John Culberson Quotes

• The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected

  John Culberson

  Real, People, Territory

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• The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents

  John Culberson

  Borders, Agents, Enough

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• Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities must be promptly delivered to a federal law enforcement authority

  John Culberson

  Taken, Law, Enforcement

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• This is not the first time that Mexican authorities have handed over an Arab from a country with known Al Qaeda connections to a local sheriff across the border. FBI picks them up and disappears

  John Culberson

  Country, Mexican, Als

  "Exclusive! Rep. John Culberson". "Hannity & Colmes" with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, www.foxnews.com. November 18, 2005.

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• Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State

  John Culberson

  Unions, Borders, Citizens

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• Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders

  John Culberson

  America, Borders, Authority

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• What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle.

  John Culberson

  Principles, Matter, Government Shutdown

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