"We have laws on the books. The 2006 Secure Fence Act."
"Are we enforcing that? No, we seem to be looking the other way."
"If you enter the United States illegally of any age, you will be deported back to your home country."
"I would like to just reject categorically any claims made by Members of this committee that somehow America or American citizens are at fault for this crisis, this situation on the border."
"The public perception that you can come here and stay has changed."
"If we don't create a deterrent to stop that from happening, this untold carnage is going to continue to happen."
"Just throwing money at the problem alone--$2 billion, that is what the President has asked for--if we don't have a focused plan, or if we don't let the CBP officers or ICE do their jobs, then that mon..."
"We have got to change that law. We have to, and treat the children who are coming from Central America just like we would treat the children coming from Mexico or Canada."
"Let's say the buck stops here and let's just fix it and stop this carnage from happening."
"The President just said a couple of days ago that he has decided to go it alone on immigration reform, that he is frustrated with the way things have happened."
"So I apologize earlier if I came across as angry, talking about the Southern Border. But you know what? By golly, I am angry."
"Increased natural gas exports could also put into action the Obama administration's stated foreign policy goal of a pivot to Asia."