“Or, it might be, a physical barrier, such as a levee or fence if that makes sense in some places. “It might be cameras mounted on drones to surveil places where the terrain is tough to monitor. “It might be sensors and radar to spot moving people and objects in any weather or time of day. “It might be state-of-the-art technologies to detect tunnels because even in places where we have a fence, as we do in San Diego, it’s easy to dig tunnels underneath.
“It would have directed Homeland Security to perform a mile-by-mile assessment of our entire southern border to determine the most practical and effective way to secure it, and to offer Congress a strategy for each section of the border. “In the last Congress, my colleagues Pete Aguilar of California, a Democrat, and Will Hurd of Texas, a Republican, proposed legislation with wide bipartisan support that included border security measures we could all agree on. “That’s what real border security looks like, and I can tell you that San Diegans want that border security.
Agents at our ports everyday arrest criminals, seize narcotics and guns and deny admission to people they identify as a threat to national security.
“215,000 tons of hard drugs were intercepted at ports of entry from 2012 to 2016. They make sure travelers have proper identification and valid visas – that they are properly vetted and screened before entering the United States. Customs agents inspect, weigh and x-ray vehicles and bags. They also provide critical border security. “Our nation’s investments in Ports of Entry support a thriving international economy. It is the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere, where commercial trade between San Diego and Tijuana is valued at $2.1 million per day. “Working together, San Diego’s Congressional delegation, Republicans and Democrats, secured the additional $442-million in federal investment to modernize the San Ysidro Port of Entry. “He was asking for a gateway – a bridge, and improved customs facilities at the San Ysidro Port of Entry because long delays at the vehicle crossing were costing our region billions of dollars in economic activity and 60,000 jobs per year. “But this former Police Chief wasn’t asking for a wall. He said we needed to make a federal investment in critical infrastructure at our border with Mexico. “When I first came to Congress in 2013, I asked the president of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce in San Diego – who also happens to be the city’s Republican former Mayor and Police Chief – what’s the number one thing the federal government could do to promote job growth in our region. “Hi, I’m Scott Peters and I represent San Diego, California in the United States Congress.
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Video and audio of the Weekly Democratic Address can be downloaded here.īelow is a full transcript of the address: In this week’s address, the Congressman discussed Democrats’ support for smart, effective border security solutions and called on President Trump and Senator McConnell to re-open government now.
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