Henry Cuellar Quotes

Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.

As far as a wall is concerned, the experts actually say that in some places a wall is necessary, in other places a double wall is necessary, and in other places that a wall wouldn't help. So I'm for whatever it takes to secure our border with Mexico. We've got to do it. I'm for then enforcing our laws.

Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security.

The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

Border security and homeland security are one and the same.

I know there's a lot of discussion about building a 2000-mile wall. I think we need to complete the Secure Fencing Act, but we need greater technology and aviation aspects down on the Southwest border so we can see the threat from the sky. Until you can see it, you don't know where it's coming from and how to correctly stop it.

The people that work the border will tell you that physical barriers, backed up by men and women, is what we need to secure the southwest border.

We can't deal with the flood in the orchards until we cap the floodwaters coming into them. And that means giving our Border Patrol the total resources they need to get their job done, and even utilizing military personnel in particular hot crossing spots.

The president has promised greater border security. We can agree to that. A literal wall might not be the most effective means to that end, but we can provide the resources necessary to secure the border with smart and affordable measures.

Here's what we know: after the Secure Fence Act, we have built 600 miles of wall and fencing on a 2,000 mile border. What that has done is not in any demonstrable way made us safer.

The border is way more porous than it should be, and I think we'd be open to discussing anything that enhances border security.

I drafted and proposed a law to secure our borders and build the border wall - and make the sanctuary cities pay for it.

People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it's very simple: border security is national security.

What we have to quit talking about is border wall. We need border security.

Border security is the most basic and necessary responsibility of a sovereign nation.

We must secure our borders and restore the rule of law, and more than anyone running, Ted Cruz has fought to make this nation secure while protecting our constitutional rights.

The men and women at our borders, given adequate resources, are doing an excellent job of keeping us safe.

I'm for whatever it takes to secure our border with Mexico.

I expect Congress to continue to work on that, to secure the border, to invest in smart technology, and in personnel that makes a difference there.

There's a long conversation we're going to have about how to enforce immigration laws. But physically securing the border is essential.

How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?

A number of people who have supported me on the border fence in the U.S. have observed the fences in Israel and their effectiveness.

The lack of substantial resources and staffing along the Northern U.S. border poses a real security threat.

I'm on record saying nothing about immigration until we secure the borders. The borders are not secure.