Louie Gohmert: “I have been on the border many nights, all hours of the night, and I have seen people just as they have finished…”

“I have been on the border many nights, all hours of the night, and I have seen people just as they have finished crossing. The first time I went, I expected I would see people crossing in droves, not realizing the coyotes--the paid employees of the gangs, drug cartels that bring people across--they don't want to get caught because if a drug cartel or gang employee gets caught by one of the Texas boats running up and down--I say Texas boats because our administration has not provided any Federal boats in the area most crossed down south of McAllen. There are no Federal boats down there. It is an area where Texas has stepped up and provided a number of boats that are zipping up and down the river, and you can hear them coming. The coyotes don't want to be caught. They know if the Texas DPS catches them, they will destroy the raft, and that will put the coyote in very deep trouble for getting caught, so they don't want you to see them crossing. As the State of Texas has placed DPS officers, Texas Rangers, game wardens up on the high bank--even in the dark, with just the least bit of light at all, you can see their silhouettes--and coyotes won't cross, again, if they think they are about to get caught. Once across, groups anywhere from eight to 90 will immediately look for someone to surrender to unless, of course, they are like the people I have seen fleeing down there, who apparently had drugs or something they didn't want to be caught with.…”