efforts to combat the drug cartels along the border and mexico. next a hearing on security efforts along the nation's southwestern border. the witnesses are the heads of custom border protection of immigration. david price of north carolina chairs the appropriations subcommittee on homeland security. this is about two hours and 20 minutes. >> the subcommittee will come to order. this morning we will be focusing on the southwest border and the challenges the department of homeland security continues to face in that part of the country. our southwestern border region possesses a rich history, shared culture over the centuries and lands and surpassed natural beauty. it's not a faraway lehane please put an inextricable part of our homeland. with many of hard-working families and bright and diverse economy. the cross border trade is an important part of the picture. 80% of mexico's exports and half of its imports are with the united states and 10% of the country's overall trade is with mexico. however these trade statistics exclude illicit drugs. over

the cartels in mexico?are broad ranges of anywhere from $18 billion to north of $30 billion. >> per year? >> per year. >> that's money going from the u.s. to the cartels across the southwest border? >> yes, and then on in certain insignificances to places like columbia and other countries. >> how can they amount of money, say $30 billion, how can that amount of money cross that border without us knowing about it? just the bulk of that is something, is it not? >> it is. if you were to ask me where is the area where we need to devote more time and attention to developing intelligence, it is in this exact area. that the wild c.v.p. and i.c.e., we typically do these together. a lot of this is based on i.c.e. lead, are at an all-time high. the truth of the matter is we are not seizing but a fraction of those estimates, if that is right. >> how much money have we seized going south? >> this is a particular good year. typically between two ealses are north of $200 million. we had some shipping containers going bet

contract killers hired by a foreign cartel murdering americans. what are you going to do about that? and beyond the efforts of the past year and escalated violence what are the next steps that need to be taken against this threat? if there's one thing i'm certain of and my experience as a state prosecutor for 11 years, the d.a. and my years here in this body it is that drugs was a grave and unrelenting effort to the safety and security of the united states. therefore we must do all we can to secure the border, for to these cartels and put a stop to their savage criminality and their murderous ways so the challenge presented to the dhs is clear. my question which is the same as the border violence last november is whether or not we are up to the challenge and when i pose this question i am now wondering whether we have the proper resources in place to simply disrupt this organized cross border crime. i'm wondering just as i did last november whether we have the will to actually break its back. now i realize that is a tough chore and i'm quite certa

we've gone from cartels in colombia to cartels within 250 miles of my home. i woke up saturday and sunday finding out that 23 houses in austin, texas, were cartel- owned drug distribution about it. the good news is that we rate them. we made 17 arrests. the point is now it is no longer 250 miles from my house. now it is 5 miles from my house. as far as i am concerned, this is an expanding and potentially pilot situation moving into our state. 23 houses in austin, texas, is probably 50 in san antonio. nobody knows how many in san diego. this cancer is spreading. it is not stopping. i have talked to border patrol agents were fired upon regularly from the mexican side with no authority to return the fire. we have to recognize that we have to get in the business of fighting these people and not just talking about fighting the people. i want to know how much insurance you have -- assurance you have that they will not be firing in the capital of the state of texas. we have cartels purchasing property in the capital taxes. we're failing at that level. we've seen thi

we should not underestimate the ability of these cartels to try to corrupt u.s. law enforcement agencies. right now, we think that the mexican drug cartels have operations in 230 u.s. cities. three of those happen to be in my state, for smith, fayed phil, and little rock. -- fort smith, fayettev ille and little rock. and we have lost bigger numbers then all of the men and when that we have lost in iraq since the beginning of the war. this is a very serious problem. this is a war going on down to around the border end in mexico related to the drug cartels. what i would like to do know is go ahead and give a brief indirect -- introduction. i appreciate your being here. in a few moments when senator enson comes, if he wants to make an opening statement, that would be great. we will leave the record open for a week or two weeks. i will ask the staff what they want to do. we will leave the record of and for some senators that could not be here today because of what is going on at the floor. our first witness is kevin perkins, the assistant director of the criminal inv

