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The fact of the matter is, is that we need our borders secured. Certainly, we realize that there's going to have to be some kind of immigration reform, but I don't believe any of that's going to move forward until our border is secured.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

Border security is a complex issue and will remain a top priority during the 2007 legislative year. As Congress works to fix this problem, I will continue to push for strong measures that beef up security at our borders.

Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security.

We all want our border to be secure. However, certain individuals use this argument to stop us from ever enacting immigration reform.

I'm on record saying nothing about immigration until we secure the borders. The borders are not secure.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

These are our borders, and we have to secure our borders.

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.