Political Quotes

“the U.S. Border Patrol and our Immigration and Customs Enforcement have a complex and essential role in the lives of all Americans. They have a big mission. They arrest drug traffickers, they arrest terror suspects, they arrest human traffickers, they save exploited children, and they secure our border. This work is absolutely critical to our Nation's security. Not long ago, Democrats actually agreed with all of those things I said. In 2019, Senator Schumer, the minority leader--this is what he said to NBC News. He said: ICE does some functions that are very much needed. They don't seem to think that anymore. Now Senator Schumer is leading the charge to abolish ICE, and he wants to defund the Border Patrol. That is because today Democrats care more about protecting illegal immigrant criminals than protecting law-abiding American citizens. For more than 2 months, Republicans have negotiated in good faith to fully fund critical law enforcement Agencies in this country. We are done negotiating. We are moving forward alone. Republicans are going to fund ICE and Border Patrol without a single Democrat vote. We are not going to concede a single one of their demands, and these are demands made by radical Senate Democrats. The Senate is going to consider a budget resolution this week. The resolution is targeted, and it is focused. Here is what it does: First, it fully funds and fully supports the men and women of ICE and Border Patrol.”