we think the mexican drug cartels of operations and to enter 30 u.s. cities. of those happen to be in my in little rock and the ifill and also in 2009, the statistics indicate there were 6,500 drug war related deaths in mexico so that is a bigger number than all of the men and women that we have lost in iraq since the beginning of the war. so this is a very serious problem. it's on the border. there is a war going on on the down are not the border and in mexico related to the drug cartels. what i would like to do now is go ahead and give a brief introduction for each of the four witnesses and i appreciate you all being here and in a few moments when center in san comes if he wants to make an opening statement would be great. what we are going to do is we are going to leave the record open for a week or two weeks. i will ask the staff what they want to but we will leave the record open for the senators to couldn't be here today because of other committees and what is going on on the floor so we may have written questions we would ask you to follow upon. the fir

and the cartel is turning on people and government in regional are higher but also the cartels fighting each other because the church has been construed by the government. does i continued to be a reality? >> i think that's correct. we've seen that in arizona with regards to how the cartels battle all of their routes. it's evident in our conversations with agr. the pgr is the attorney general of mexico was like dead in our conversations with them and how they are dealing. and as i said to president calderon, but the pgr come the people we're dealing with are unbelievably crazy and what they're taking on. >> i agree. i want to emphasize that part of the way in which the violent death come over the border from mexico is with the cartels competing for the pathways nor is. and you see it there. just to stay for the record company earlier hearing we heard from a representative of the fbi and he's told the committee that the mexican drug cartels are the number one organized crime threat in america today. obviously, not just at the border but in cities from anchorage alaska to her for connecti

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new hires, that people may be intentionally trying to infiltrate and do this on behalf of the drug cartels or is it the existing people in the field that overtime get corrupted? >> i think both of those scenarios have been determined. we know from our analysis that those persons who have been arrested at the beginning of my assignment cvp which began in june, 2006, the vast majority of those persons arrested had nearly 10 years of service. those members began to change significantly as cvp's hiring initiatives came about. we see a mobile universe of the data where there are two groups of persons being charged with corruption. they include the more senior person but they also include people who came to cvp the purpose of being corrupt and taking advantage of the authorities they had as an employee to further their pre- existing involvement in criminal organizations. >> the polygraph program and the careful review of information we obtained through interviews following the exams has given us an insight to the number of persons who may have seized on our hiring initiatives to gain access to c

las calles, calles y negocios estaban va vacíos, durante el fin de semanadescuartizados y u nuevo carteltillo univisión. >>> los asesinatos de mujeres son una epidemia en varios países de américa central. como nos dice salvador castellano, desde san san salvador muchos se quejan de este problema social. >>> aunque reciben menos a te atención del público, los homicidios de mujeres superan con creces a los que se registran en la violenta ciudad juárez en méxico >>> y deberían ser tratadas como lo que son un severo problemas para el país y no de las página a amarillos. >>> mientras en ciudad juárez se habla de 1060 homicidios de mujeres en 14 años en guatemala fueron más asesinadas de 5 mil en los últimos 9 años le siguen honduras y san salvador es, unas 8 mujeres ultimadas por cada cien mil habitantes una cifra que es una epidemia en el 2003 y 2009 se duplicaron los homicidios de la mujer en la nación, también el grado de crueldad con que, se cometen en su mayoría por parte de hombres >>> la mayor parte de la violencia que en flenfrenta la s dicen falta mucho por hacerse >>> estos marcos l

but as cartel leaders are taken out, the violence seems to increase as they spike among themselves for the remaining pieces of marcos' trade. the obvious fact is we've got to do everything in our power to support the southern neighbors than the historic battle they are currently waging against the cartels, and we've got to be vigilant on the american side of the border because there are deeply troubling signs that the cartel's and other smuggling groups are becoming more willing to bring their violence across the border and inflicted on american citizens. in the past month alone as you know, three separate incidents have drawn our attention, concern and anger. pregnant u.s. consulate employee, her husband and mexican husband of another consulate employees were gunned down in juarez as they left a children's party. he was consul at was attacked with an eye eda coming in improvised explosive device. there's a term we normally hear used with regard to the terrorist attacks against us on our allies and iraq and afghanistan. and of course a well-known and much respected and beloved of ranch

