I am very pleased, again, with the testimony that we have had here today, and I thank you for helping us move along the path that we are going to have to move along as we consider the reauthorization of Higher Education and as we look at…

If you could prevent just one terrorist from being granted legal status, wouldn't you agree that it is worth the wait?

In 1986, Congress promised the American people that if they gave amnesty to 1.5 million illegal aliens...we would secure our borders and we would never deal with this again.

You can't just do it every 20 years. Immigration, the flow of people, the reasons why they come across, the reasons why businesses want certain types of workers, that is going to change year after year after year.

Our immigration laws are meant for two reasons; protect the American worker and to protect our National security.

It is important that I keep repeating this because I believe that it is a missing piece to how we determine whether our borders are secure.

I would argue that our borders are not secure until we also deal with the fact that visa overstays are part of our National security responsibilities.

What makes this promise to the American people any different than the one in 1986?

Judge Escobar, in your testimony you talk about the need for reforming our immigration system before we spend enormous resources trying to secure our borders from migrants who are looking for a better life specific to El Paso.

This seems to be a waste of taxpayer's dollars to require data collection on the need for sign and pavement marking retroreflectivity projects, when the cost-effectiveness of these projects has already been proven.

When people can see the lines on the roads and the signs along the roads, it saves lives.