I think your capacity or your abilities are not being utilized effectively.

I am not talking about the unaccompanied kids or the family units. Those are not danger to our communities.

I don't want to see the 1980s again where the U.S. wakes up and says, 'Oh my God, look what has happened in Nicaragua.'

I agree. I mean, it doesn't have to be that type of hard power. I think what you are talking about will develop a lot of good will among those countries.

Is there any way you can help the Border Patrol with a strategy on securing the border?

I am also concerned what is happening in our own backyard. I am talking about not only Central America but South America.

the Biden administration, in his words, is doing all it can, that these numbers are overwhelming and that people need to pay attention.

Farm work is hard work. Both of my parents, Odilia and Martin, were farmworkers. It is very hard work. It is one of those type of jobs that is very necessary to make sure that we bring food to the table. I represent several areas that are…

We are weeks, maybe even days, away from a crisis on the Southern Border. Inaction is simply not an option.

The only thing what makes this difficult is just the fact that we're in the middle of a pandemic. But if you look at the reality, the real numbers, this doesn't compare to what happened in May of 2019, which is of course under President…

Well, look without due respect of the message has to be clear in Central America. There's three messages down there. One is from the President saying don't come.

They seem to be on a commission without due respect, to start releasing and show that they're compassionate. I want to be compassionate. But I also think people should be compassionate to our communities on the border.