border. apprehension without detention and removal is not border security. we have repeatedly called on congress to close these loopholes. i myself have met with as many members that have been willing to meet with me. i testified seven times. i will continue to make myself available to ask that they work with us to solve this crisis. yet the voices most loudly criticizing the enforcement of our current laws are those whose policies created this crisis. and whose policies perpetrate it. in particular, we need to reform the three major loopholes. let me quickly walk you through them. first, we need to amend the 2008 trafficking victims prevention reauthorization act of a which is -- this law encourages families to put children in the hands of smugglers to bring them alone on this dangerous trek northward and make no mistake. we have talked about this befor before. this track is dangerous and deadly. second, we need to reform our asylum laws to end systemic