mexico regarded the river whose mouth is at the rio grande at corpus christi as its rightful border, whereas the united states said that it was the rio grande river. territory there is 120 miles in length. so neither side would give in on this. polk calculated that applying pressure on the border would force mexico to the bargaining table or begin a short, relatively bloodless war ending with america getting california. president zachary taylor sent 2000 troops to corpus christi. a way to protect against invasion. but that was a very, very remote possibility at that time. when mexico still would not negotiate and when rumors reached polk that england might make a play for california, he sent taylor to the rio grande, and that did it. mexico indignantly declared it had been invaded, and proclaimed a defensive war. the mexican cavalry ambushed u.s. dragoons along the river in 1846. polk could now claim american blood was shed on american soil, but some of taylor's officers -- including ulysses s. grant -- believed they'd been used as bait to catch a war. so when word of the attack reach

. - we're an 18-hole golf course, nestled along the banks of the rio grande river, as you see behind ve it's "rio gran-day." - potato, pottato. - it's potato. no one says "pottato." and for jeremy, this isn't just a job--it's a dream. - we grew up playing this golf course. this is a place where i wanted to establish my career and let my kids grow up. but you can't have a golf course with only three holes. - yeah, three holes are only good for one thing. - you know, we'd have to-- - i'm talking about sex. sorry, you were talking about-- - yeah, if trump builds this wall, we would lose everything completely. - right. - i just don't think it's fair. - which is why jeremy is tirelessly speaking out against trump's number one policy. as one of the wall's victims, he never could have seen it coming. - i actually voted for president trump. - you voted for trump. - just felt like it was time for something different. - [exhales exaggeratedly] oh, my god. why are you complaining? he's literally doing the thing that you voted for. - you know, trump is a salesman. you know, so we figured it was a

they say they came here when they were 3 years old, their mother led them across the rio grande river. i actually have seen the data. i don't know if any other member of congress has seen the data. we've been digging it out for months on end. and i think i'll soon be able to make it public. some of them were brought here at 3 years old. some of them were girls at that age. some of it was their mother. but that doesn't represent that universe of daca recipients. what i do know is of those large numbers, especially of males, that came here illegally, they were 14, 15, 16 and more years old, they knew what they were doing and they were responsible for what they were doing. i want to restore the rule of law, pass the farm bill and i want to get people back to work and i want to have allies on this floor that support work, whether they're democrats or republicans. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? mr.

powerful deterrent to illegal entry as well as provide flood protection against the rio grande valley. from the river. so, this is a very important issue, and i look forward to an update on how cbp prepares to, as this caravan, they call it, prepares to come up north into the united states and other threats as well. and madam chair, with that, i yield back. >> the chairman yields back. i recognize from mississippi chairman. >> i thank you for calling this hearing. commissioner, good seeing you again. it's always nice to have a permanent title after your nomination. you are officially, and have been head of cbp for only a month, but your many years in leadership positions within cbp will no doubt serve you well in this new position. i encourage you to use your deep knowledge of cbp to meaningfully inform the department's approach to border security. our border security challenges are more nuanced than simply building a wall. at a time when the department's own data show that illegal entries are at the lowest level they have been since 1970s, it makes little sense as to why we should heavily rely on bu

that would have been re- done the entire state of texas to channel the mississippi river all the way down to the rio grande valley with the reservoirs in the waters of the mississippi reach to albuquerque new mexico. an advocate of that plan and when the governor was trying one of the things that he used was that if we don't do this the federal government will and that failed but it failed by 6000 change. there are those that are at this festival today from that margin. i think that would have created a bunch of problems and for those reasons to turn around with those reservoirs across the parched land. that was really the last time it was taken from the compound. >>host: what would you say one paragraph?

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was a water plan that would have channeled the mississippi river all the way across the northern part of the state and down through the rio grande valley and credited a system of reservoirs and the waters of mississippi would have reached albuquerque, new mexico. governor connellly was an advocate of that plan. marvin nichols was an advocate. ... we met at booktv.org. well, joining us now on our set on the campus is patrisse khan-cullors, co-author of this book, "when they call you a terrorist: a black lives matter

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