this is a human smuggling cartel aligned with the drug cartels that are sending drugs across our border and killing our citizens. and the cartels are in the human smugglers, a direct threat to this nation. just two weeks ago a highly organized syndicate that takes people who are coming across our border i will eelly to tucson -- illegally to tucson, taking them to phoenix in van vans. these individuals come from as far away as china. have no extent of the cruelty, the barbarity. challenge we face -- of the challenge we face, of the human smugglers that are just south of our border. and the state of arizona has been bearing the brunt of trs and the administration has -- an--and the state of arizona has been bearing the brunt of it, and the administration has failed to act. we need to take a number of other steps that senator kyl and i will describe, but this situation is the worst i have ever seen. and it is time for the federal government to act. if you don't like the bill -- the legislation that the legislature passed and the governor signed in arizona, then carry out the federal respo

que haya más presencia militar y se debilite algÚn grupo que tiene posesiÓn en esa zona que es el cÁrteldesde la capital mexicana donde estaremos cubriendo los detalles de la visita de la primera dama norteamericana michel obama, ahora regreso contigo a nuestros estudios. >> muchÍsimas gracias maría elena. pasando por otras informaciones el jurado tienen las manos la suerte de un adolescente acusado de apuÑalar al inmigrante ecuatoriano lucero. los fiscales recordaron que a lucero lo mataron por odio. >> el fiscal del distrito describiÓ los argumentos finales de hoy como los mejores que se hayan escuchado en la historia de esta corte en long island. un joven atacÓ a marcelo lucero sÓlo por el hecho de ser un inmigrante. la fiscalÍa en su dramÁtico argumento final mostrÓ al jurado las fotografÍas del cuchillo con el que asesinaron a marcelo lucero, asÍ como los tatuajes del principal acusado de 19 aÑos que muestran que simpatizaba con grupos de supremacÍa blanca. >> todo comprueba que Él fue quien lo penetrÓ el cuchillo. todo esto fue orquestado, no fue un accidente, no fue casual segÚn l

we cannot sacrifice our safety to the murderous greed of drug cartels. we cannot stand idly by as drop houses, kidnappings, and violence compromise our quality of life. we cannot delay while the destruction happens south of our border, our international border creeps its way north. we in arizona have been more than patient waiting for washington to act. >> well, several groups are already promising court challenges to the law. mexico says the law could affect cross-board relations too. protesters have been gathering outside the capital to urge governor brewer not to sign it. at least one demonstrator worried about what would happen next. >> i think about my family and my friends, about everything that's going to happen. about how things are going to change. >> on the other hand, supporters of brewer's decision say critics are overreacting and that the law is needed. >> those people -- mainly outside of arizona should be ashamed that they're now putting us -- the protectors of our families as the boogyman. that we're going to go out and randomly stop peop

the azteca gang is a group of individuals who work for the drug cartel, the juarez drug cartel, and their primary admission is to enforce the ability to bring drugs in the united states. and now we understand our border patrol agents in the el paso sector are being targeted to be shot and kidnapped and murdered by these hitmen. they're after our border patrol agents. and recently -- as recently as today, we've learned that there is a $250,000 bounty on our border patrol agents for their murder and for their kidnapping. the drug cartels are putting out these hits on our border patrol agents because they are enforcing the rule of law and keeping the drug cartels out of this country to the best of their ability. this is serious. this is violent. and it's being perpetrated by the drug car tills against -- cartels against americans both in mexico and in the united states. unfortunately too many people in washington, d.c., are closing their eyes to reality. they don't see that the violence has already spread into the united states. madam speaker, there are 14 counties in texas that border mexic

