If you want them to have a stake in the action, if you want them to be part of the solution and stand up and fight these cartels, we have to do something to let those people that are coming here be here legally.

I view the commitment of the present administration as a serious commitment to the needs of the border.

I think it highlights even more so that we need to be paying attention.

We must rationally and fairly both strictly enforce control of our borders with robust Federal law enforcement--as well as providing legal guest worker status.

The United States must be a more effectively resourced partner to the government of Mexico.

Allowing a porous border is not only a threat to our citizens and Nation's food supply, but also a threat to our homeland security.

I have tremendous admiration and respect for what he is doing. I agree with you, it is anemic, the funding.

Their report and past hearings held by this subcommittee underscore the need for a comprehensive review of the Federal Government's role in protecting the border.

We are here today to learn more about these efforts and how they might be helpful as a model going forward for the Nation.

I was very proud to introduce several border-security measures that my good friend Henry Cuellar supported.

Foreign drug cartels have used brutal tactics of violence and the threat of violence against United States citizens.

The evidence is clear; the border is not secure.