"We do not enforce the laws in the sense that what the laws say is that we are supposed to detain people pending the process of asylum, and we do not do that."
"I appreciate your holding this hearing on the Southwest Border, which clearly is in a crisis situation now."
"The asylum process is totally broken and it acts as a magnet to draw people to the border."
"I think that makes a lot of sense. It is going to be expensive but it absolutely crucial to me that the last people coming in are the first people who are told, we understand that your country has iss..."
"This year so far, 2022, it is unprecedented. It is not a 15-year high. It is an historic high."
"We provided the funding for you back in 2019 to get to that number of 40 percent, at least, of cars, 70 percent of trucks, and we should provide more."
"The alternative to Title 42 is that they are going to do what they cannot do now, because of Title 42, which is apply for asylum."
"There is a deep concern expressed by just about every member of this panel, Democrat and Republican, about the lack of a plan."
"Most of them have claims under the asylum system, a system where, at the end of the process, once their claims are adjudicated, more than 80 percent are denied."
"According to information we have received, about 1.2 million unlawful migrants have been issued a final order of removal."
"A significant increase in migrant encounters will substantially strain our system even farther."