Speech #1090171347

But any government that cannot account for all those entering and leaving the country. either legally or illegally. must deal seriously and quickly with that problem. especially if the government is at war with an enemy that has publicly stated its efforts to exploit every weakness we have. As one border sheriff said. standing by me at a news conference earlier this yeara border sheriff. by the way. from the other party. a border sheriff who understood this problem intimately every day. He said. "If you can come across the border for the perfectly understandable reason of a better job. you can come across the border in a way that does much more harm to people than anyone can now anticipate." As I have been discussing with many of my colleagues in recent days. the House has already had success in securing resources. such as additional Border Patrol agents and vehicles. for immediate border security needs In this years current budget. in the supplemental budget. in the budget that we will vote on for next year later this month. I draw my colleagues attention to these pictures. pictures of the kind of work that has been going on along the border for months now: Seventyfive miles of fence already completed. 42 miles of fence nearing completion. more Border Control officers. more detention facilities. the return of people who have illegally entered this country to their country for the first time in decades. the assistance of the National Guard. All have led to a more secure border. Today we continue our efforts to undertake emergency measures to ensure that the operational control of the border will continue to improve.