The reason that we are going to continue to focus on this is every single thing we've done since the time I was elected... has gone up in costs.

Because the Government through the Department of Justice knowingly and willingly gave the drug cartels nearly 2,000 weapons.

There has to be a legal, lawful way to get here.

There is no police force in Nuevo Laredo. There is none.

I appreciate their passion on this issue and their care for the loved ones that are there in that area.

I think it's wrong. And I think people on both sides of this aisle think it's wrong.

every time we spend dollars here we're pulling money out of American people's pockets to give it to somebody else.

For fiscal year 2013 and 2014, the Obama administration released roughly 66,000 criminal aliens.

one of the most infuriating parts of this are the people who are here illegally and commit crimes only to be released back into the interior of the United States of America.

Gun battles between rival criminal organizations or with Mexican authorities have occurred in broad daylight on streets.

It's amazing that you get down there and see that there's no plan and no--other than, 'Hey, we're going to continue to look at it.'

Did the administration work with us in an open and candid way? No.