Speech #1090139552

But new plan needs to include. as the chairman talked about. a tactical operation. the tactical ability to stretch the border. In other words. we need to get on offense and not take such a passive approach to our issues on the border. We need to be careful that we are not just sitting in a green and white Border Patrol pickup truck. sitting on the border on the night shift. hoping that we picked the right spot. and thinking we will interdict illegals using that kind of an approach. Mr. Chairman. I grew up in Arizona and my ranch sits within a few miles of the border. On many occasions I have had my fences cut. and I have had many people flow through my ranch headed north. Over the last 18 months. my staff and I have and our team has developed a comprehensive approach to border security called the Red Zone Defense. We currently have 8 aerostat balloons on the border using lookdown radar peering into Mexico. stopping the flood of airplanes flowing into America. We need to add sensors that can peer across the line. see them coming. see where they are staging before they get to the border in order to shift the defense. shift the limited amount of manpower we have so we can interdict in a proactive approach.