The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents

Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders

What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle.

Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State

This is not the first time that Mexican authorities have handed over an Arab from a country with known Al Qaeda connections to a local sheriff across the border. FBI picks them up and disappears

Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities must be promptly delivered to a federal law enforcement authority

The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents