Rep. Rooney Issues Statement on Deploying National Guard to U.S.-Mexico Border
April 05, 2018
April 05, 2018
NAPLES, Florida, April 5 -- Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Florida, issued the following statement on deploying the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border:
"It is certainly within the President's right to utilize the National Guard, and both Presidents Bush and Obama have done the same, but whatever we do now to interdict the large march from Honduras is a short-term fix.
"Congress must provide a long-term solution that will fix both our border and our broken visa . . .
"It is certainly within the President's right to utilize the National Guard, and both Presidents Bush and Obama have done the same, but whatever we do now to interdict the large march from Honduras is a short-term fix.
"Congress must provide a long-term solution that will fix both our border and our broken visa . . .