even from juarez to el paso. and, mr. carter, it is a major, major mandate of cbp to make sure that does not happen working with d.o.j. and local law enforcement, we need to make clear to the cartels particularly in the wake of the killing of the law enforcement agents in mexico, that we will not tolerate the widespread violence come coming over from mexico into our country and we will not tolerate the killing of american law enforcement officers. >> well, my time is up. but i assure you, the state of texas stands ready willing and able to asassist you in any way you request. >> thank you, sir. >> ms. roible alrd. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and welcome, commissioner. as you are well aware, protecting american businesses and america as workers from illegal imports is key component of cbp's mission. unfortunately, the agency has been unable to prevent chinese shippers from evading paying dues on many of their shipments into the united states. in november, senate investigators posing as business owners easily found ten chine

even from juarez to el paso. mr. carter, it's a major, major mandate of c.d.p. to see that does not happen. we need to make clear to the cartels, particularly in the wake of the killing of the law enforcement agent in mexico, that we will not tolerate the widespread violence coming over from mexico into our country and we will not tolerate the killing of american law enforcement officers. >> my time is up. i assure you the state of texas stands ready, willing, and able to assist you in any way you request. >> thank you, sir. >> ms. roybal-allard. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, commissioner. as you are well aware, protecting american business and american workers from illegal imports is a key component of c.d.p.'s mission. unfortunately the agency has been unable to prevent chinese shippers from evading paying dues on many of their shipments into the united states. in november a senate investigator posing as business owners easily found 10 chinese companies willing and able to sneak merchandise into the united states to avoid paying duties, which have been i

nuevo laredo, the fact is we have not seen that spillever violence into the united states frevpb juarez to el paso. mr. carter, it's a mange, major mandate of c.b.p. to see that that does not happen. we need to make clear to the cartels, particularly in the wake of the killing of the law enforcement agent in mexico, that we will not tolerate the widespread violence coming over from mexico into our country and we will not tolerate the killing of american law enforcement officers. mr. carter: my time is up. i assure you, the state of texas stands ready, willing and able to assist you in any way you request. >> thank you. >> ms. roybal-allard. >> as you are well aware, protecting american businesses and workers from illegal imports is key. unable, we have been unable to keep chi meeze shippers who evade paying dues on many import into the united states. senate investigators posing as business owners found 10 chinese companies willing and able to sneak merchandise into the united states to avoid paying duties which have been imposed to protect more than 120 domestic companies and 12,000 u.s. workers f

at the -- this is a fact that over 3200 people were killed in juarez over the last 18 to 24 month period and there was four murders in el paso. that's a very telling story. >> absolutely. >> do you think you get caught up in the immigration debate? is that part of this? you know, i recall that when the immigration reform failed in the -- you know, five or six years ago and this sort of focus on enforcement came out that the rhetoric kept up. so this is part in parcel about the immigration -- i'm curious whether you think part of the misconception is a result of you getting wrapped up in the debate? >> it's tough. illegal immigration is a part of our responsible. on any given day across the southwest border we have the following threats and risked associated with what we do. it is bad things, bad people, narcotics, aliens, special interest country aliens, weapons, bulk of currency, all of these things that are coming in our border. whether illegal immigration comes into play is the following. that what we worry about is the true threat in the mix of that chaotic situation that is caused by the elevated flow of illegal informa