Political Quotes

“in tracking through what is happening on our southern border, it is interesting I still have folks that catch me and say, ``I don't see anything about it in the news anymore, so what is happening?'' So I try to periodically come here to the floor to be able to describe what is happening. Interestingly enough, just yesterday, the leadership of CBP did their news release that they normally do to kind of outline what is happening at the border. In their news release they released out: CBP works to secure and manage our borders while building a fair and orderly [im]migration system. This is what they put out yesterday--while we build an orderly and fair migration system. Interestingly enough, this was a picture taken the day before their press release. This was taken in the Eagle Pass area of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley, and, yes, that line you see are people coming across the river in Eagle Pass. Now, you don't catch everything because you can't see how much farther it goes this way and how much farther it goes that way. This was the day before CBP released this statement: We work to secure and manage our borders while building a fair and orderly migration system. Earlier in the report, the very first page of the news release, CBP leadership said: After many months of planning, we are executing a comprehensive strategy to safely, orderly, and humanely manage our borders.…”