On the recordMay 10, 2019
We have heard a great deal today-- actually, from both sides of the aisle pointing fingers across the way at the opposing party--about the issue of children: taking care of children that are brought here illegally, taking care of children that supposedly come here on their own. But since we know that nobody crosses from Mexico into the United States illegally without having the permission of the drug cartel that controls that section of the Mexico-U.S. border, it is not really accurate to say a child comes unaccompanied, because a child can't cross Mexico by himself. A child is brought by somebody. Unfortunately, as we know, the figures from both government groups, Doctors Without Borders, and others are pretty staggering when you realize that such a large percentage--25 percent, 30 percent--of girls who come to the United States through Mexico are raped. I have seen too many rape trees that it breaks my heart. It is just, as the poet said, incredible, the inhumanity to man. It is staggering. And sometimes it is difficult to tell people no that want to come here, but there is not a country in the world that lets more people into that country than the United States does. There is nowhere.…
