ports of entry themselves have lagged behind and could become a leak -- a weak link in the southwest border enforcement. the need for land-border ports enforcement is not able to deal with the technology advancements i have deals with more effective crossing. as the southwest land border enforcement and prove, what we are going to see is an increasing share of the unauthorized population in the united states to the extent that it continues to exist being made up of a visa over-stayers. that would also likely changed the ethnic and nationality makeup of the unauthorized population because it would be far less people coming from mexico and central america and more from people around the world. i am actually almost finished. [laughter] the next one we talked about it is travel and visa screening. that is a subset of border enforcement. it has become successful as well. it is heavily dependent on data issues an improvement. i will skip the trouble screen and go to the debt issue improvement that is a third pillar that is a relatively new dimension. the changes that have taken place rise to the

entry, ports of entry themselves have lagged behind and could very well become a weak link of southwest border enforcement. they may already be. the needs with land border port enforcement particularly rests on infrastructure where the infrastructure is simply not able to deal with the technology advances that indeed have been made to deal with more effective crossings. but as the southwest land border enforcement does improve, what we are going to see is an increasing share of the unauthorized population in the united states to the extent that it continues to exist be made up of visa overstayers rather than of people crossing the border without documents. and that would also change the ethnic and nationality makeup of the unauthorized population because it will be far less, people coming from mexico and central america than from other countries around the world. now, the second pillar that we talk about is travel. i'm actually really almost finished. so the next one that we talk about is travel and visa screening and that is a subset of border enforcement. it has become very successful as wel

possession of ten drones over the past seventy years this drone program to patrol the borders on the southwest borderflorida area and in the canadian border if has cost the federal go emit more than a quarter billion dollars and so far watchdog groups inside of homeland security have said that this is an inefficient program yet despite the fact that these drones aren't even working cousins of border protection already into deal with defense kocher defense contractor general atomics for up to fourteen more drones so what we see is you know with any sort of reform effort that we're going to see we're definitely going to see a lot more spending on defense drones usa ramon not surprising at all i mean but how hypocritical is this really and light of the fact that you know here obama is making these zero. toward immigration reform really he's deported a record number of immigrants here yeah as you mentioned more than a million and a half during his tenure more than george bush or any other republican four hundred thousand just in the last year and in this latest reform push he spoke about earlier this wee

possession of ten drones over the past seventy years this drone program to patrol the borders on the southwest borderflorida area and the canadian border if has cost the federal go emit more than a quarter billion dollars and so far watchdog groups inside of homeland security have said that this is an inefficient program yet despite the fact that these drones aren't even working cousins of border protection already into deal with defense kocher defense contractor general atomics for up to fourteen more drones so what we see is you know with any sort of reform effort that we're going to see we're definitely going to see a lot more spending on defense drones usa ramon not surprising at all i mean but how hypocritical is this really and light of the fact that you know here obama is making these overtures toward immigration reform really he's deported a record number of immigrants here yeah as you mentioned more than a million and a half during his tenure more than george bush or any other republican four hundred thousand just in the last year and in this latest. reform push he spoke about earlier this w

a big problem on southwest border it is so unbearably hot in the summer it isery difficclt for our men and women to perform efficiently we will have to move to technology. i am confident and arizona has two sectors, tucson and yuma border is for l intents and purposes, operaally secure, muchifficult in the oer sector but it can be done >> sir, will they just find another seccion of the cry such as texas, or new mexico, or california? there is so much video on the international where you see drug dealers walking back-and-forth on a daily basis, are we realistic to think we can secure that border before we put the other plans in action that you outline? >> is it not realistic to think at a nation such as hours uld notecure our borders? is that not realistic? of course can secure our bordersand we have toddress those would overstay a visa and those who come in and overstay the perio of time they are there. and other as expects but to think that we are going to have a situation where drugs can floo frly over the border is something i don't think most of ourtizens would agree do. sawe the b

