

I applaud that you've been very clear throughout all this, and Nassau County is not a sanctuary county.

We from New York, we get it. You know, there's folks from across the Nation who are on this panel today.

House Republicans took action with respect to policy on our border, about 180 days ago.

We Long Islanders don't want our Nation's leaders to put us down that bad path, and we don't want their policies to drag us back to that ugly place.

Repealing New York State's and New York City's sanctuary city policies would help our crisis.

This is a crisis of policy choice, that President Biden choosing to repeal the Remain in Mexico policy invites migrants.

We assert that reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy would actually decrease the number of folks coming into our country.