Border Patrol Quotes

• The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents

  John Culberson

  Borders, Agents, Enough

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• Finally, we need more Border Patrol agents. Although Congress has already tripled the number of Border Patrol agents since the late 1980s, more are still needed.

  Ric Keller

  Numbers, Borders, Needs

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• Thank God we're going to try to continue and effectively defend our frontiers with the Border Patrol, with the Customs Department, with the Coast Guard, with the Armed Forces.

  Barry McCaffrey

  Thank God, Trying, Borders

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• Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S.

  Timothy Murphy

  Jobs, Drug, Rays

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• So now is an opportunity for us to stand up and have a good, strong immigration policy to make sure that E- Verify becomes mandatory and we have got to train and properly equip our Border Patrol.

  Allen West

  Strong, Opportunity, Immigration

  "West on Issues Facing America". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2010.

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• On my recent trip to the Mexico border, Border Patrol agents in California told me they have arrested the same coyotes 20 times, but they are not prosecuted.

  Ric Keller

  Journey, California, Coyotes

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• I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol, and to make sure that every cargo container that enters this nation is screened for radiation and potential weapons of mass destruction.

  Nick Lampson

  Mass Destruction, Borders, Radiation

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• Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.

  Allen West

  Book, Law, Immigration

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• Just ask the Border Patrol about Hillary Clinton. You won't like what you're hearing.

  Donald Trump

  Borders, Hearing, Clinton

  Donald Trump's immigration speech in Phoenix, Arizona, www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• We need military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism.

  Jerry Weller

  Military, Drug, Battle

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• The worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican government. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border.

  Donald Trump

  Government, Mexican, Elements

  "Trump says comments on Mexican immigrants were 'deliberately distorted' as he proclaims that 'tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border'". Statement to the Press, www.dailymail.co.uk. July 07, 2015.

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• We will expand the number of border patrol stations significantly.

  Donald Trump

  Numbers, Borders, Stations

  Donald Trump's immigration speech in Phoenix, Arizona, www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• If I'm elected president, we will secure the border. We will triple the border patrol. We will build a wall that works and I'll get Donald Trump to pay for it.

  Ted Cruz

  Wall, President, Borders

  The fifth Republican debate, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

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• I want to build the wall. We need the wall. And the Border Patrol, ICE, they all want the wall. We stop the drugs. We shore up the border.

  Donald Trump

  Wall, Ice, Drug

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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• I was just endorsed by ICE. They've never endorsed anybody before on immigration. I was just endorsed by ICE. I was just recently endorsed - 16,500 Border Patrol agents.

  Donald Trump

  Ice, Immigration, Borders

  Donald Trump's speech at the first 2016 Trump-Clinton presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, moderated by anchor of NBC Nightly News Lester Holt, www.nbcnews.com. September 26, 2016.

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• Once you have opened up prisoner interrogation, wiretapping, border patrol, jailing and the services of the military, when this has been turned into a for-profit business in this endless war, then we're in deep trouble.

  John Cusack

  Military, War, Borders

  "Talking With John Cusack". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2008.

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• It's absolutely the wrong signal, I think, to those who have entered this country legally or those who may be considering illegal immigration for a lot of benefits to be provided... Emergency medical needs should be met, but otherwise I think send the wrong signal to those who have come into the country legally and those who may be considering illegal immigration. So as you know, I've called for an increase in the border patrol agents. I've looked at that from both the standpoints of drugs and to prevent illegal immigration, but I think that's where the focus should be.

  Elizabeth Dole

  Country, Thinking, Focus

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• He [Donald Trump]wants to build the wall. It would be silly to say we`re going to - we`re going to create an army and we`re going to have Mexico pay for our border patrol, our border police. Clearly, that`s not going to happen.

  John Yarmuth

  Wall, Silly, Army

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• We have to deal with reality. The reality is, we have a number a very high number of illegal immigrants in this country. They're meeting an important economic need. And we are a nation of laws, and we're a nation of immigrants. And if we're going to address the real threats, then we need to have a temporary worker program to allow our Border Patrol agents to focus on the criminals and the thugs and the terrorists and the traffickers and smugglers that are trying to come into this country illegally.

  Scott McClellan

  Country, Real, Thug

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• I learned this one growing up in Texas and, subsequently, living in Los Angeles: always use the 'usted' form when speaking to a Spanish official. Mexican border patrol cops don't like it when you call them 'amigo,' give them a hardy pat on the back, slip a $20 in their pocket. No bueno, it doesn't fly. By the way, those of you not laughing at that obviously took French in high school, and that was a gay choice.

  Iliza Shlesinger

  Growing Up, School, Gay

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• As the witness testified before my Subcommittee on Immigration, that barriers magnify the ability of every Border Patrol agent to be more effective. And so if you make up your mind, you can build substantial mileage barriers. It will increase the ability of our officers to perform, and the most important thing is, it sends a message to the world, the border is closed.

  Jeff Sessions

  Mind, Important, Agents

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• Justin Bieber's tour bus was stopped by Canadian border patrol agents. And they found marijuana. The agents said Bieber was a disgrace to Canada and should never come back. Then they found the marijuana.

  Craig Ferguson

  Marijuana, Canada, Borders

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• And ICE and Border Patrol officers will be allowed to do their jobs the way their jobs are supposed to be done.

  Donald Trump

  Jobs, Ice, Borders

  "Mick Mulvaney talks 'redefining' the federal government". www.foxnews.com. April 12, 2017.

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• The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative Border Patrol leaders such as Silvestre Reyes with Operation Hold the Line in El Paso. Operation Hold the Line demonstrated that a strategic use of personnel and technology can combine at our land border, as it has for many years at our airports, to reduce unauthorized crossings.

  Barbara Jordan

  Technology, Airports, Years

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• It [Border fence] hasn't worked. What has worked is more border patrols... What has worked is some technology.

  Bill Richardson

  Borders, Fence

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. May 27, 2007.

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