… incentives for people to come here illegally, which makes it even more important that we first secure the border. So from my standpoint, regardless of what President Obama does, because We need to pass a border security bill as the first step in solving not only the illegal immigration problem, but Neil, it's a public health and safety issue. It's a national security issue. So I think, you know, all the uncertainty created by this administration, all the lack of security facing America right now, just points to the fact that number one priority has to be to secure the border. (03:26–03:38)
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