should focus, we saw in the gao study was a income healtly the versiot only focussed on the southwest border a comprehensive study of our coastlines, and those that over stay their visas. lou: and illegal immigrants, estimated 40% here, as a result of entering through the ports and airports. over staying their visas. going to the idea that we're going to see this battle joined. i have gone through the list with gallup, talking about problem that face the nation, this president those en one of the lowest priorities -- chose en one of the lowest priorities for american people to put his great, effort into, that is gun control here, is talking about immigration reform, and gun control, he is taking on the issues that frankly are not -- not at the top of the list for most americans. how doe you raisingallize that, we need to resolve the issue, but how do we eplane hi explains of priority. >> well, i don't think they should mess with the second amendment, when they put it out there immigration reform should be done in a way it achieves an american purpose, i feel, and i think that american people

president obama went on to suggest that under his watch, crossings of illegal imgrants in the southwest borderave slowed. >> now, during my first term, we took steps to try to patch up some of the worst cracks in the system. first, we strengthened security at the borders so that we could stand the tide of illegal imgrants. we put more boots on the ground on the southern border than in any other time in our history, and, today, illegal crossings down nearly 80% from the peak in 2000. lou: in contrast, the "washington times" reported today an analysis of border patrol arrests shows a 9% increase in illegal crossings since last year. we'll take that up on the dobbs forum tonight, co-author of the strictest laws in the country, chris coback is here, and leading attorney, and former frustrate fox news contributeor whether the president really wants to destroy opportunity to succeed. another strong session on wall street leaving the dow jones industrial just short of the 14,000 level. plus, no disappointment in amazon's failure to hit the profit target. we'll tell you about that. apple with a new ip

president obama went on to suggest that under his watch, crossings of illegal imgrants in the southwest borderfirst term, we took steps to try to patch up some of the worst cracks in the system. first, we strengthened security at the borders so that we could stand the tide of illegal imgrants. we put more boots on the ground on the southern border than in any other time in our history, and, today, illegal crossings down nearly 80% from the peak in 2000. lou: in contrast, the "washington times" reported today an analysis of border patrol arrests shows a 9% increase in illegal crossings since last year. we'll take that up on the dobbs forum tonight, co-author of the strictest laws in the country, chris coback is here, and leading attorney, and former frustrate fox news contributeor whether the president really wants to destroy opportunity to succeed.

more border control agents staffing the southwest bordered than ever before. the obama administration has also spent billions to secure the border, $18 billion last year. but when you take a closer look at that money, look what jumps out. in 2011 the government spent $573 million on border security fencing, infrastructure and technology, all things that would seem crucial to securing the border but last year the funding fell to $400 million. and budget for 2013 just $327 million. border agents are making more arrests. last year 70,000 were caught at the boarder and sent back, 20,000 more than in 2009. that may be progress, but it doesn't change the fact that there's plenty of places to get across. gary tuchman reports. >> reporter: dan bell owns a cattle ranch in nogales, arizona. a huge piece of land, about 100 square miles. it sits right on the mexican border. you've been here your whole life. do you believe there's a day that goes by where you believe people are not crossing on your ranch? >> no, i don't believe a day goes by, either illegal immigrants or pe

. >> i would like to testify again the security situation along the southwest border is not perfect. there remains several areas particularly in arizona where people's home are being invaded, where drug smugglers are crossing property every night and these citizens deserve the same level of security that all of us standing here have. but there is no question there has been a significant reduction in illegal crossings over the past five years. >> reporter: the press appears plan is not linked to border security. he favors a route where illegals could actually become u.s. citizens in 13 years. now, while there does appear to be a bipartisan agreement in the senate, it will be a tougher row in the house of representatives. politically, republicans know that the pressure is on. in the 2012 election, 71% of latinos voted for president obama. back to you. >> thank you. >>> while the immigration plan includes a boost in the number of border patrol agents, we are learning arrests along the u.s. border went up last year. data obtained by the associated press shows agents maze more than 356,00

