Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga.:

Judy, I think he's exactly right, but I think he's exactly right for a reason he doesn't believe.

I believe what is happening right now at the border is that the Democrats are putting the lives of others who are coming to our country, trying to come in illegally, ahead of the rights of Americans who are here.

I believe the president is putting Americans first. I believe he is putting our citizenry first. And we do need to have a balanced approach. No one on the Hill, myself and many others, including the president, have said the border wall or security measures are the only thing that we need.

There are humanitarian assistance. There's issues of health and safety. There are issues in our laws right now that are giving, frankly, a perverse incentive for people to come across the border to make those long, dangerous trips up here.

But I think he does have it right in one respect. The president is looking out for the American people. And, oftentimes, when the Democrats will not come to the table, they're telling the American people, we prefer to be on the side of those trying to break in illegally to the country and now the American citizen.