claim: "the federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all."
author: rick perry
evidence_1: jan 25, 2017 ... border security is critically important to the national security of the united states.  aliens who illegally enter the united states without inspection or admission  present a significant threat to national security and public safety. such aliens  have not been identified or inspected by federal immigration officers to ...
evidence_2: aug 3, 2017 ... he stressed that his bill, which would also fund infrastructure improvements at the  country's ports of entry to facilitate trade, would require the department of  homeland security to engage local officials about the federal government's plans . “border security is not a one-size-fits-all proposition,” he said.
evidence_3: jan 25, 2017 ... interior enforcement of our nation's immigration laws is critically important to the  national security and public safety of the united states. ... laws to ensure the  removal of aliens who have no right to be in the united states, the federal  government has failed to discharge this basic sovereign responsibility.
evidence_4: jan 31, 2017 ... interior enforcement of our nation's immigration laws is critically important to the  national security and public safety of the united states. ... laws to ensure the  removal of aliens who have no right to be in the united states, the federal  government has failed to discharge this basic sovereign responsibility.
evidence_5: feb 6, 2015 ... yet the federal agencies involved in immigration enforcement have personnel  and operations at other u.s. borders and at ports of entry in all 50 states. ...  instead, it provides examples demonstrating that border security is, in reality,  occurring not just at the land borders with mexico and canada, but all ...