visitors on temporary visas and governors attorney general and community leaders living along the southwest borderr, those brought in as children would have an easier to this thing. while congress has yet to pass the dream act which would have led to permanent residency and then possibly citizenship for those young immigrants, they did win at least a temporary reprieve from an executive order signed by president obama last year. well, today illinois democratic senator dick durbin who is the guy to first propose the dream act said with this bill that temporary reprepare could become permanent. >> the cream act is going to be an integral part of comprehensive immigration reform. i look forward to happy news for these dreamers. >> john: i'm joined by george zornick washington reporter for the nation. and arturo carmona executive director of presente.org , which is described itself as being a national organization thattists to ampify the political voice for the latino communities. do you think this could ever satisfy the needs of the 11 million undocumented workers already living here? >> look, we wel

. >> we now have more boots on the ground on the southwest border than at any time in our history. >> we have to deal with the 11 million individuals who are here illegally. >> those who are here illegally, they have a responsibility as well. today he said they need to undergo background checks. he spoke in el paso, he said they need to pay tax. when he spoke today in las vegas, he said they need to pay tax. when he spoke in el paso, he said they will need to pay a penalty. when he spoke in el paso, he said they would need to pay a fine. so penalty changed to fine. but other than that, yeah, the whole diagnosis of the problem, the whole proposal for how to fix the problem, the economic and social argument for why we need to fix the problem is the exact same for president obama today as it was in 2011. and frankly, that it was before that from him. what has changed is his political assessment, that what he wanted for the country before but he could not get, now he is going to get. now it is possible. policy-wise, he has stayed in exactly the same place for all of this time. what has mo

and i would like to testify again t security situation along the southwest border is not perfect. there remains several areas, particularly in arizona where people's homes are being invade and drug smug letters are crossing every night and they deserve the same level of security all of us have. there is no question, there has been a significant reduction in illegal crossings over the past five years. apprehension by the border control have dropped 70% from 2005 to 2012. but their work is not yet complete. greater focus need to be paid to drug traffickers and criminals that cross the border. arizona continues to be a major smuggling corridor and hub for drug trafficking organizations. to combat this, we need to invest in high-technology, proven surveillance systems that will give the border patrol ability to detect and apprehend illegal entries into the united states. it's achievable and can be completed within the next few years if we commit to it. the next important step is to ensure we don't repeat the mistakes of 1986 where we gave amnesty to 3 million people, promised the bord

repatriations in a place far away and expedited removal, which is in widespread scale at the southwest border, operation streamline, which is something that many have heard about, and the result is that where it is in the past, we have a set of practices where 90% of the people arrested were voluntarily returned, and therefore this revolving door pattern of behavior -- that is now entirely flipped. it is the exception. it is being reviewed under special circumstances. so there are consequences much greater for people who do attempt to cross, and that is having significant downstream effects as in the rest of the report and will be touched on by my colleagues. significant effects on the migrants themselves and also on the system itself and other agencies. among the findings were border enforcement is concerned, staffing and technology infrastructure, averages at a 40 year low. just since 2000 and it has fallen 53%. at the same time, enforcement has been significantly strengthened between ports of entry and they have lagged behind and could very well become southwest border enforcement and may

and i would like to testify again the security situation along the southwest border is not perfect.remains several areas, particularly in arizona where people's homes are being invaded, where drug smugglers are crossing property every night and the citizens deserve the same level of security that all of us standing here have. but there's no question there's been a significant reduction in illegal crossings over the past five years. apprehension of illegal immigrants by the border patrol dropped 70% from 2005 to 2012. but their work is not yet complete. greater focus need to be paid to drug traffickers and criminals that cross the border. arizona continues to be a major smuggling corridor and distribution hub for drug trafficking organizations. to combat this, we need to continue to invest in high technology. uvas, radar, other proven surveillance system that is will give the border patrol the ability to detect and apprehend illegal entries in to the united states. it's achievable and can be completed within the next few years if we commit to it. in the next most important step is we