what that means is this, the juarez drug cartel is bringing dope in the united states. our border patrol is doing an excellent job, best that we will let them do, of preventing that from occurring. so they have hired their own hitmen, the azteca hitmen, to target our border patrol agents. our border patrol agents have a $250,000 bounty on their head for being border patrol agents, for trying to do their job. and that's -- they are being targeted for kidnapping or murder. it makes no difference. i think that ought to upset some of us here in washington, d.c. you know, the azteca gang works for the juarez drug cartel, they protect drug shipments that are brought into the united states. it gets bad down in texas and the texas-mexico border. i recently asked a texas ranger, i said, what's it like after dark on the texas-mexico border? and he made comment, it gets western. that's right, mr. speaker, it gets western. it's like the old west shootouts. you know, week of heard about all the shootings in northern mexico and it's only a matter of time before they shoot their way a

this reflects the department of justice's cartel targeted strategy. and as i said as much as we need to stop the drugs in humans heading, we're focusing more and more than would have in the past on stopping the guns and the money heading south. it was reflected in commissioner person's testimony, there's more attention in our district devoted to southbound smuggling than there has ever been before. our investigative tools are more advanced than just a few years back. we are doing 50% more wiretap cases than we did a year ago. this is in conjunction with bea is state of the art why room as part of their multiagency strikeforce. i mentioned our bulk cash commitment, and are working with atf and also would like to mention that just last week in the district we unveiled the indictment of operation in plain sight that it was investigation two years in the making. 49 rs, research words were executed, 50 vehicles were seized. we targeted a cross-border human smuggling organization. we removed their entire infrastructure of the network. we had ice, fbi, dea,

they say, we want it, so we can give it to the anti-cartel authorities in europe. the europeans said they did not wanted. again, we have a lineup of countries telling us both ways. nobody thinks that is irrelevant. we had mrs. -- what was her name? in the klimdt paintings. does anybody know that? oh, my goodness. i have reached an age. most of the things i remember very clearly never really happened. [laughter] she brings a suit in los angeles. her grandparents were -- were great uncle lived in vienna and the nazis took one of the paintings are brilliant. it is hanging in the museum in vienna. she thinks she is entitled to it. it is a very difficult question. the question that came up to the court was whether she, if she sued in los angeles, the museum could assert a defense of sovereign immunity. we are part of a government. for technical reasons, there were certainly in the 40's, but in the '70s and '80s, they might fall in it an exception -- might fall in an exception. where do you look to find out if it is sovereign immunity? what are we looking at, then or now

united states every single day. >> we could not sacrifice our safety to the murderous greed of drug cartels. we cannot stand idly by as drop houses, kidnappings and violence compromise our quality of life. >> meantime the mexican senate is outraged over the news, voting unanimously for brewer to veto the bill. geraldo? >> geraldo: thanks. obviously she is not going do that. sheriff joe arpaio on your left joins us as does congressman lincoln diaz bellarte on the right, republican in miami. sheriff, how do you define reasonable suspicion? is it like obscenity that you don't know how to define it but you know it when you see it. >> if someone doesn't have a license, doesn't speak english, ten guys smashed in the back of a van, i think that is cause to take action. the obama administration the first 60 days in office sent the civil rights office after me. it has been a year and a half they have been investigating me and nothing has happened. i feel comfortable that this law will pass muster. just gives me another tool to get the job done and law enforcement. >> geraldo: be that as it may in yo

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and they said but we want it so we can give it to the anti-cartel authorities in europe. and the europeans say we don't want it. and that we have again a lineup of countries telling us both ways. nobody thinks that's irrelevant. we have mrs. -- owes her name? one of the clinton paintings and she got them. does anybody know that? [inaudible] >> what? what was her name? oh, my goodness. i have reached an age. expect the a for most of things i remember very clearly never really happened. [laughter] >> she brings a suit in los angeles. her grandparents were, great occult, and the nazis took the painting from her and and it was hanging in a museum in indiana and she thinks she's entitled to. a difficult question but what. a very difficult question. but the question that came up to the court was whether, if she sued in los angeles, the museum could assert a defense of sovereign entity. we are part of the government. now for technical reasons, they certainly were in the '40s. but in the '70s and 80s, they might fall within an exception, assume they did. for parts of the governme

