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Henry Roberto Cuellar is a U.S. Representative for Texas's 28th congressional district, serving since January 4, 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuellar has focused on issues such as border security, economic development, and education throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for bipartisan solutions and has worked on various initiatives to support his constituents in South Texas. Cuellar has held several key positions within the House, including serving on the Appropriations Committee. His legislative efforts often emphasize the importance of funding for local projects and addressing the needs of the border region. Cuellar's long-standing presence in Congress has made him a notable figure in Texas politics.
I want to thank Chairman Engel for yielding to me and for his leadership that he has provided in making sure that we develop a good working relationship with the Republic of Mexico. In fact, a few months ago, we also passed a U.S.-Mexico…
I think we ought to hold people at the border, give them their day in court, give them their due process.
But I do ask you to use your money wisely because I think we added about $30 million for the McAllen...
I think we need to make sure we keep giving retentions or some sort of--I do not know if it is hardship, locality, pay compensation in the proposed language.
I have recognized your offers in McAllen and Laredo for the lives that they save.
So your men and women can do what they need to do and then we get those folks to do the changing of diapers and all of that.
I do not think your men and women wake up in the morning trying to see how they are going to hurt some of the immigrants.
I do agree with my colleagues that if there is a problem, there is a bad apple, we need to go after those bad apples.
Let me tell you, they are doing a heck of a job and I want to commend them for the work that they do.
Every day there is more than $1.5 billion of trade between the U.S. and Mexico.
I wish you would talk to the Department of Justice because we added 50 new judge teams.
I think those folks that escape should be reported to CBP as people that violated the law down there in Mexico and that should be taken into consideration when they ask for asylum.
I appreciate the balance that you brought there, especially the humanitarian aspect of it where you met with Sister Norma and other folks.
We should be surprised that in the state of Texas where we have done the majority on it since 2014 only $400,000 have been allocated to these local communities which is literally a drop in the bucket.
The humanitarian crisis due to the influx of unaccompanied kids and families have created a burn on state and local jurisdictions including NGOS down there on the border.
Right. And as you know, Border Patrol is short I think about 2,200 personnel.
I would ask you to look at that, and if it hasn't been signed, I would ask you to do that.
If you want to see a crisis at the border, it's when you stop avocados from coming in.
They move 750 CBP officers from doing port inspections to what I call changing diapers.
They've been slowed down or not enough people to process in a timely fashion?
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