FLAKE. Mr. President, I rise today in support of the Border
Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act, which I am
introducing. This bill offers solutions to the serious problems facing us with
regard to border security, while at the same time addressing the needs
for a legislative solution for those issues faced by the children who
were brought here through no fault of their own. With respect to the border, this bill provides $1.6 billion in
funding for border security measures that the President requested and
the House has already approved in a bipartisan vote. As an Arizonan, I
am more than familiar with the steps we need to take to increase border
security. We have a better situation on the border than we have had in
a while, but there are still measures that need to be taken. In addition to the appropriate barriers that will aid in preventing
illegal crossings, we need access roads that actually get to the
border. If there is one issue I hear from property owners, ranchers,
Border Patrol agents, and others near the border, it is that they need
better access. We have had an issue with regard to roads that are used
by the Border Control that are paid for by the county. It is a
situation that needs to be resolved, and it will benefit all of us who
travel near the border. This bill addresses that.
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