we have drug cartels. we have violence on the border. right next to governor brewer in arizona. but let's take the law into our own hands and do something that is not only going to work but is going to violate our country's human rights. that's my view. >> larry: general, the democrats offered a new proposal today. do we need a tougher federal law? >> larry, let me clarify one point. i'm not saying let's see how it works as much as i'm saying that i'm not sure you can mount a successful court challenge as to racial profiling without seeing how the law is implemented. i think you can immediately challenge as to whether or not arizona has even the right to legislate in this field. again, i worry that a successful court challenge might not succeed without seeing how this law is implemented in arizona. now with respect to the federal law, i think it's high time for the federal government to pass legislation to deal with immigration. in a post-9/11 world, we need to know who's entered this country and why -- we need a policy that's consistent

and that is to really go after these big drug cartels that are cause for much of the violence along the border and break them up. they've been there for a long time. they been for as long as i've been in arizona, which was many, many years. and it's time for our security, and mexico, both countries have a stake in is that they were broken up. >> following non-mac, looking at the texas border, who was running it these days and what does that today about homeland security? >> juarez is right across the bridge from el paso, texas. it has been the site of literally thousands of hamas sites, drug-related over the last several years. and when i say thousands, i mean i think -- i may not know the exact number, but i think last year was something north of 6000 homicides drug-related or 550 of whom were law-enforcement officers, right? right over our border. and so, this is something that is intensely important, both to mexico and the president of mexico, resident calderon has been investing major resources in restoring the rule of law and the state of chihuahua. and we are working with mexico o

en laboratorio clandestina, cristal >>> el chayanne como se le conoce era uno de los líderes del cartelentos, marcharon anoche para clamar paz en este aeropuerto turístico >> para cobrar la vida de miles de personas >> el gobierno de estados unidos, ofrecía dos millones de dólares de recompensa por el indio, que afrenta cargos del 97 en california donde hay una orden de extradición, es todo de mi parte. vuelvo a los estudios contigo. >>> hablando de otras cosas, no se dan por vencido los equipos de emergencia, que intenta dar plataforma en la costa de louisiana los helicópteros, y aviones, siguen sobrevolando la zona. mientras latorre que arde finalmente se hundió 8 mil barriles de petróleo se derrama al mar tras el dramático accidente estos hombres saltaron al agua, cuando la embarcación soso obra el capitán, no pudo ser rescatado con vida >>> un asalto de mano a armada dejo una casa envuelta en llama en arizona dos pistolero, le prendieron fuego tras tomar una persona como rehén, un malhechor fue ultimado, se desconoce el motivo del criminal acto >>> el crimen que cometió una reina de

. >> segÚn reportes policiacos las pandillas son los brazos armados de los cÁrteles de la droga, la guerramas inocentes de guerras civiles visitÓ juÁrez para evaluar la situaciÓn y brindar recursos. marcharon anoche para clamar paz y que cese la ola de violencia. >> el gobierno de estados unidos estaba ofreciendo una recompensa de $ 2 millones por el indio, ya que enfrenta cargos en una corte de california, por lo que cuenta con una solicitud de extradiciÓn. verÓnica, univisión. >> por otra parte un anÁlisis seÑala que mÁs de 30 millones de latinos en estados unidos son de origen mexicano, el segundo lugar aparece los puertorriqueÑos con 4.100.000 personas, y despuÉs se sitÚan los cubanos por debajo se ubican el salvador, repÚblica dominicana, colombia, honduras guatemala y peru. >> como cada aÑo se celebra el dÍa de la tierra. fueron sembrados millones de Árboles. imÁgenes de latinoamericanos en tan importante dÍas. >> la tala de Árboles ha causado graves heridas hoy se iniciÓ una campaÑa multitudinaria para sembrar Árboles que garantice la vida de las generaciones prÓximas. >> hay 6 mil

we need to help investigate and prosecute the cartels, prevent them from for a rating. we also must, as senator sessions recognize, as the state and local law enforcement's with problems emanating from the border. now as a result what i believe to be focused, strategic, and consistent pressure along the southwest border over the past months, we'll shut down more and more keep trafficking routes used by the cartels. that is what i hope that we can review today, the significant steps taken today in the past 15 months as part as our southwest border initiative. the results of those measures and what more can be done. first, over the past 15 months, as i mentioned, we have mobilized an unprecedented level of resources at the southwest border. this is due in no small part to congress's own action to dedicate resources to it -- resource system order. the borders that is better staffed than at any point in its history. since 2004, the number of boots on the ground along the southwest border has increased by 80%. u.s. immigration and customs enforcement has dedicated over 25% o

