secretary, secretary nielsen, and have a conversation of how it changed over those decades, it is a security of our state and at the end of the day the security of our nation. they don't just enter our state. they move on to the rest of the country. and states that may not be a border state are being impacted in the same way. but i also admire the compassion that you have in the passion that you have expressed in reference to children that had no choice to come here. and you have expressed it in a way that no other president has had before. and i do believe people as a nation of immigrants, that's what we are and we embrace it and we honor that. however, we also have to respect that we are a nation of law. >> right. beautifully stated, thank you very much, appreciate it. >> mr. president, i want to thank you for the lives you are saving. i'm a former law-enforcement officer. former drug enforcement agent.