In 2006, the Secure Fence Act was signed into law, requiring the Department of Homeland Security to build upward of 700 miles of double layered fencing along the U. S-Mexico border. While the Obama administration is quick to state that the targets have been met, only a small fraction - in fact, less than 40 miles - of the newly implemented infrastructure is double-layered.

Blue collar workers cannot hire each other. White collar workers cannot hire each other. You have to have a businessman or a businesswomen, a business owner to hire you. And you cannot make the environment so unfriendly to them or so unprofitable or so burdensome that they go out of business,because if they go out of business, you are out of a job.

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.

A number of people who have supported me on the border fence in the U.S. have observed the fences in Israel and their effectiveness.

Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives ... We ought to look out for people. The earth can take care of itself.

This century is going to be a very dangerous century.

We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.