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drug cartels beheading enemies, bloodshed everyday employees in american consulate gunned down in broad. is the mexican violence coming over the border at us? ominous warning sign was arizona rancher murdered last month. police suspect illegal immigrant killed him. how should americans living on the boarder protect themselves or can they? the sheriff gave a warning to residents of the bordertown, arm themselves. sheriff west joins us live, good evening. >> good evening greta. >> greta: sheriff, typically law enforcement protects citizens. you are telling citizens they need to arm themselves is that an admission that things have changed drastically? >> i'm telling my farmers and ranchers to arm themselves. they are out in the fields working doing an honest day's work trying to make a leaving. while they are -- to make a living. while they are out there they are vulnerable people come up behind them and like the rancher in arizona i didn't know the details of what happened but i don't want the same taking place out here. >> greta: i take it the border is porous there is that correct? >> i

this is a human smuggling cartel aligned with the drug cartels that are sending drugs across our borders ago a highly organized syndicate that takes people who are coming across our border i will eelly to tucson -- illegally to tucson, taking them to phoenix in van vans. these individuals come from as far away as china. have no extent of the cruelty, the barbarity. challenge we face -- of the challenge we face, of the human smugglers that are just south of our border. and the state of arizona has been bearing the brunt of trs and the administration has -- an--and the state of arizona has been bearing the brunt of it, and the administration has failed to act. we need to take a number of other steps that senator kyl and i will describe, but this situation is the worst i have ever seen. and it is time for the federal government to act. if you don't like the bill -- the legislation that the legislature passed and the governor signed in arizona, then carry out the federal responsibilities, which are to secure the border. you probably wouldn't have had this problem. mr. kyl: mr. president? th

the power of these drug cartels is very real. the power of the kiotis will bring people and is very real and it has to be confronted in a very serious way. i would note that many people might not recognize how much progress has been made in the last 10 years. in 2000, 1.6 million people were arrested at the border. last year, i understand it was a little over half a million were arrested at the border. that indicates, i believe, that the flow is downgraded may not be perfect proof of that but i believe it indicates that a number of people attempting to enter the country illegally is down. the question to me is, how do we follow up on that and create allow lawful immigration flow into our country that serves our natural -- air national interest that is consistent with the rule of law and allows people who want to enter a proper process to enter and if they don't qualify, they don't qualify, they don't get to come in illegally if they don't qualify legally. those are things i have concerns about. in february of this year, jim shapa

it broke up the transport cartels.but it just telegraphed the violence and crime up through the is muss into central america and mexico and it has been compounded with particular decisions that philippe calderon has taken but the u.s. war on drugs has been the single most disastrous policy that washington has. >> whether it is mexico or colombia. >> wherever. it is time to end the drug prohibition regime and find some alternative to it that is more sensible. >> that is the problem. everybody knows that it's not working. but politically there aren't a lot of profiles in courage in washington on this issue that are willing to stand up and say. because they are worried that politically it is very, very difficult. >> and it is about ending the prohibition to think about it. >> more than anything. >> that is the first step. >> you can't even use the term harm reduction if you are an official in the u.s. government because it's too scary. you will get too many congressman coming after you. and that's the first step that has

that means prosecuting cartels, preventing behavior, refusing to allow merger, all of what the antitrust laws are all about. now i recognize that the argument that i've gotten is that it's difficult to tell the difference between good old competition and predatory behavior. i think that exists in the minds of academic critics, those of us who have worked the area know how to distinguish those things. the facts determine it. i could give you a lecture on that. but the six people who would be remaining here aren't sure. even they would be bored. the obama administration has criticized it's predecessor, now that's not news, for the lax enforcement of the antitrust law. the news is he's probably right. conservatives do not hop on the bandwagon for really not only consumer interest but for two other reasons. one is if you replace the invisible hand, competition. if you don't foster it, you're going to get regulation. that's the only alternative. even hyak pointed that out. the only return is the control of monopolies by the state. i think that we should keep that in mind when we get a little

