cantaloupes because they are hauling marijuana across the dessert. the house majority called it inexcusable but today congressman king said the facts support his words. it s not the first time he s made controversial comments about immigrants. in the 2012 speech he compared legal immigrants to bird dogs. listen to this. you want a good bird dog that will be aggressive, pick the one that s the friskiest, engaged the most and not the one sleeping in the corner. if you want one to sit on the coac couch, get the one sleeping in the corner. you get the pick of the litter and you got yourself a bird dog. we got the pick in every civilization in the planet. it s hard to get here. congressman king stood by those remarks saying his speech was actually complementary to immigrants. keeping them honest, plenty of people didn t see it that way.