Speech #1100050966

The next trigger is 27.500 detention beds on the border so when somebody is intercepted. they are held until their court date comes up. No more catch and release. Then. importantly as well. 18.000 Border Patrol agents have to be trained and in place and functioning. We have 14.500 right now. That is another 3.500. Those agents. by the way. are trained ostensibly in Georgia at FLETC. the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. They are trained on border security. on intervention. and on capture. Then. it requires the seamless border security. It requires the ID that is biometric and is secure. It ends the largest growth industry on the southern border. and that is the forged document industry. When those five triggers are in place and when the Secretary of Homeiand Security has certified them. then and only then is the immigration reform in place because we have stopped the bleeding. There are a lot of people talking about this issue of immigration from a lot of different standpoints. but I know one thing: When you go to the doctor. you dont want him to treat the symptorn. You want him to treat the cause. If you are cut. you want him to sew up the cut. not just put a BandAid on it.