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efforts to combat the drug cartel. t( this week we look at how state department wants use technology for diplomacy. our guest is alec ross and adviser to secretary of state hillary clinton. >> host: alec ross, describe your job. >> guest: it's my job and and my team's job to drive innovation it into america's foreign-policy and figure out how we can maximize the potential of technology and innovation and service of america's diplomatic goals. >> host: give us the example? >> guest: i will give a couple quick ones, they vary from things doing in mexico to the condo to siberia. in in siberia, for example, we have a strategic dialogue with russia and if you think about the cold war innovation and with something they competed with the russians on and, in fact, if one of our nation's one it was perceived as though the other was losing and now innovation can be a shared resource. scientific and tough logical operation -- cooperation. we're building ties between the new russian government, the private sector and american governments and american private sector so by working together leverag

stunning statistic, 22,000 people have been killed in mexico since 2006 as a result of these drug cartelhree times the number of deaths that we have tragically had of american military personnel in iraq and afghanistan, and that's beginning to flow over the border. so i heard testimony in my committee earlier this week from law enforcement, public officials, from arizona which is the main point of flow into the united states these days, and they all said local law enforcement can't handle it. i think they need temporary deployment of the national guard to return basic security there. they don't have it now. jon: well, i know that you in congress have spent ten if not hundreds of millions of dollars on that border fence, especially the electronic fence component of it. why is that not working? >> well, this was the second focus of our hearing the other day, monday or tuesday, and it was this: we have now spent through the department of homeland security about $700 million on a virtual electronic fence called sbi net. by this time, actually a year ago, it was supposed to have covered the e

thousands of people have been killed just south of the border by drug cartels.a last week, arizona buried a very fine citizen, a rancher in kochi county >> the violence is spreading, and yet action that i've requested from you and from the secretary of homeland security is lacking. let me pack -- back up. i'm talking about operation streamline. last friday i visited the yuma sector of the border and heard the tremendous success that operation streamline has brought to that sector of the border similar to the dell rio, texas, sector. there is virtually no illegal immigration occurring there now. part of it is because of a double and, in some cases, triple fence with border patrol agents putting even first offenders in jail for a couple of weeks and can be up p to a month or even longer depending on how many times people have crossed the border. this takes some resources from the department of justice, and i have asked with you when i met with you before your nomination hearing in 2009 about the funding for that. i discussed it again with you at your nomination he

your question goes to the whole issue of the drug cartels in mexico and the critical importance to the country of our continued efforts with mexico to break them up. they literally have fingertips that go into communities all over the nation prepar. because the fight is taken to them on both sides of the border, it is resulting in an environment in mexico and northern mexico in particular that is more violent. there is a concern among people who live just north of that, will that spill over? we have not seen generically -- generally across the border a wave of spillover violence. the criminals in the past go would suggest it is one of the safest cities in the united states. what we want to do is prevent cartel violence in that fashion from spilling over into the united states. the problem in arizona is that they are an exception to that rule. in phoenix, there have been over the last two years, a record number of stash houses for illegal immigration and drugs and battles between the end distributors picked for these different cartels in phoenix. even though statistically arizona is bet

there is a war going on between the drug cartels in the mexican government.t paul broun is taking on this challenge. we do not know how this is going to come out -- president calderon is taking on the challenge. we put a lot of effort and money into the merit initiative. i believe you, secretaries clinton janet napolitano, -- and napolitano, traveled to mexico recently, but why is it that what we are doing our does not appear to be working? are you as concerned as i am that this violence will not result in a peace treaty between the mexican government and the cartels? one will win and one will lose. we do not know what that outcome will be right now. >> i did not accompany them. i was before this committee to testify, but it got postponed. the deputy attorney general went in my place. the work of our mexican counterparts has been courageous. they have literally put their lives on the line. one looks at the number of law enforcement officers, soldiers, civilians who have lost their lives in connection with this battle. alarming. i spent over two hours in phoen

