I think when you have the potential to administratively close hundreds of thousands of removal cases it sends a message, and that message is clear: That if you make it past the border you are scot-free.

I do not believe in amnesty. I don't believe that what Ronald Reagan and the Democrats did in 1986 created amnesty.

Telling the American people that the border is more secure than ever is, at best, a disservice; the reality is that, according to the Mexican Migration Project, nearly 97% of illegal immigrants who try to cross the border eventually…

Last time I checked, Article II Section 3 of the Constitution states that the President 'shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.'

I hope you factor that in in these cases.

I think Calderon was very interested in the idea.

The time has come to roll up our sleeves and get to work rebuilding our own domestic rare earth manufacturing supply chain.

Let me also take a moment to publicly acknowledge the hundreds of men and women who are working virtually around the clock to restore America's rare earth production capacity at Mountain Pass.

We must continue to move as rapidly as possible to a position where our economy and our national security interests are no longer tied to these declining Chinese rare earth exports.

Simply put, I strongly believe we can and should do the same.

We have the geologic good fortune of having one of the richest and largest rare earth mineral deposits in the world at Mountain Pass, California.

We remain on time and on budget in constructing what will be the most technologically advanced, energy-efficient, and environmentally superior rare earth manufacturing facility in the world.