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Border Security
When the Homeland Security Subcommittee I chaired in 2006 authored the report A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border, exposing the rise of the Mexican drug cartels, no one could have predicted the enormity of the bloodshed to come. In 2008, nearly 6,000 people in
Download: A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border
As I predicted in 2006, we indeed have a war on our southern border. Cartels are controlling the flow of illegal drugs into the
We must also work to better enforce our current immigration laws. We must expedite the deportation of illegal immigrants who commit other crimes in our communities. I continue to work to improve the relationship between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local law enforcement across our district. Greater resources are needed to provide voluntary training to police and sheriff’s departments so that they can detain illegal immigrants and start the deportation process.