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For border security and the rule of law. the legislative fixes have been drafted and debated. the tools are tested and ready. all that is lacking is the will to act. i'm hoping that changes and i call on all members of congress to work with us to close these loop holes and to end catch and release completely. let me be clear, we are a welcoming nation. we support tens of millions of legal visitors every year as well as over 1 million legal immigrants. we will continue to do so. as i said earlier, border security is national security. security of our nation is not a partisan issue. border secur...

Children. the traffickers and smugglers know that if you arrive with the family under our current legal and court system, you have a much better chance as being released into the united states. we have seen the smugglers advertise this as an enticement and we have seen traffickers use children to gainntry into our country. before 2009, the last stat here, 90% of arriving aliens were mexican nationals. today nearly 50% are from central america. the traffickers and smugglers know that these individuals cannot be easily removed in an expeditious way back to their country of origin. they exploit t...

Elicit smuggling groups saw that our ability to actually remove those that come here illegally did not keep pace. they saw that there were loop holes that they could exploit to avoid detention and removal. let me give you numbers to put how that has changed the context of our immigration and border security system. before 2013, approximately one out of 100 arriving aliens claimed fear. which is the first step in asylum process. today one out ten do so. why this matter is because this number unfortunately demonstrates and is indicative of the rising level of fraud that plagues our system. this ...

300,000 a year violating our sovereignty as a nation will never be acceptable to this president. since becoming secretary, i've spoken with hundreds of members of congress on the needs for legislati legislation. i will continue to speak with anyone about ending catch and release and close the loop holes for all. based on conversations with congressional leadership, i'm optimistic. wore a country based on the rule of law. i asked congress to pass with all urgency. i will work with you. let's get this done. the president has directed that the national guard be deployed to the southern border. th...

Release. the president as you know terminated administrative catch and release last year and due to those loop holes, we find particularly those with families, they must be released after 20 days. we asked congress for additional funds for detension beds, personnel as the magnet of lawlessness draws thousands to the borders. we must change the environment. unfortunately, time and time again, congress has failed to act. we're still, some members of congress have continuous little opposed effort to strengthen the border. because of this inaction, the administration has drafted legislation and we...