and, to make a seizure, the investigator can take action against that. and how they bring things across the border, and we know where this is happening. not only looking at how we get these pathways, but how it s funded and how they send their proceeds back. all of that is part of the isis mission. and we had at ministerial that we called for in july in guatemala, to get all of the countries to work on a regional approach. this tco threat is real, and part of our promise for securit security.
which he may or may not be convicted and obviously now that he s in jail is a tremendous pressure point on manafort to cooperate with mueller on the bigger questions of possible conspiracy with russians. everybody thinks that paul manafort is being pressured by prosecutors to quochlt with tco them to alleviate pressure on himself. and we all assume that pressure on prosecutors is because paul manafort does that important information to give them about the larger case these prosecutors are pursuing. an alternate theory of the case here is paul manafort thinks he is not guilty of any of these things he s charged with, he can endure discomfort and legal bills right now because ultimately he s going to be vindicated, he s going to be aquilted and there s no reason for him to plead to anything he didn t do. right. how strong is the case against him? the case is pretty strong against him for two reasons. one, a lot of this is paper, right? this is about tax filings, documents from ba
adjudicate clas and ended alled temporary immigration programs other constitutionally dubious or administered in a manner inconsistent with the purpose of the law or contrary to the intent of congress. despite these actions, we ve recently seen the numbers of illegal border crosses rise. from 40-year lows last april back to previous levels. our current border security and immigration laws fail the american people. the system rewards bad behavior. it does not punish law-breakers. it undermines our nation s economic interest. make no mistake, interdiction without moving these without legitimate cause is not border security. it is not national security. when the president took office the traffickers smugglers and tco and the illegal aliens that serve as currency paused to see what our border enforcement efforts would look like and if we could follow through on the deportation and removal.
to begin with. what s our batting average on actually removing once somebody gets into the system? it s fairly low. i can get you an exact figure. in border security, this may be over in justice, take a look how dangerous the communities are as a result of it? senator cornyn mentioned gang members. is it true or is there data to suggest that many of the dangerous people who cross the border, the majority aren t but the dangerous ones find themselves in the very hispanic communities after they cross the border making them less safe than, say, my community? yes, sir. and in fact i think when i went to the rio grande valley, the area that senator cornyn was reviewing, we were talking about the rip crew, if you will. those that are part of the tco raiding a house where they believe weapons or drugs are stashed where they might have pre-positioned them on both sides of the border.
through the system when they have a removable offense to begin with. so what s our batting average then on actually removing when somebody gets into the system? got to be fairly low. it s fairly low, yes, sir. i can get you an exact figure but in border security, this may be over in justice, do you take a look at how dangerous the communities are as a result? senat s one senator mentioned gang members. is there data to suggest many of the people crossing the borders that are dangerous find themselves in the hispanic communities after crossing the border, making them less safe than, say, my community? yes, sir. in fact, i think when i went to the rio grande valley, which was the area the senator was reviewing, we were talking about the rip crews, if you will. those are part of a tco that are raiding a house they believe