Those law enforcement heroes, ice special agent elvin hernandez. [cheering and applause] thank you. when elvin was a boy, he and his family legally immigrated to the united states from the dominican republic. at the age of eight, he told his dad he wanted to become a special agent. today, he leads investigations into the scores of international sex trafficking. into the scores of international sex trafficking. elvin says that if i can make sure these young girls get their
4,000 killings were murders. we are joined tonight by one of those law enforcement heroes, i special agent elvin hernandez. when elvin [applause] thank you. when elvin was a boy, he and his family legally immigrated to the united states from the dominican republic. at the age of eight, elvin told his dad he wanted to become a special agent. to date, he leads investigations into the scores of international sex trafficking. elvin says that if i can make
Sure these young girls get their justice, i have really done my job. thanks to his work and that of his incredible colleagues, more than 300 women and girls have been rescued from the war of this terrible situation and more than 1,500 sadistic traffickers have been put behind bars. [applause] thank you, elvin. we will always support the brave men and women of law enforceme law enforcement. and i pledge to you tonight that
I will never abolish our heroes from ice. thank you. [applause] elvin says that if i can make sure these young girls get their justice, i ve really done my job. thanks to his work work and that of his incredible colleagues, more than 300 women and girls have been rescued from the horror of this terrible situation, and more than 1,500 sadistic traffickers have been put behind bars. [cheering and applause] we will always support the brave men and women of law enforcement and i pledge to you tonight that i will never abolish our heroes from ice. thank you. [cheering and applause] my administration has sent to the congress a common sense proposal to end the crisis on po our southern border. it includes humanitarian iassistance, more law enforcement, drug detection at our ports, closing loopholes that enable child smuggling, and plans for a new physical barrier, or wall, to secure the vast areas between our ports of oentry. in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but
We are joined tonight by one of those law enforcement heroes, i.c.e. special agent elvin hernandez. when elvin [ applause ] thank you. when elvin was a boy, he and his family legally immigrated to the united states from the do minmin republic. he told his dad he wanted to become a special agent. today he leads investigations into the international sex trafficking. elvin says that if i can make sure these young girls get their