02/23/2016
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"We recently concluded fiscal year (FY) 2021, where we saw the U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered over 1.7 million migrants. That is the highest number of encounters in American history."
"There are serious issues that we have to be able to resolve there, and I would like to have an ongoing dialogue."
"It is a very expensive process to be able to hire, train, and equip and be able to reach out to bring on additional folks."
"At our last hearing on this issue on the ports of entry along the Southwest Border that we held in June we had encountered about a 20-year high in the number of migrants that had attempted to cross th..."