Filemon Vela

I also cringe when I hear the word border crisis because in my view what we are talking about is three separate crises that are interrelated.

What I strongly object to is the idea that the legalization process ought to be conditioned on border security.

Mr. Vela. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Dr. Merlin, I am trying to understand, what is the scientific explanation for the response that a travel ban would actually make things worse?

What we want to do is stop it right now. We know how to do it. We just need to get the resources there to do it.

These children are not perpetrators or criminals--they are, in many cases, victims.

What would any of us do as parents? We would take them and we would flee.

I want to begin by respectfully disagreeing with my colleague from Michigan in terms of the comments related to trade with Mexico.

I believe that this is a humanitarian crisis.

I do not think that our work on immigration reform should be conditioned upon border security.

What is happening along our Southern Border is a mounting tragedy, its root cause being Washington's failure diplomatically and strategically to address our border security and illegal immigration problem.

Michigan exports $12 billion in products to Mexico and 175,000 jobs in Michigan depend upon trade with Mexico.

I can only imagine what kind of desperation prompts mothers and fathers to hand their children over to smugglers.

I hope that this subcommittee will continue to delve into this very important matter so that we can ensure that a tragedy like this never happens again.

Dr. Romine, Executive Order 13636 specifically provides that the cybersecurity framework and protection against cyber threats should include physical threats; not just computer viruses and hacking.

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