"I would argue that the National Guard militarizes."
"None of these children were a danger to themselves."
"You happen to have all of us in the entire State of Texas, and that means that you have the families and friends and local government officials that are here in this region."
"Texas will stand in the very noble position to receive the funding necessary for reimbursement."
"The Federal Government is doing its work--I think that is going to be my role today."
"I ask unanimous consent to submit the American Immigration Lawyers Association statement dated June 24, 2014."
"I think we should not run away from challenges that have been made regarding the treatment of these children."
"What child can imagine that they would fit under DACA? It is clearly an issue of devastating human smuggling and human trafficking."
"We are talking about children who are not in the Taj Mahal but are desperate and maybe internally displaced or chased off by the violence of their countries."
"It is a humanitarian crisis of huge proportions, and we have to deal with it."
"The idea was for 20 children or 100 children to be handled by HHS, a more humanitarian--it was not an open-door policy."