Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Pennsylvania. I am going to close with this: An opinion in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division. ``Defendants, illegal aliens, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens. The sentencing information shows that on behalf of the Juarez cartel, defendants participated in an alien smuggling conspiracy. Their participation included operating an illegal alien stash house in Fort Worth, Texas, and transporting those who had been smuggled into the United States to their desired destination upon full payment. The smuggling organization charged $10,000 to smuggle an adult illegal alien into the United States and between $12,000-$14,000 to smuggle a child illegal alien.'' I am going to stop there. More money to smuggle a child illegal alien. ``Law enforcement discovered the Fort Worth portion of this smuggling operation after a man in Baltimore, Maryland (the husband) paid the organization to have his wife and 2-year-old daughter smuggled into the United States after they arrived in Mexico from Honduras. The husband contends that he paid the smuggling organization $1,000 to smuggle his wife and child into the United States. They were then transported to the stash house in Fort Worth, where the husband contends a member of the smuggling organization demanded he pay an additional $23,000 before his family would be released.…”