noted that there was a big difference between the 16-year-old daughter of a wealthy congressman expressing her opinion and 16-year-old immigrants who have little choice but to follow their families across the border.

"Yes, the daughter of the 39th richest man in Congress, worth $8.57 million, is exactly like the children of the impoverished immigrants who decide to cross the border illegally," Kirell snarked. "Their situations are perfectly comparable, right?"

"After all, saying 'Daddy, I think we should go to Punta Cana next Christmas vaction' is exactly like saying “I think I should stay back here while you guys cross the border illegally.'"

It's not clear if Farenthold's daughter had a say in 2010 when he posed in pajamas with scantily clad women for We the People magazine.