When we look at the overall picture. I think it is extremely important that we gain control of our borders. I think that with the total numbers that are in here. that is one thing. of illegal aliens I am talking about. but when you consider the fact that we are gaining at least half a million new people across our borders illegally every year and adding to the numbers that are coming by a multiplier effect of births and so on and so forth. the very quality of life of the American people is threatened over the long haul for the reasons that the gentleman from Massachusetts outlined. and many more. The question then becomes one of how do we go about controlling that? The way we could go about controlling it a lot of people think is by adding numbers of border patrolmen along the borders or doing traditional things such as adding Coast Guard vessels around my good State of Florida. but I know and I think most of the Members of this body know that it is impossible to add enough border patrolmen or enough Coast Guard vessels to do the job. As has been said just a few minutes ago on several occasions. there is really no other reasonable or responsible solution than some form of employer sanctions to deter those people from coming over here who want a better economic life and want the jobs that only America can provide. Then the question is what price are we willing to pay? What form can that take? That is the whole debate here today. It happens to be my opinion that what the Committee on the Judiciary. the Subcommittee on Immigration. of which I have been so proud to be a member. has drafted and has perfected in the amending process by and large with a little exception here and there is the only way to go. It is a fair and balanced approach. Yes. it provides a burden on employers.
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