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I can tell you in talking to the men and women in green, they don't want to have somebody from D.C. come in and just give them a pat on the back.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We’re excited because if there’s anyone who could motivate people to go vote it is President Clinton, we’re excited to have him rally up the vote here in south Texas.
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My message remains the same. The border is not secure, and we need to be doing more to dissuade migrants from coming to the United States.
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I don’t necessarily agree with the politics of using the migrants as pawns, but we need to address the influx. Our whole country is now feeling the effects of open borders.
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My message remains the same. The border is not secure and we need to be doing more to dissuade migrants from coming to the United States.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Today’s announcement ensures that no American has to make that choice. It acknowledges that an education is as vital as our most basic necessities. And it puts hardworking South Texans first—making sure that anyone making less than $125,000 finds federal debt relief.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The metric I use, you look at what the law is, and you enforce that law, under that, there will be some that stay under the current asylum laws because that's what the law says. If you get 100 people before an immigration judge, that judge will probably only allow 10 to 12% [to remain]. So my question is, why are we allowing 100% of the people when we should only be allowing 10 to 12%, according to the immigration judges. That's the issue. There are some people that believe in open borders, I do not believe in open borders. There are some people that believe in getting rid of border patrol, getting rid of ICE. I don't believe in that.
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I'm a pro-life Democrat, i know it's a decision that, unfortunately, divides a lot of people. It's a very emotional issue and I understand that.
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If you look at the non-intrusive X-rays that we have at the ports of entry, that X-ray at a checkpoint would've stopped what happened, they would have found people right away if they had the right technology… Those border patrol agents are trying to do their job, but it's very difficult for them to do their job.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Jobs are still very important, but for some people, gun control will be an issue. For other people, the abortion issue will be very important. I think in my district, really it's a cross section of the community. There are other issues, border security, jobs, water issues — all of that is important.
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The more liberal Democrats are found in the urban areas, where the issue of abortion definitely helped her more in that area.
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Urban Democrats are very different from rural Democrats.
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Over the course of the last two elections, radical special interest groups spent over $10 million in an attempt to push their out-of-touch, New York values on Texans. But you, the voters, stopped them.
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From the time she was an intern in my office, I knew she had potential and a bright future ahead of her.
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I'm one of the best fundraisers in Washington, and she outraised me. In ordinary times, that wouldn't have happened, over the course of the last two elections, radical special interest groups spent over $10 million in an attempt to push their out-of-touch, New York values on Texans. But you, the voters, stopped them.
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As I said on election night, the margin will hold — and it has not only held but grown, with every single vote counted across the nine counties in the 28th district, I have won this election by 281 votes.
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Additionally, my faith does not allow me to support extreme positions such as late term or partial birth abortions. My faith is clear : abortion must be rare safe.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
As a lifelong Catholic, I have always been pro-life. As a Catholic, I do not support abortion, however, we can not have an outright ban. There must be exceptions in the case of rape, incest and danger to the life of the mother, additionally, my faith does not allow me to support extreme positions such as late term or partial birth abortions. My faith is clear : abortion must be rare safe.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are ready to keep going, i look forward to once again winning the majority of voters and come May 24th, be re-elected as the Democratic Nominee for Congress.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Let me be clear : I'm running for reelection, and I intend to win.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This land gave my family a chance, that’s why I ’ll never stop fighting for South Texas.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If there was a problem, it should be investigated, and I think that’s it. But Border Patrol agents can not paint Border Patrol with the same type of paintbrush. What are they supposed to do, just stand there and let everybody come in ? They’re supposed to be enforcing the law.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The cost of illegal immigration is growing, farmers and ranchers are confronting damages to their crops and residences by illegal immigrants trespassing to avoid law enforcement.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I’m sure her planners told her that if you’re going to go down to the border, go to something that’s safer to go to, that is, politically safer, the epicenter is down there in the Lower Rio Grande, the lower part of my district down there. If you look at the numbers that are down there compared to El Paso, you’re not going to get a true picture of what’s happening.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
All they’re doing is, they’re moving kids from one tent to the other tent and saying, ‘Oh, they’re not in the Border Patrol (custody),’.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If somebody has an asylum claim,a credible fear claim, then Ithink they should ask for that, but I’d rather have them doit in their country instead ofcoming down here and then beingreleased and not knowing if they’re going to show up later at adifferent time.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If we dontget outsidepressure, the committee can sit down and work this out, appropriators are, as you know -- in Washington, theres Republicans and Democrats and theres appropriators both in the The White House and the Senate. We can work out a deal, I know we can sit down and work it, if we just dont get any outside pressure, do what we need to do, and I feel the process as appropriators, The White House and Senate Democrats, Republicans -- we can work something out.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This person worked for the intel, the intelligence part of the Border Patrol, so he was getting all the leads that the local law enforcement were given, otherwise, she could have been killed, would have been victim number five, and heaven knows if there would have been more after number five.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
When you're constantly working at full speed and don't have all the resources because your primary mission is to fight the drug cartels, yeah, you're going to be stretched.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
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