I mean, these are kids that are getting on rail cars, riding the top of rail cars all the way up through Mexico. I mean, the danger that they're put in, the sexual assaults that are occurring - I mean, all of this is a great consternation, I think, for any of us. But when they come here and then they're dumped on our cities and our counties and our state is expected to pick up the costs, there's a point in time where you say, 'Quit giving these individuals incentives to come up and then be resettled in the United States'. That's the real issue for me.

Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion.

Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.

I grew up in a house with no running water, 16 miles from the closest place that had a post office. I had a very parochial view of the world.

My policy will be to detain and deport every illegal alien who is apprehended in this country. And we'll do it with an expedited hearing process so that millions of illegal aliens are not released into the general population with some hearing date down the road.

You don't want to ruin a kid's life for having a joint.

When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.