“That’s the way in which they get entry into a system that will eventually release them into the country.”

For the first time since the second World War, we are not the sole dominant economy in the world.

The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.

We can’t defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense.

Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.

Trust and confidence that have been built is not something that should be abandoned without great consideration for the potentially grave consequences to the United States.

We must rely on our allies and foreign governments to share information and data to secure our country.

As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States.

We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world.

Migrants come up and no longer seek to evade the Border Patrol, but are actually left at the border by their smugglers.

As former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pointed out, if you build a 50-foot wall, you’ll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.

Every air traveler entering Mexico is vetted against US databases.

The cry of “Make America Great Again” reflects accurately that, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the sole superpower status of the United States is coming to an end.

During the last eight to 10 years there have been continued efforts which have resulted in a strategic alliance with the Mexicans and improved safety and security at the border.

There are plainclothes US officers stationed at airports in Mexico working with Mexican immigration officials to protect the United States.

America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.

Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.

Foolish people follow the system, get caught up in media news, what the government wants you to believe and all the higher powers want you to believe, and go down the same path as all the sheep in the cattle market.

We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.

Nowhere in the Bible, however, do we find God distinguishing between levels of sin. God doesn’t share our rating system. To him, all sin is equally evil, and all sinners are equally lovable.

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.

There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.

My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.