[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11619]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SECURE THE BORDER NOW

  (Mr. FARENTHOLD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, yesterday at a Judiciary Committee 
hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson didn't know who Kate 
Steinle was. I hope he sure remembers his own Border Patrol agent 
Javier Vega, Jr., a father, husband, and south Texan.
  Both of these fine Americans were gunned down by illegal aliens who 
had been deported multiple times, but were back in our country. Mr. 
Johnson couldn't tell me what percentage of the border was secure.
  Last month I visited the border and talked to some hard-working 
Border Patrol agents who are very frustrated. They keep apprehending 
the same people again and again.
  They are frustrated with our so-called catch-and-release program, 
where human smugglers called coyotes and drug smugglers with small 
loads or less than four or five people are simply let go.
  We have got to secure our border to avoid tragedies like Kate Steinle 
and Javier Vega, Jr. For that matter, we need to secure the borders to 
keep us safe.

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