else. the president has to get his act together. we are perfectly willing to sit down and talk person-to-person, adult-to-adult. just thinking he can hold a press conference on saturday afternoon and somehow get democrats to go along with him is a pipe dream. so i m looking forward to working with him, if he wants to, but he can t dictate all the terms. you know, we are the legislative body. he s the executive. we are co-equal. sir, before i let you go, as the homeland security committee chairman, do you is there any evidence whatsoever that there is a crisis on the border of criminal gangs and rapists mourading their way spot united states? that is unfortunate. when you look at the statistics, the numbers are actually down.
country will be easy and cons t consiste consistent. that is our plan. border security, daca, tps, and many other things. straig straightforward, fair, reasonable, and common sense, with lots of compromise. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has pledged to bring this bill to a vote this week in the united states senate. our proposal is not intended to solve all of our immigration challenges. this plan solves the immediate crisis, and it is a horrible crisis. it is a humanitarian crisis like we rarely see in our country. it provides humanitarian relief, delivers real border security, and immediately reopens our federal government. if we are successful in this
and gang members to enter the united states, including the criminal aliens who murdered a brave california police officer, only a day after christmas. i ve gotten to know and love angel moms, dads, and family, who lost loved ones to people illegally in our country. i want this to end. it s got to end now. these are not talking points. these are the heartbreaking realities that are hurting innocent, precious human beings every single day, on both sides of the border. as a candidate for president, i promised i would fix this crisis. i intend to keep that promise one way or the other. our immigration system should be the subject of pride, not a source of shame, as it is all over the world. our immigration system should be
i want to go and add you to this conversation. we still have fernand. on this proposal to asylum seekers, as an immigration lawyer and expert in this, what do you think? first of all, the very definition under current u.s. law of asylum is it requires physical presence in the united states. however, under the obama administration, they tried a trial program whereby young people could apply for asylum. trump canceled it. that shows how serious they are about this. when he talks about daca, it s unlikely the supreme court will take up daca this term. he s really just talking about tps. indeed, and as far as the democrats saying no way, what do you think? it s doa, as they said. it should be. donald trump creates fake crisis after fake crisis to only give us a fake deal after fake deal. he created the daca crisis, he created the tps crisis. and now he created the government shutdown. it is the trump shutdown and now he wants democrats to clean it up?
presidents and many lawmakers have come and gone, and no real progress has been made on immigration. we are now living with the consequences, and they are tragic, brought about by decades of political stalemate, partisan gridlock, and national neglect. there is a humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border that requires urgent action. thousands of children are being exploited by ruthless coyotes and vicious cartels and gangs. one in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north. in fact, many loving mothers give their young daughters birth control pills for the long journey up to the united states because they know they may be raped or sexually lly accosted