from 2006 to 2011 along the southwest border the border patrol apprehended 1,918 illegal immigrants from 35 countries designated as states that could harm the u.s. with terrorism. which makes this taped confession all the more chilling chilling. the corrupt officer admits helping smuggle in 100 people. >> the problem is that because no inspection is taking place they really have no way of knowing what's in the vehicles. they don't know who they're letting into the country. that unknown is what scares us all. >> 16 or 17 different types of nationalities have been caught on the ranch that i know about. why do you want to think something could even happen bad. >> reporter: on john lab's ranch, the steady stream continues. he worries not only about the cost to his bottom line but more importantly to his way of life. >> you lock your doors at night. you got guns laying around. you got guns in the truck. you worry about your mother, your dad your wife. you want to live like that? i'm a rancher. i don't want to live like that. but it's every day. it costs a lot of money wear and tear. stress. i

establish a commission of southwesterners, elected representatives, governors, and other people from southwest border states. they would be put in a position of holding up all of the other advancements in the bill, keeping people from doing all of the other things that are in this policy, from getting in line for citizenship, stopping all the other reforms if this southwestern commission did not certify that the border had been secured, that all efforts to secure the border were complete. the border security measures would have to be done first. this group would have to say they've been completed, that everything on the border is secure, and only then could the reforms put forth go forward. that was put out by the eight senators, which means nothing happens until somebody like jan brewer says everything is okay. maybe jan brewer specifically. jan brewer is never going to say everything is okay. things are not okay for jan brewer, whether it is making stuff up about headless bodies in the desert that don't exist or trying to market to the nation how excited we should be that she wagged her finger in t

might want to consider as part of this is expanding the multiple sales tax in ways along the southwest border stay with firearms so we can also have hopeful sales on assault weapons and other concerning long guns. the second policy recommendation is you really need to enact an effective firearms to version our trafficking statute. the two most commonly used, even though there is close to 40 different statutes available to atf and making gun trafficking cases come in the two most common statutes used or engaged in the business of selling firearms without a license or falsifying the atf form 4473. both are very difficult to prove. for example in the kern report, he would have been those investigations were atf agents what if some are investigating teaching and dealing that advice and violation, only viewable to church and 38% the cases. also find the 4473 farm, only boat to charge that important% of the cases because they were very difficult prove in the instance that engage in the business of the firearms license, you could stand to sell it if a private rocket for my collection, passing him on

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and i would like to testify again the security situation along the southwest border is not perfect. there remain several areas, particularly in arizona where people's homes are being invaded. where drug smugglers are crossing property every night and the citizens deserve the same level of security that all of us the ending here have, but there is no question there has been a significant reduction in illegal crossings over the past five years. apprehension of illegal immigrants by the border patrol have dropped 70% from 2005 to 2012. but our work is not yet complete. we need to focus on drug traffickers, criminals across the border. arizona continues to be a major smuggling corridor and distribution hub for drug trafficking organizations. to combat this, we need to continue to invest in high technology, uavs, radar and other proven surveillance systems that will give the border patrol the ability to detect and apprehend illegal entries into the united states. it's achievable and can be completed within the next three years if we commit to it. the next most important step is to ensure

and i would like to testify again, security situation, along the southwest border, is not perfect.as, particularly in arizona, where people's homes are being invaded, where drug smugglers are crossing property every night, and these citizens deserve the same level of security that all of us standing here have. but there is no question there has been a significant reduction in illegal crossings over the past five years. apprehension of illegal immigrants by the border patrol have dropped 70% from 2005 to 2012. but their work is not yet complete. greater focus needs to be paid to drug traffickers, criminals that cross the border. arizona continues to be a major smuggling corridor and distribution hub for drug trafficking organizations. to combat this, we need to continue to invest in high technology. uavs, radar, other proven surveillance systems that will give the border patrol the ability to detect and apprehend illegal entries into the united states. it is achievable and can be completed within the next few years if we commit to it. in the next most important step is to ensure we