they had elaborate cartels got what they had commissioned and they would hire a commissioner, fire peoplefrom individual railroads who were undercutting prices. and at the same time are usually vanderbilt himself by the end of his life is rising in social stature. and so, he has taken on a business that is sort of inclined towards gentlemanly agreements is the nature of the business. and he himself is becoming more and more gentlemanly and sell. toward the end of his life, his personality, his demeanor was much more defined that he was when he was a young steamboat captain. personal business parallel, and then jay gould and jim this come along, brash upstart and they are doing things like telling about secret deals to the press, they are delivery trying to insult and demean the commodore. and he became sort of obsessed with them. gave in to their railroad, the erie, was never much in a position to do an on farm, it became kind of his famous rapper in the american press between the business didn't. >> and they start printing, stock certificates to make a pretty press and start earning stoc

thousands of people have been killed just south of the border by drug cartels.ast week, arizona buried a very fine citizen, a rancher in kochi county. at the violence is spreading and yet, action that i have requested from you and from the secretary of homeland security is lacking. let me back up. i'm talking about operation streamline for which both the department of justice and the department of homeland security have the responsibility. last friday i visited the human sector of the border and heard the tremendous success that operation streamline has brought to that sector of the border. similar to the dell rio, texas sector. there is virtually no illegal immigration occurring there now. part of it is because of a dublin in some cases triple friends with adequate border patrol agents. part of it is a deterrent effect of operation shame on which puts even first offenders in jail for it least a couple of weeks and can be up to a month or even longer depending on how many times people across the border. this take some resources from the department of justice and

our cartels, of course, the drug cartels, they use other weapons. a little more fire power. border patrol is outmanned, outgunned and outfinanced by the vicious border cartels who bring drugs into the united states and make money off of the illegal use of narcotics in bringing those drugs into the united states. now finally we've started hearing something about what's taking place on the border. it's because of the people in arizona, that's where tucson is, that's where assaults on border patrol agents have increased 200% in two months, they have so desperately taken matters into their own hands and made it illegal to be in the united states if you don't have a passport or legal document. they allow police officers, when they have reasonable suspicion, arrest somebody illegal in the united states. in other words if they catch them doing some other crime, they check if they're legal. that's because the federal government who is supposed to protect the citizens from people who throw rocks at our border patrol, for example, it's the federal government ice job to do that. but we

thousands of people have been killed just south of the border by drug cartels.ast week, arizona buried a very fine citizen, a rancher in kochi county. at the violence is spreading and yet, action that i have requested from you and from the secretary of homeland security is lacking. let me back up. i'm talking about operation streamline for which both the department of justice and the department of homeland security have the responsibility. last friday i visited the human sector of the border and heard the tremendous success that operation streamline has brought to that sector of the border. similar to the dell rio, texas sector. there is virtually no illegal immigration occurring there now. part of it is because of a dublin in some cases triple friends with adequate border patrol agents. part of it is a deterrent effect of operation shame on which puts even first offenders in jail for it least a couple of weeks and can be up to a month or even longer depending on how many times people across the border. this take some resources from the department of justice and

these outlaws protect shipments of drugs for the juarez drug cartels. now these cartels have put a $250,000 bounty on our border patrol agents. in response, our border patrol agents have been told to wear bulletproof vests. why do we wait for more tragedy before more boots are put on the ground? our law enforcement agents need help. doesn't washington know that the border have become a violent war zone? national guard troops should be deployed to the border immediately to protect us from the narcoterrorists and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise today to discuss the importance of the national crime victims rights week which occurs from april 15 to april 24. as founders and co-chairs of the congressional victims rights caucus, congressman ted poe and i this eveni