Sign Word for HR Secure

Sign Word for HR Secure

The President: Thank you very much. I appreciate everybody being here. We’ve had a very busy two or three days. It’s been very positive. Things are happening that haven’t happened in our government for a long time. The other night, as you know, we had a vote on border security, and I think we want to discuss this just for a second. But the House of Representatives voted 217-185, approving strong border security and the money necessary to take care of the barrier, wall, or steel slats — whatever you want to call it; it’s all the same. And it was a tremendous evening for the Republicans, to be honest with you, because the level of spirit, the level of happiness — a lot of people came out; they said they have never seen — one man in particular; he’s been there for over 20 years — he said, “I’ve never seen spirit or enthusiasm like this.” They came from all parts of the country. A couple of them came from other parts outside — so I say all parts of the world — in order to vote. And they voted, and it was an incredible vote. And we were told that you would never get the House to vote. Well, we were able to get the House to vote. And it wasn’t that we did it; they did it. They were incredible. So I want to thank, in this case, House Republicans, because what they did was rather incredible. And now the Senate is looking at it. We just had a meeting with some of our great senator Republicans, and it lasted for a long time. Tremendous enthusiasm for border security. And I think I can speak for them very strongly when I say they want to see something happen on border security. They want the security of safety. They want safety for our country. Drugs are pouring in, and we’ve done an incredible job considering we have no barrier. But drugs are pouring into our country. Human trafficking is at the all-time worst in history because of the Internet. And the human trafficking problem is a problem that has gone on through the ages, but it’s never been worse because of the Internet. All of the world. This isn’t the United States; this is all over the world. So we need border security. And the Republicans in the Senate, as you know, are taking it up today, and it’s really up to the Democrats — totally up to the Democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown. It’s possible that we’ll have a shutdown. I would say the chances are probably very good because I don’t think Democrats care so much about maybe this issue. But this is a very big issue. It’s an issue of crime. It’s an issue of safety. It’s an issue of, least importantly, dollars. Spend $285 billion a year on illegal immigration. We have to finally do it. The wall will...