I think that the United StatesMexican border is sufficiently large so that if every potential law enforcement official we could find were put there. it still would not stop it. And in the second place. it is not simply Mexico where this problem arises. We have immigrants from elsewhere as well. who come by boat along a lot of coastline. We ought to be clear what we are talking about. We are talking about a problem that is a mark of success. We happen to have. with all of our current problems. a very successful economy. There are in this world people of unusual initiative and determination. They are the immigrants. And we ought to be clear that when we talk about employer sanctions. we are. in fact. paying tribute to the immigrants involved. What we are sayingand it ought to be said explicitlyis that these are not people who come here for welfare. these are not people who come here for any kind of a free ride. They are people who came here. many of them knowing very few people in the country. not knowing the language. having no particular prospects. but out of a sense that they want to make themselves better off. It is a very attractive human drive. It is one that we ought to encourage. I am prepared to vote for probably more legal immigration in this Chamber than is feasible politically. I will continue to support immigration. On the other hand. I think it is clear that it is in no ones interest to have an unlimited stream of people coming here when they come illegally. because they are themselves exploited.
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Immigrants are people of unusual initiative and determination.